Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Rise & Shine: Suspect bus firms could get another $420 million | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Suspect bus firms could get another $420 million | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Suspect bus firms could get another $420 million

  • The budget that state lawmakers are set to pass cuts $1.4 billion from education. (Times)
  • The city school board green-lighted $420 million in contracts to allegedly corrupt bus companies. (Post)
  • A Queens mom is suing after her 4-year-old was allowed to walk home alone from PS 147. (Daily News)
  • Special education students are big losers in the charter school space wars, parents say. (Daily News)
  • The Green Dot charter school chain is closing one of its Los Angeles schools. (L.A. Times)
  • As Chicago schools chief, Arne Duncan kept a list of politicians’ school choice favors. (Sun-Times)
  • The Wall Street Journal worries that the Obama administration’s education plan is weak on penaltie