Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Rise & Shine: Former JFK principal loses suburbs job over theft | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Former JFK principal loses suburbs job over theft | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Former JFK principal loses suburbs job over theft

  • The former JFK HS principal who took student money lost his new job in the suburbs. (Daily News)
  • The married PS 257 principal and IS 318 guidance counselor gave kidneys to their two sons. (Fox News)
  • The city won’t let Automotive HS’s football team use a nearby public field. (Brooklyn Paper)
  • City students are preparing their submissions for next year’s middle school film festival. (WNYC)
  • State officials rejected Girls Prep Charter School’s expansion plan. (GothamSchools, Post)
  • So many HS basketball players are in summer school that the city can’t attend tournaments. (Daily News)
  • Brooklyn parents aren’t putting much stock in the new, lower state test scores. (Brooklyn Paper)
  • Arthur Levine says education could undo the damage done to his old neighborhood. (Daily News)
  • The U.S. Senate is set to vote today on an aid package that would save teaching jobs. (Daily News)
  • Australian principals want the government to give them power to fire teachers. (The Australian)
  • Texas teachers are as white as they were decades ago, and experts want change. (AP)