Rise & Shine: Total school budget cuts 12 percent in last 2 years
- Mayor Bloomberg spiked raises to avert teacher layoffs. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily News, WNYC)
- Teachers spared layoffs were delighted by Bloomberg’s decision. (Daily News)
- The move hints at the city’s contract negotiating tack. (GothamSchools, Daily News, Wall Street Journal)
- Schools are also getting their budgets cut by an average of about 4 percent. (GothamSchools, NY1)
- Parents at PS 251 in Queens wants the school to expand to grades 4 and 5. (Daily News)
- Students at the Queens school whose water was tainted are now drinking bottled water. (NY1)
- Chancellor Klein and other big-city school chiefs are urging states to adopt national standards. (Times)
- Chicago teachers wonder how the strapped system can pay for extended days. (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Los Angeles schools are saving some money by cutting classes for disabled students. (L.A. Times)
- High schools can now legally stage productions of “Phantom of the Opera.” (Wall Street Journal)