New York School Progress Reports May Lead to Closures

Education officials said a rising number of schools faced intervention, even closing, after their annual progress reports, although some parents and educators said current grading methods were unfair.



via NYT > N.Y. / Region http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/nyregion/new-york-school-progress-reports-may-lead-to-closures.html

Newark parochial school is first to use N.J. law to become charter school

Starting next fall, a school that has been known for 30 years as St. Philip's Academy will open its doors as Philips Academy Charter School



via New Jersey Real-Time News http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/newark_parochial_school_is_fir.html

Schools grapple with enforcement of no-idle zones

via Education Week American Education News Site of Record http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/10/01/553779inexchangenoidlezones_ap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mrss

Tools of the trade

Looking for a glimpse of what the workplace will look like in five years? Take your Rolodex, your desktop computer and your fax machine — and throw them in the trash (if you haven’t already). And while you’re at it, toss the corner office and cubicles into a Dumpster...



via NY Post: News http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/tools_of_the_trade_ApsYcp99iAjEg3OxoLIEnO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Jobs

He kicked his teacher’s ass!

A hulking Queens gym teacher and former college football player claims a pupil fractured his ankle, injured his knee and forced him to go to a shrink for stress — even though the kid was only 50 pounds and in first grade. Burly, 220-pound PS 330 teacher John Webster, 27, said...



via NY Post: News http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/he_kicked_his_teacher_ass_oRcHY0BTqaqDVI148eOm4N?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Queens