School Districts Struggle with Costs of Educating Special Education Students in Private Schools

Check out this NYT article about the growing costs for school districts having to pay to educate special education children in private school

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/27/education/27specialed.html?ex=1351224000&en=b83ce67e65e3eff9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Senate Rejects Giving Legal Status to Children of Illegal Immigrants Who Graduate High School

Check out this NYT article about the Senate voting down a bill to give illegal immigrant children legal status if they successfully graduate high school...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/washington/25immig.html?ex=1351051200&en=7b4a0e20f0aced7f&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Schools Embrace No Idling Zones to Help Environment

Check out this NYT article about schools enforcing "no idling" zones among parents waiting to pick up their children from school to help the environment...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/education/25green.html?ex=1351051200&en=278cfe1d64b62fc9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

UFT Agrees to Teacher Bonus Plan in Low Performing NYC Schools

Check out this NYT article about the UFT agreeing to a teacher bonus plan in low performing NYC schools
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/nyregion/19school.html?ex=1350532800&en=98c213c327ad34d0&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Religious School Wins Right to Expand Over Town's Objection in Westchester County

Check out this NYT article about a Westchester private school winning the right to expand its school at the 2d Circuit under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/nyregion/21towns.html?ex=1350705600&en=e0cfc314512d8b7f&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Maine Middle School Offers Birth Control to Students

Check out this NYT article about the controversy surrounding a Maine middle school allowing a school clinic to provide birth control contraceptives to students

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/us/21portland.html?ex=1350705600&en=5f0142eff65071db&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

NYC High School Delays 911 Calls Through Complex Reporting Procedure

Check out this NYDN article about a complicated required 4 step procedure before a staff member can call 911 at Jamaica HS in NYC....
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/15/2007-10-15_queens_high_school_staff_told_to_forget_.html

NYC High School Kids to Get Paid for AP Exam Scores

The New York Daily News is reporting today that a nonprofit organization plans to announce a pay for performance plan where HS students will receive $1000 for every "5" score on AP Placement exams, $750 for "4" scores, and $500 for "3" scores.

US Supreme Court Split Means NYC Must Pay Wealthy Disabled Student's Tuition

Check out this NYT article about the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Tom Freston's right to reimbursement from the school district after unilaterally placing his disabled son in a private program...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/education/11school.html?ex=1349841600&en=e0d6e1cb56628c8b&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Ex-Faculty Sue Oral Roberts University President for Irregularities

Check out this NYT article about faculty suing a college university president for abusing his office

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/education/11roberts.html?ex=1350014400&en=209eb0d0e858b756&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

NYC Teacher Rubber Rooms Like a Prison

Check out this NYT article describing life for tenured teachers accused of misconduct in the NYCDOE's "rubber rooms":
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/education/10education.html?ex=1349755200&en=0e31ef8f074c4858&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

US Supreme Court Not Inclined to Allow Parents to Unilaterally Place Special Education Children in Private Placement

Check out this NY Post article about the recent oral argument before the US Supreme Court in a case brought by MTV executive Thomas Freston asserting a right to educate his child in a private school setting and be reimbursed by the public school district when it did not have a comparable public school setting to offer...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10072007/postopinion/editorials/free_private_school.htm

NYC Public School Bans Halloween Costumes After Student Nazi Costume Last Year

Check out this link to a NY Post article describing how a NYC public high school has decided to ban Halloween costumes based on the inappropriate Hitler costume of a student last year...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10072007/news/regionalnews/_nazi__partys_over.htm

Former NYCDOE Principal's Suit Dismissed in EDNY

Check out this link describing an EDNY case where an ex-principal's claim of race discrimination for her ouster from the job was rejected...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/06/2007-10-06_exprincipals_racebias_suit_is_flunked_by.html

Missouri Federal Court Upholds School Ban of Student Wearing Confederate Flag to School

Check out this link describing a case out of Missouri in which the Court held that students can be banned from wearing clothing bearing the confederate flag to public school
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/2007/10/school-district.html