Rise & Shine: Could charter stance push Perkins out of office? | GothamSchools
Rise & Shine: Could charter stance push Perkins out of office? | GothamSchools
- Shouting ruled at the charter school hearing held by State Sen. Bill Perkins. (Daily News, NY1, Post)
- A minute-by-minute account of the all-day hearing contains all of the highlights. (GothamSchools)
- The state teachers unions charges against the schools focused on financial improprieties. (Times)
- Two pro-charter politicians took the hearing as an opportunity to challenge the teachers union. (Post)
- A columnist writes that Perkins’ anti-charter school stance makes him politically vulnerable. (Post)
- The Post says Perkins has “no legitimate place in public life” and should be voted out of office.
- The Daily News says the hearing was “an attempt to create public policy by raging non sequiturs.”
- In letters to the editor, Post readers weigh in on the most recent union-charter schools dust-up.
- A Queens teacher accused of molesting students has been investigated before. (Daily News, NY1)
- Parents in the East Village used Earth Day to campaign against schools’ use of styrofoam trays. (NY1)
- The city school board voted to let PAVE Academy stay in PS 15 for three more years. (Courier-Life)
