Rise & Shine: Metrocard cuts won’t be decided next week after all | GothamSchools
Rise & Shine: Metrocard cuts won’t be decided next week after all | GothamSchools
by Philissa Cramer
- Lawmakers are complaining that the Obama administration’s education plan is too city-focused. (Times)
- Chancellor Klein and Mayor Bloomberg offer their take on Obama’s education plan. (Time)
- George Will says Obama’s goal of universal “college and career readiness” by 2020 is unrealistic. (Post)
- The teachers union’s charter school got a shorter-than-typical charter renewal from the state. (Post)
- The head of the MTA told worried students that Metrocards won’t be voted on next week. (NY1)
- At a medicine-themed high school in the Bronx, students learn the periodic table by rapping. (NY1)
- A program called “Expanding the Walls” lets students explore the city through photography. (Times)
- The Villager praises the city’s indication that it will open a new school downtown sooner than planned.
- Under New Jersey’s proposed school budget cuts, some districts would lose all state funding. (Times)
- Some school districts are trying to earn extra cash by selling ad space on their Web sites. (USA Today)
- To avoid total financial ruin, Detroit is seeking to close 45 schools. (Times, AP)
- J.C. Brizard, the NYC alum who heads Rochester’s schools, dishes on leadership. (City Newspaper)
- The mayor of Harrisburg, Penn., wants to get rid of mayoral control. (Patriot-News)
