New York City Informer

New York City is hoping that more information about which teachers leave city schools will help principals hold on to the best ones. Starting today, the Department of Education plans to release annual reports about teacher retention that detail — by their performance ratings — which teachers resign, retire, stay on, are fired, or are [...]

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The school would replace Norman Thomas High School, which is being phased out due to poor performance. Home Page Top Stories on DNAINFO.com – Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | 4:34am

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Two years removed from his post as New York State’s schools chief, David Steiner is back in his old office with his old job. But Albany gave Steiner, serving a second stint as dean of Hunter College’s School of Education, a vision for how education policy can and should be shaped. That vision is coming [...]

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A new ad campaign aims to get to kids to brush and avoid sugary drinks, but doesn't emphasize visiting the dentist—because access to affordable dental care is so spotty. City Limits – News

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On each side of the split screen, a girl with long hair and a puffy white coat walks to school, where she works on a writing assignment, raises her hand to answer a question, watches the clock, and walks past a bulletin board plastered with student work. Then the divider disappears and the two girls leave [...]

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Edgar Rodriguez recently became principal of the Academy for Careers in Television and Film in Long Island City, Queens. He helped start the school in 2008 and acted as its assistant principal for the last four years, until the founding principal left in January. On his first day as principal of the Academy for Careers [...]

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Connecticut is now poised to become the first state to require current owners of gun magazines with 10 or more rounds to register them. WSJ.com: Newyork Main

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Organizers of a bike tour that crosses all five boroughs became the first group to challenge New York City’s new effort to extract repayment for police expenses caused by large athletic activities, including marathons and other runs. WSJ.com: Newyork Main

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Derek Jeter was scratched from Tuesday’s lineup against the Phillies with what he called “stiffness” in the area around his surgically repaired left ankle. Sports stories from Newsday

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After a year’s delay, Nevada Smiths now plans to open its new space on Third Avenue in the first week in March. The Local East Village

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For Bernard King, maybe the sixth time is the charm. The Brooklyn product and former Knick great was revealed as one of 12 finalists for the 2013 Hall of Fame class Friday, joining notables such as Gary Payton, Rick Pitino, Jerry Tarkanian and Tim Hardaway. Knicks Rss Article only

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The penalty for getting busted with a little bit of pot is about to get lighter. amNewYork’s Urbanite

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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is proposing to create 40,000 “affordable” apartments for middle-income New Yorkers during the next decade, the largest such commitment since the mid-1950s. WSJ.com: Newyork Main

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New York City's public school system and its public university have a new resource to help students get to college and succeed once they get there. WNYW – NYC News

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A lawyer who’s won funding fights before is suing over the state’s teacher evaluation budget cuts. (WSJ) The Bloomberg administration wants to set charter school co-locations to would start after 2013. (Post) Celia Cruz HS’s principal is in hot water over woes staff say are not the school’s worst. (GothamSchools) The city’s charter sector wants [...]

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