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NYC mayor’s choice for schools stays under wraps (AP)

Published on November 17, 2010 By

NEW YORK – The magazine executive Mayor Michael Bloomberg chose to lead New York’s sprawling public school system has spent the week shuttling between her Park Avenue apartment building and her office at Hearst Magazines, shadowed by City Hall aides who are briefing her on education issues. Bloomberg’s curveball choice of Cathie Black for the post of schools chancellor has upset some city leaders, who have petitioned the state to deny her permission to serve, blasted her lack of education experience and urged the mayor to instead conduct a public search for the person who will head the country’s largest public school system at 1.1 million students

Filling Superman Joel Klein’s Shoes (The Daily Beast)

Published on November 10, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – In a jaw-dropping appointment, Hearst exec Cathie Black will succeed New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein, education reform rock star. Lloyd Grove talks to Klein about the challenges she faces

Publishing exec named new NYC schools chancellor (AP)

Published on November 9, 2010 By

NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg named a top publishing executive with no background in education to head the nation’s largest school system after announcing Tuesday that New York City’s longtime chancellor was stepping down. Bloomberg said Hearst Magazines chairwoman Cathie Black would replace Joel Klein, who has overseen the city’s 1.1 million-student school system since 2002.

School brings farming to Big Apple (AP)

Published on November 5, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – No one expects to find beets and carrots in a sliver of the South Bronx wedged between Metro-North Railroad tracks and a busy elevated highway.

$100M Newark school reform takes to the streets (AP)

Published on November 1, 2010 By

NEWARK, N.J. – Halloween is over, but residents in New Jersey’s largest city can still expect to have people knocking on their doors. It’s part of the first phase of the $100 million makeover of the Newark school system that’s being funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

Teachers unions fight public performance rankings (The Upshot)

Published on October 22, 2010 By rohit

A big legal battle is brewing between New York City’s education department and the local teachers union over the recently announced plan to issue public rankings of teachers based on how their students perform on tests. Union leaders say the practice would be an intrusion on the privacy of rank-and-file members — and are suing the city today to prevent the plan from going forward. Unless the union prevails, the education department will hand over the rankings of 12,000 teachers tomorrow morning to reporters who have requested the data

County: No education for Mo. teen murder suspect (AP)

Published on October 20, 2010 By rohit

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – County officials in central Missouri argued Tuesday that they should not be required to pay to educate a 16-year-old girl awaiting trial for the alleged murder of a young neighbor. Attorneys for Alyssa Bustamante have asked the Missouri Supreme Court to order officials in Cole County to pay for her education.

Boston schools failed non-English speakers (Reuters)

Published on October 1, 2010 By

BOSTON (Reuters) – Thousands of students in Boston who are not proficient in English will be entitled to language assistance under an agreement between the city’s public schools and the U.S. Department of Justice. An investigation by the government found the Boston public school system had failed to accurately assess or provide for the language needs of certain students as required by law.

APNewsBreak: Charter school group to raise $160M (AP)

Published on September 29, 2010 By rohit

ATLANTA – Groups hoping to open charter schools across the country could soon have millions more dollars available. The Charter School Growth Fund is announcing a $160 million fundraising campaign Wednesday — the largest-ever aimed at helping start more of the nontraditional public schools nationwide

NJ gov: Change how public school teachers are paid (AP)

Published on September 28, 2010 By rohit

OLD BRIDGE, N.J.