Skip to main contentRise & Shine: De Blasio election begins new era for city schools
By | November 6, 2013, 12:11pm UTC - Voters elected Bill de Blasio to was elected mayor in a landslide victory. (Times, WSJ, Daily News, Post)
- Voters also approved a casino plan that could bring nearly $100 million to city schools. (Times Union)
- Colorado voters shot down a spending plan to overhaul public school funding. (EdNews, Times)
- In Harlem, there were mixed feelings about charter schools and voting for de Blasio. (GothamSchools)
- Rumors are swirling that union head Randi Weingarten wants to be chancellor under de Blasio. (Post)
- Weingarten has shown interest in the post before, but said she wouldn’t “entertain” the question. (HuffPo)
- And de Blasio himself dismissed the rumors, saying he hasn’t discussed the idea. (GothamSchools)
- In Bushwick, voters went with de Blasio despite disagreeing on charter schools. (GothamSchools)
- At one a school that doubled as a voting site, it was business as usual for teachers. (GothamSchools)
- The U.S. is one of the few places where more money is spent on schools with affluent students. (Times)
- A lawsuit says a student at P.S. 51, which moved due to toxins, suffered brain damage. (Village Voice)