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In the News
Fri, 02/17/2012
Buffalo News

By Mary B. Pasciak and Tom Precious
News Staff Reporters

Every teacher in the state soon will be evaluated under a more rigorous system designed to more closely link teacher ratings to student growth on assessments and to reliable classroom observations.

Thu, 02/02/2012
WAMC

ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - New York schools could be facing a huge financial loss if an agreement is not reached on a new evaluation system for teachers and principals. The education group, the Campaign for Achievement Now, has issued a report that says schools could lose $1.7 billion dollars over two years if the new system is not in place.

Wed, 02/01/2012
New York Times

In the news on Wednesday, the tabloids continue to have a field day with the case of a teacher who has collected his $100,000-a-year salary for a decade while assigned to “rubber room”-type duty.

The case of Alan Rosenfeld, a former typing instructor, has prompted The New York Post to look more closely at the records of the case against the teacher, who was accused by six girls in junior high school “of leering at them and making inappropriate remarks.”

Tue, 01/31/2012
KFOXTV

ALBANY, N.Y. — As some local school districts are nearing agreements with their unions to create tougher evaluations for teachers and principals, an interest group said failure to enact the new evaluations will cost schools $1.7 billion statewide.

Tue, 01/31/2012
The Republic

ALBANY, N.Y. — An analysis by a school reform group says New York school districts risk losing $1.7 billion in total state and federal aid over two years if they don't agree to teacher and principal evaluations with their unions.

The New York Campaign for Achievement Now, which has ties to the charter school movement, is scheduled to release a report Tuesday that shows New York City schools would lose $592 million in total aid over the next two years.

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AM News: Parent Trigger Rebounds In CA & NY

Thu, 01/12/2012
Scholastic Administrator
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By Alexander Russo

Parents Rebel Against California School WSJ: The unions note that, in California at least, the effort has been coordinated by Parent Revolution, a nonprofit funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation. ALSO: Parent Trigger's Second Try LA Weekly

New advocacy group with city roots enters state’s reform fray GothamSchools: The new nationally-backed group, New York Campaign for Achievement Now, or NYCAN, plans to push for a law that would enable parents to vote on ways to improve their struggling district schools.

Md. ranked no. 1 in schools again Baltimore Sun: For the fourth year in a row Education Week gives state its top grade.

New reward for smart use of longer school day Chicago Tribune: Chicago Public Schools, which has handed out more than $7 million in incentives to teachers and schools willing to lengthen their school days this year, will distribute another $3 million in grants to schools showing ingenuity in how they use the extra 90 minutes.

New York City Plans to Close a Charter School for Mediocrity NYT: For the first time, New York City is closing a charter school for the offense of simply being mediocre, and the action could have widespread implications.

Tucson students confront loss of their Chicano studies class LA Times: A day after the Tucson Unified School District board votes to suspend Mexican American studies classes to avoid losing state aid, students are angry, sad and confused, a teacher says.

Some moving out of troubled Chester Upland district Inquirer: With Delaware County's beleaguered Chester Upland School District nearing insolvency, some parents are moving out of the city or placing their children in other schools.

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Churches Change Tactics to Fight Ouster From N.Y.C. Schools NYT: Churches have already lost a court fight to continue to hold worship services in New York City public schools, but with a February deadline looming, they have not given up hope.

Charters challenge fairness of $21 million to DCPS Washington Post: DCPS got an early Christmas present last month when District Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi revised his revenue forecast to include an additional $42.2 million. Mayor Vincent C. Gray quickly announced that he will ask the D.C. Council to appropriate half of it to the city’s 123-school system to cover “spending pressures”--the polite term for cost overruns--in the current fiscal year.

School 'Scream Rooms' Outrage Parents HuffPost: Parents in Middletown, Conn., are protesting the use of what they're calling "scream rooms" by Farm Hill Elementary School as a way of disciplining misbehaving students.

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