November 16, 2008 NY Daily News
By Meredith Kolodner
URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2008/11/16/2008-11-16_foes_vow_to_loosen_mayor_michael_bloombe.html?print=1&page=all
 
The first organized opposition to continuing mayoral control of the schools came out swinging yesterday.
The Campaign for Better Schools, a coalition of 25 community groups, said it will press for significant changes to the 2002 state law the Legislature will begin debating anew in January.
“It’s time to end [...]

November 20, 2008 Queens Chronicle
By Vladic Ravich
URL:http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20203203&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=575596&rfi=
 
City Comptroller William Thompson advocated an overhaul of the city’s school system at a education summit last Saturday in Far Rockaway. 
            A leading critic of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, Thompson plans to run for mayor in 2009. Given the opportunity to criticize the cornerstone of his rival’s legacy, the comptroller [...]

November 24, 2008 NY Daily News
By Meredith Kolodner and Benjamin Lesser
URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/23/2008-11-23_bad_new_york_city_schools_trap_many_mino.html
 
A disporportionate number of black and Latino students are stuck in the city’s worst schools, a Daily News analysis shows.
About 30% of students in schools given “report card” grades last month are African-American, yet blacks make up 41% of the classroom rosters in schools rated [...]

November 24, 2008 NY Times
By Manny Fernandez
URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/nyregion/24children.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&pagewanted=print

New York City children who live in public housing perform worse in school than students who live in other types of housing, according to a study by New York University researchers.
The study, which is being released on Monday, found that students living in public housing are more likely to drop out [...]

By Bill Lambdin    November 17, 2008 WNYT
URL: http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S665812.shtml
ALBANY - With less than a day until the Legislature returns to Albany, there’s no agreement on where to cut almost $2 billion in spending.
Education advocates want to make sure it doesn’t come out of the state’s schools. They’re challenging Gov. Paterson to save school aid by taxing [...]