Rise & Shine: Student says bake sale rules already hurting clubs | GothamSchools
Rise & Shine: Student says bake sale rules already hurting clubs | GothamSchools
- New York is a Race to the Top finalist; winning isn’t assured. (GothamSchools, Post, Daily News, NY1)
- Some of the 15 other finalist states seem more likely to win. (Times, Wall Street Journal, AP)
- The Daily News questions whether New York has the political will to win the next round.
- Peter Murphy of the NY Charter Schools Association says being a finalist could backfire. (Post)
- Nelson Denis, a former Assemblyman, says legislators should lift the charter cap now. (Daily News)
- A senior at Queens’ Bayside High School says new bake sale rules are costing student groups. (Post)
- Some schools were wrongly told they could close; a few are closing already. (Times, Daily News, Post)
- IS 89 is among the schools planning to cut budgets by slashing afterschool. (Downtown Express)
- Major protests against education budget cuts swept California yesterday. (Times, L.A. Times)
- Jay Mathews says a local school district is unusual in promoting charter schools. (Washington Post)
- All staff members at six Boston schools will have to reapply for their jobs this summer. (Boston Globe)
- A D.C. parent describes the city’s packed online lottery for seats at top schools. (Washington Post)
