Rise & Shine: Thousands of city classes are too big, union says

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | September 18, 2009, 10:36am UTC
  • Chancellor Klein is pressuring principals to hire teachers from the ATR pool. (Times, Daily News, Post)
  • But the principals union has questions about Klein’s budget ultimatum. (GothamSchools)
  • The UFT says 7,200 city classes are over their contractual size limits. (Daily News, NY1)
  • The next front in the charter school space-sharing war appears to be at Brooklyn’s PS 15. (Post)
  • One of the UFT’s contract demands is time off sans penalty for teachers who get H1N1 flu. (Daily News)
  • The city DOE is partnering with Harvard’s new education leadership PhD program. (Harvard Gazette)
  • A Bronx assistant principal was arrested for driving drunk to school at 6:40 a.m. (Post)
  • Charter school supporters are mobilizing politically in Massachusetts. (Boston Globe)
  • The City Council passed a bill that would green school buses; Bloomberg will sign it. (NY1, WNYC)
  • D.C.’s Council chairman says Michelle Rhee is using budget cuts as an excuse to fire teachers. (WaPo)