Mayoral control should be maintained, but new checks on the mayor’s power should be put in place, the public advocate’s commission of experts has concluded. (Times, Sun)
A movement is underfoot to push Chancellor Klein as the next mayor. (Sun)
New anti-bullying rules respond to recent bias attacks in the city’s schools. (Times, Post, AP)
At Green Dot, a new charter school in the South Bronx, teachers are giving up many union perks in exchange for higher pay and decision-making input. (Post)
Chicago school boycott organizers suspended the boycott after legislators said they’d discuss school funding only if students returned to classes. (Chicago Tribune)
Special education continues to flounder in the reform-filled D.C. schools. (Washington Post)
Florida’s state supreme court blocked two pro-voucher amendments from appearing on November’s ballots. (Times)