From New York City:
- Democratic lawmakers are pushing Shelly Silver to impose fixed terms for school board members. (Post)
- Downtown Express, a paper from Silver’s Manhattan district, says it hopes he resists the pressure.
- A top Democratic state senator has a plan that would leave the PEP unchanged. (Daily News)
- A hearing held by a Queens state senator last week showed ire with mayoral control. (Queens Chronicle)
- Mayor Bloomberg’s education numbers could hurt his bid for a third term, says Errol Louis. (Daily News)
- A teacher at a middle school (whose principal left under fire) allegedly had sex with a student. (Post)
- Six more city schools are closing because of spikes in flu-like symptoms among students. (Post)
- ARIS Parent Link, whose launch GothamSchools first reported, cost the city $900,000. (Times, NY1)
- The city announced it would reopen a closed Upper East Side school to meet demand for seats. (Post)
- Budget cuts are taking a major toll on after school programs. (Daily News)
- The Post says the reason the UFT’s charter schools aren’t the best is that they are union-run. (Post)
- Parents in Brooklyn are angry that a transfer school could move into their school building. (Daily News)
And beyond:
- New Jersey’s highest court backed a school funding formula that doesn’t favor poor schools. (Times)
- In Los Angeles, budget cuts mean an end to virtually all summer school programs. (L.A. Times)
- Arne Duncan says states should lift their charter caps if they want stimulus money. (GothamSchools, AP)
- More middle-class white families are choosing to homeschool their kids. (USA Today)
- Jay Mathews problematizes the preschool-for-all debate. (Washington Post)