Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Brooklyn HS talent show cancelled after fighting
By | April 15, 2011, 10:21am UTC - A talent show at a Brooklyn high school was cancelled after several participants fought. (Daily News)
- Some school districts are pushing back against mandates they say are costly without benefits. (Times)
- A fight between a school aide and former student at IS 278 in Queens caused several injuries. (Post)
- Dennis Walcott got a waiver and will officially become chancellor Monday. (GothamSchools, NY1)
- Walcott got both open arms and hard questions during his tour yesterday. (WNYC, Daily News)
- Walcott also said he shares Mayor Bloomberg’s opposition to seniority-based layoffs. (Post)
- Georgia now has an anti-“last in, first out” law it didn’t actually need. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- The Post says David Steiner, by resigning, is surrendering in the battle to improve schools.
- The federal budget deal extends a small school voucher program in Washington, D.C. (Times)
- Chicago is weighing a property tax increase to stave off layoffs and class size increases. (Times)