Remainders: State budget deal could be weeks away | GothamSchools

Remainders: State budget deal could be weeks away | GothamSchools

Remainders: State budget deal could be weeks away

by Maura Walz

• A state budget deal could be a “few weeks away,” Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said today.
• Joanne Jacobs looks at why school districts have trouble tracking their spending.
• A survey of 453 school district leaders finds bigger class sizes and less money for electives and books.
• GOOD’s blog makes a case for why healthy school lunches matter even to people who don’t have kids.
• Ms. Mimi tallies all everything from her classroom that she drags along on her vacation.
• Bloomberg is mailing cards to top political donors asking them to support his education reforms.
• One teacher challenges a re-elected Mulgrew to be more responsive to the union’s member.
• How should we define “a quality charter law”? NYCSA’s Peter Murphy takes on the union definition.
• More advice for New York State on how to win Race to the Top, this time from the city’s charter center.
• Do you teach special lessons for Earth Day? (Or maybe for Facial Protection Month?) Here are some tips.