Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Bronx schools react strongly over toy gun, $5 theft
By | January 30, 2013, 12:19pm UTC - A 5-year-old Bronx student was handcuffed after a $5 theft allegation at P.S. 114, a lawsuit says. (Post)
- A students’ comment about a toy gun sent P.S. 4 in the Bronx into lockdown yesterday. (Post, NY1)
- The state Board of Regents told legislators that they want more funds to be directed to schools. (WSJ)
- Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott detailed midyear school budget cuts. (GothamSchools, NY1)
- But Bloomberg said budget cuts to schools could evaporate with an evaluation deal. (Daily News, Post)
- UFT and city negotiators are preparing to reopen negotiations. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook)
- UFT chief Michael Mulgrew and Walcott testified about the state’s school budget. (GothamSchools)
- The Daily News says Mulgrew’s testimony reveals that all he really wants is a mayor he can control.
- Non-striking bus drivers were harassed as they tried to return to work with new skills. (WSJ, Post, NY1)
- Security concerns have prompted the city to give Walcott police protection during the strike. (Daily News)
- A substitute teacher was charged with collecting steep fees for tutoring he pretended to deliver. (Post)
- School closure critics from many cities testified at the U.S. Department of Education. (Washington Post)
- In Chicago, charter school advocates held a counter-protest over the school closure issue. (Tribune)