Rise & Shine: Charter lobbyist used to work for Sheldon Silver
Three charter groups are paying a lobbyist, Patricia Lynch, $15,000 a month to boost their cause. (Post)- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver doesn’t seem to be warming to the charter school bill. (Post)
- Pro-charter groups and the teachers union are sparring in a series of ads. (GothamSchools, Post)
- A columnist says the Senate’s move to allow more charters shows democracy is thriving in Albany. (Post)
- The Post attacks the UFT’s Michael Mulgrew for exaggerating the charter school threat.
- Charles Murray says he likes charters because they offer choice, not because of their test scores. (Times)
- Another principal was taped pressuring teachers to answer the school’s survey positively. (Daily News)
- An EPA proposal to reduce some safety standards in schools has drawn fire. (Daily News)
- A Michigan high school will have President Obama as its graduation speaker. (GothamSchools, Times)
- Pennsylvania’s state senate is pushing for more oversight of charter schools. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- D.C. officials are pleased by a jump in students’ still-low science test scores. (Washington Post)