NYC Principal Hiring Restructured through Centralized Pool and 3 Hour Exam

Check out "City's principals to be hired through a centralized pool," NYT, 1/30/08, at B1

USDOE Ignores IG Finding on Student Lender PHEAA's Overbilling

Check out "US ignores finding on student lender," NYT, 1/26/08, at A8 (PHEAA)

Prep Schools Like Exeter Have College-Size Endowments from Wealthy Alumni

Check out "Elite prep schools, college-size endowments", NYT, 1/26/06, at A1 (Exeter NH prep school)

Arizona Bans State College Financial Assistance for Students Who Cannot Prove Legal Residence

Check out "Arizona law takes a toll on nonresident students," NYT, 1/27/08, at A14 (Proposition 300 referendum)

NYC Teachers Awaiting Disciplinary Hearings Sue to Escape Rubber Rooms Alleging Part of DOE's Discriminatory Scheme

Check out "Teachers sue to ax rubber rooms," NYP, 1/22/08, at p. 12

NYC to Evaluate Teachers By Student Performance on Standardized Tests

Check out "New York Measuring Teachers by Student Progress on Tests," NYT, 1/21/08, at A1

Queens High School Overcrowded with Waves of Immigrants

Check out "A Queens High School With 3,600 Students, and Room for Just 1,800 (Richmond Hill HS), NYT, 1/16/08, at B1

Pennsylvania To Toughen High School Requirements

Check out "Pennsylvania Acts to Bolster High School Requirements", NYT, 1/18/08, at A19

Mayor Bloomberg to Toughen Requirements to Advance to High School

Check out "Extending Requirement to Advance in School," NYT, 1/18/08, at B5

College Applications Rising Even Faster

Check out "Applications to Colleges are Breaking Records," NYT, 1/17/08, at A22

Urban Schools Retooling to Help Students More than Just Graduate

Check out "Urban Schools Aiming Higher than Diploma," NYT, 1/17/08, at A1

NYCDOE to End School Race Quotas for Elite Schools after Lawsuit Filed

Check out "Klein bids to end to school race quotas amid suit," NYP, 1/15/08, at p. 7

NY State to Approve 12 New Charter Schools in City for 73 Total

Check out "Dozen city charter schools set for OK," NYP, 1/15/08, at p. 2

Second Circuit Allows NYCDOE to Stop Paying 24 Year Old Quadriplegic's Personalized Educational Program

Check out "Judge: City can cut her pricey classes," NYDN, 1/9/08, at p. 24 [Alba Somoza]

Catholic Teachers Call Sickout over Wages

Check out "Archdiocese is target of sickout at 10 schools," NYT, 1/11/08, at B3

NYC Judge Skeptical of Plan to Give Private Schools Priority on Randalls Island

Check out "Judge queries plan to give private schools priority on Randalls Island," NYT, 1/11/08, at B3

NY Governor Will Not Seek Higher Tuition But Seeks 2000 FT Faculty for SUNY Schools

Check out "Governor doesn't seek tuition rise for colleges," NYT, 1/10/08, at B6

NJ Retools State Aid to Finance its Schools Beyond Poorest Districts

Check out "New Jersey revamps state aid to schools," NYT, 1/8/08, at B1

NYCDOE Names New Principal for Arabic School

Check out "City Names New Principal [Holly Anne Reichert] for English-Arabic School [Khalil-Gabran Academy]," NYT, 1/9/08, at B3

NYSUT Wary of Governor Spitzer's Effort to Limit Property Tax Increases

Check out "Teachers' union is leery of effort to limit taxes," NYT, 1/11/08, at B1

NYC School Staff Sexual Misconduct Cases Doubled In Last Five Years

Check out "School sex cases on rise," NYP, at p. 2 [re growing number of complaints received by SCI]

Sixth Circuit Revives NEA Challenge to NCLB as Unfunded Mandate by Fed Government

Check out "Court Revives Lawsuit Against Federal Education Law," NYT, 1/8/08, at A18

State Comptroller to Review NYCDOE's No Bid School Contracts

Check out "State to Audit No-Bid Award of City's School Contracts," NYT, 1/12/08, at B5

Check out "Educrats' $38M sweet tech deal [to Future Technology Associates]," NYDN, 1/11/08, at p. 2

Roosevelt School System Gets $8 Million Bailout from NY State

Check out "Ailing District to Get Grant for Schools," NYT, 1/12/08, at B3

NY Governor Proposes Large Endowment for SUNY System Including adding 2000 Faculty Members

Check out NYT article, 1/7/08, "Spitzer wants to endow state's public colleges", NYT, 1/3/08, by Danny Hakim

Teachers taking handsoff approach to student use of cellphones in NYC schools

Check out NYP article 1/3/08 p. 2 "Teachers hanging up on cellphone ban"

Tutoring for Boys in Multitasking and Organization Growing

Check out NYT articles
"Giving disorganized boys the tools for success and multitasking", NYT ,1/1/08, at A9
"A clutter too deep for mere bins and shelves," NYT, 1/1/08, at F5

University of Oregon stands up for privacy of students accused by record industry of music piracy

Check out NYT article "In the Heated Fight Over Music Piracy, a Rare Stand for Privacy", 12/31/07, at A11