Rise & Shine: Thursday, 12/18

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | December 18, 2008, 12:32pm UTC
  • Gov. Paterson’s budget cuts would undo recent gains in school funding, advocates fear. (Times)
  • Charter schools will also be affected by the budget cuts, but not as much. (Albany Times-Union)
  • A special needs preschool in Brooklyn will phase out, not close, after protests. (Times, Brooklyn Paper)
  • The Riverdale Press covers a recent hearing in the Bronx about the capital plan.
  • Charter school advocates celebrate the 10th anniversary of the state charter law. (Post, Daily News)
  • An upstate man wants to see school districts merge to combat segregation. (Times)
  • The Christian Science Monitor probes the education divide in the Democratic Party.