Rise & Shine: Brooklyn students among city May Day protesters

  • Students from Paul Robeson HS and other schools walked out in protest on May Day. (Amsterdam News)
  • Mayor Bloomberg’s budget was good for teachers but bad for after-school. (GothamSchools, Times)
  • Bloomberg said he did not think unions should get retroactive raises when they get new contracts. (Post)
  • M.S. 244 is winning attention for applying a data-driven approach to students’ needs. (GothamSchools)
  • Behind Philly’s school restructuring plan is a seemingly agenda-driven consulting group. (City Paper)
  • More on the showdown over school space developing in Manhattan’s District 2. (GothamSchools, NY1)
  • Teachers who were reassigned during a L.A. school’s sex scandal say they are depressed. (L.A. Times)
  • Calling for school vouchers, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie said Republicans are leading ed reform. (ABC)