Rise & Shine: City budget cuts set to be deepest since 2002

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | November 11, 2009, 11:59am UTC
  • The 500 school aides at risk of being laid off will finally be fired at the end of this week. (Daily News)
  • The budget cuts Mayor Bloomberg will propose could be the steepest he’s imposed since 2002. (Post)
  • Final Race to the Top rules come out this week, and states are chomping at the bit to be eligible. (Times)
  • At the Harlem Children’s Zone, Arne Duncan reiterated his call for innovative school policies. (Post)
  • Supreme Court Justice Kennedy demanded to review a city private school’s student newspaper. (Times)
  • Dozens of Chicago middle schoolers were arrested for having a food fight in the cafeteria. (Times)
  • Volunteers work to tell parents they can opt their child out from military recruitment. (The Uptowner)
  • An UWS mom is worried after the school bus dropped her 6-year-old son off far from home. (Daily News)
  • The City Council heard testimony about problems with school safety. (GothamSchools, Daily News, NY1)
  • The Times advocates for discipline programs that don’t criminalize student behavior. 
  • Parents in the Bronx protested against cuts to after-school programs. (Mount Hope Monitor)
  • The Daily News calls the state’s lowest-in-the-nation GED pass rate “shameful.”
  • A new report examines school districts nationwide for the best human capital practices. (Education Week)
  • Massachusetts could have a new law by Weds raising the state’s charter cap. (Boston Globe)