Teacher News of the Day

Cell phone veto on tap (second item down) – “Mayor Bloomberg vowed yesterday to veto a City Council bill that softens his cellphone ban in public schools.” New York Daily News, more in the New York Sun, and be sure to read yesterday’s guest blog post on the cell phone ban by Seth Pearce from the NYC Student Union

By 2009, Mayor’s Control Of Schools Could End – “Lawmakers and interest groups are crafting plans to weaken or end mayoral control of the city’s public schools once Mayor Bloomberg leaves office as voter support for shared power grows.” New York Sun, more in the New York Times City Room and the New York Post

Klein Plays Faves: Foes – “Schools Chancellor Joel Klein is favoring some of the best schools when awarding special grants meant to aid the worst in the system, an advocacy group charged yesterday.” New York Post

HS Math = Good Science – “Students who had more math courses in high school did better in all types of science once they got to college, researchers say in today’s edition of the journal Science.” New York Post, here’s the article summary in Science

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