Rise & Shine: Mayor Bloomberg reveals his worst-case scenario

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | June 17, 2009, 11:11am UTC
  • A new report says the city’s small schools hurt large ones. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily News, Post)
  • Randi Weingarten might soon announce that she is leaving the city teachers union on Aug. 1. (Newsday)
  • Mayor Bloomberg says if the Senate doesn’t act, he will let the courts decide mayoral control. (Post)
  • Many DOE employees aren’t happy about the city’s budget deal that doesn’t save their jobs. (NY1)
  • More details on the brewing repeat space-sharing fight at PS 15 in Red Hook. (Brooklyn Paper)
  • Some affluent California towns are taxing themselves to help their schools. (Wall Street Journal)
  • But it’s the urban schools that have been hit hardest by budget cuts, and no one is helping them. (NPR)