Welcome back to the Bronx News Roundup. These are the stories we’re following today.

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After complaining for weeks about bullying, a 14-year-old girl at MS 80 in Norwood was beaten unconscious and taken to Montefiore Medical Center for treatment on Monday afternoon. Her mother is now seeking an immediate safety transfer, reports News 12 (subscription needed). It’s more trouble for a school already in turmoil over the performance and extracurricular life of its new principal.

Back in November, instead of rejecting student usage of technology, The Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School decided to implement hi-tech devices, such as tablets and cell phones, to  the student learning experience, specifically to generate interest in math and science.  Now, the new perspective on learning has paid off. The once failing school was selected as a winner in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge, a national competition. The school is one of 10 winners from across the country and will receive a $10,000 Verizon Foundation grant to help advance STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. The winning teams will continue to work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab in order to bring the student teams’ concepts into app markets.

Bronx Academy of Promise is the only school representing the entire city of New York. Read more on the grant and the competition here.

Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson is asking the City Council for $800,000 in extra funding for Rikers Island. The New York Post reported Johnson describing Rikers as a “unique drain” on his resources. Johnson wants to allocate the money into investigating Rikers’ cases, involving sexual assault, misconduct from the staff and corrections officers, and other crimes.

According to the Post, a mere 43 percent of felons are convicted—the worst conviction record in all of New York City.

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