Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Computer glitches derail testing in three states
By | May 2, 2013, 11:12am UTC - Computer glitches in three states, including two caused by McGraw-Hill, have hampered testing. (Times)
- The city released corrected data about who passed its gifted screening. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook)
- Unable to afford enough guidance counselors, some city schools outsource the burden. (Riverdale Press)
- A teenager whose death Mayor Bloomberg cited as senseless was headed to college. (DNA Info, Times)
- The city offered an escape hatch to students at low-performing schools, but it’s illusory. (GothamSchools)
- Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov visited with Success Academy students. (GothamSchools, DNA Info)
- New Jersey’s school board reduced the weight of test scores in teacher evaluations a little. (Star-Ledger)
- The principal of a Boston school cut security guards, hired art teachers, and restored safety. (NBC News)
- Teachers at a 13-school Chicago charter network, UNO, voted to unionize. (WSJ, Tribune, Sun-Times)
- Maine schools got their (mostly low) scores on a new school grading system. (Portland Press Herald)