AM News: High School Poker Club Creates Controversy

Cathie Black Gets Approval to Head New York Schools - WSJ.com. On Friday, Mr. Bloomberg wrote a letter to Mr. Steiner promising that Ms. Black would name longtime Department of Education official Shael Polakow-Suransky as her senior deputy chancellor and chief academic officer... Armed Student Holding 23 Classmates, Teacher Hostage (Updated: All Hostages Released) AP: A student armed with a handgun has taken 23 students and one teacher hostage in a Marinette High School classroom in Marinette, Wisc.... Poker at Falls Church high school stirs debate. WP:  With gambling among teenagers a nationally recognized problem, the school-sponsored club represents something of a new frontier in the dispute...Orleans Parish School Board sues the state for right to evaluate charter school applications NOLA.com:  The state Department of Education has refused to remove the "academically in crisis" label, which applies to districts in which more than 30 schools are failing or more than 50 percent of students attend failing schools...