Rise & Shine: City wants to start layoffs with U-rated and ATRs

City schools fared worst in Mayor Bloomberg’s budget plan. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily News, NY1)
Areas where more teachers are new will feel the brunt of the cuts hardest. (Wall Street Journal)
Chancellor Klein writes that he wants to start layoffs with teachers rated unsatisfactory and ATRs. (Post)
Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute says higher class sizes won’t hurt students. (Daily News)
The Times blames Albany for the cuts but wonders whether so many teachers need to be laid off.
The Daily News says the teacher cuts show that state legislators aren’t putting children first.
Juan Gonzalez: A tax rule has banks making profiting from charter school construction. (Daily News)
A parent group is pushing for an alternative to school closures that helps struggling schools. (City Limits)
A Bronx teacher is putting his students to work on an urban farm in a food desert. (Daily News)
A team of Stuyvesant HS students, all women, won a prize for envisioning a bionic eye. (Post)
State Sen. Bill Perkins opposes some school choice, but voters have choice about him, the Post writes.
A handful of city private schools have dropped an admissions test whose scores keep rising. (Times)
Students at some schools are using virtual worlds to develop their business skills. (Times)