Rise & Shine: Aid helps school keep its fledging drama program

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | December 1, 2009, 12:14pm UTC
  • State budget talks are at a standstill, and school aid could be delayed as a result. (Times)
  • Students at the Bronx’s Women’s Academy of Excellent are staging a play with a purpose. (NY1)
  • Jacob Gershman reviews (unfavorably) the political content of schools’ social justice themes. (Post)
  • Class sizes increased in all grades, but the city said it could have been worse. (GothamSchools, Times)
  • Critics say a class-based admissions policy in Chicago could favor white students. (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • After violence, D.C. charter schools will get the same police as district schools. (Washington Post)