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State Budget Cuts Could Mean Mass Teacher Layoffs

The recession may have officially ended in June 2009, but school districts from New York to Los Angeles are grappling with state budget proposals that include massive spending cuts and teacher layoffs. A look at some of the major problems around the country: New York City New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced...

Court Rules New York City Can't Close 19 Schools

(July 2) -- A state appellate court has ruled that New York City cannot close 19 schools it had deemed as "failing" in December. In its decision, the court agreed with a lower court ruling that the city had failed to provide adequate information to the public about the impacts of the closings on students and communities,...

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06/03/12 Mulgrew's sex ed Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott invited United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew to join in seeking a state law that would speed from the classroom teachers who engage in inappropriate conduct with students.
05/31/12 Walcott's call for help Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott asked the teachers union to support legislation that would give him the power to fire bad teachers.
05/24/12 Kids, What Does Cyberbullying Mean To You? Source: Daily Politics - New York Daily News To take just a few examples, Tyler Clementi case, in which the young man's former roommate at Rutgers, Dharun Ravi, was sentenced this week (getting just 30 days behind bars, to the dismay of some); the suicide of Jamey Rodemeyer of Williamsville; the online abuse aimed at Long Island's Alexis Pilkington even after she took her own life.
05/21/12 Hondo reelin' and rockin' Source: New York Post - New York NY Hondo bounced back from his Saturday smackdown by cashing with the Braves yesterday to reduce the accounts payable to 1,585 repozes.
05/20/12 Lawsuit: Teachers' union boss Mike Mulgrew covered up... Source: New York Daily News - New York NY A shocking lawsuit filed by a Manhattan math teacher claims that teachers union president Michael Mulgrew was caught having sex with a staffer at a Brooklyn high school.