Rise & Shine: Backup plan to avert teacher layoffs is suggested

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | June 22, 2011, 11:01am UTC
  • The City Council could dip into its own health fund for retirees to avert some teacher layoffs. (Post)
  • Most city charter schools cut costs by opting out of the state teacher penion system and into others. (Post)
  • Advocates are pressuring the city to counsel students before suspending them. (Daily News)
  • A judge delayed ruling on school closures and co-locations. (GothamSchools, Post, Times, NY1, WNYC)
  • Unequal cosmetic upgrades within school buildings are at the heart of the dispute. (NY1)
  • High schools’ often troubling CUNY remediation rates will factor into their next progress reports. (Times)
  • Staten Island’s Tottenville High School’s baseball field is getting top-of-the-line upgrades. (S.I. Advance)
  • Students in Ridgewood, N.J., learned about physical disabilities into their academic classes. (Times)