Rise & Shine: Charter cap fight enters last week, or maybe day | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Charter cap fight enters last week, or maybe day | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Charter cap fight enters last week, or maybe day

by Philissa Cramer

• The state has just a week to boost its Race to the Top bid by lifting the charter cap. (Wall Street Journal)
• But with lawmakers booked up most days, a charter cap deal needs to happen today, the Post argues.
• Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein touted charter schools at black churches yesterday. (Daily News)
• The union said it could soon turn to the less charter-friendly Assembly in the cap fight. (Daily News)
• But negotiations might have moved forward on Saturday, with a colocation council in the works. (Post)
• The Daily News says the UFT is wrong to push for limits on how many charters can open in one area.
• The charter cap war is also an ad war between the union and charter advocates. (GothamSchools, Post)
• NYC Charter School Center head James Merriman says “faux reforms” aren’t enough. (Crain’s NY)
• Many state politicians who oppose charter schools went to nonpublic schools themselves. (Post)
• MTA board members will make a final determination on the fate of student Metrocards June 23. (Post)
• City students and teachers can sing and act so well they could be “Glee” cast members. (Daily News)
• Nearly 1,000 incoming kindergartners won’t get seats at their zoned schools. (GothamSchools, Post)
• PS 143 in the Corona section of Queens has the longest waiting list, with 110 children. (Daily News)
• Overcrowding isn’t abating at Francis Lewis HS, the city’s second-biggest school. (Queens Courier)
• Two new school buildings in Midtown are being built on private developers’ dime. (NY1)
• Race to the Top could have long-lasting implications for the fate of American teachers unions. (Times)
• The Times says Hawaii is shortchanging students by cutting school days to save money.