Rise & Shine: District schools top charters on progress grades | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: District schools top charters on progress grades | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: District schools top charters on progress grades

by Maura Walz

• Most schools got lower grades on this year’s progress reports. (GothamSchools, Times, NY1, WSJ)
• On average, charter schools got lower grades than traditional public schools. (Post)
• Still, just 5 percent of schools got D’s or F’s. (Daily News)
• Manhattan’s PS 366 was one of only 22 schools to see a higher grade this year. (Post)
• The teachers union’s Brooklyn charter school saw one of the largest score declines. (Post)
• Harlem Success spent $1.3 million over two years on marketing, Juan Gonzalez writes. (Daily News)
• Eva Moskowitz: The city needs more law changes to let charter schools grow. (Daily News)
• After negative publicity, PS 95 in Queens will let a kindergartener go to class. (Daily News)
• More districts are starting to use Singapore math, which favors understanding over skills. (Times)
• Readers write that it’s wrong to connect Brockton High School’s turnaround to its size. (Times)
• Louisville, Ky., has replaced its rejected integration plan with new ways to mix students. (USA Today)