N.Y. Governor With $2.1 Billion Budget Gap, Seeks Future 2% Cap

By Michael Quint
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) — New York Governor David Paterson proposed a 2 percent cap on spending growth next year on the eve of a meeting with legislative leaders to discuss the state’s current $2.1 billion budget deficit.
State agencies were told [...]

Thompson outlines agenda for better schools in first policy speech
by Maura Walz, Gotham Schools

In the first policy speech of his campaign for mayor, Comptroller Bill Thompson announced a ten-point plan to improve the city’s public schools.

Simultaneously attacking Mayor Michael Bloomberg8 0s schools record and outlining his own priorities, Thompson outlined a plan focused broadly on [...]

September 15, 2009
The New York Times
Newly Empowered Education Panel, Looking Lik e the Compliant One of Old
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
It had been derided as a committee of puppets, a rubber-stamp board with no clear power or purpose. So when word came from Albany over the summer that the Panel for Educational Policy would have [...]

Back to school means back to overcrowded classrooms: ‘It’s like on the subway at rush hour’
BY Meredith Kolodner
N.Y. DAILY NEWS
September 22, 2009

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“I would like it if when my son raises his hand, the teacher could see his hand,” on parent and PTA member says. Above, Joel Klein visits a school in East New York.

Lunch [...]

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City High School Graduates Not Ready for College, Report Says (Daily News, Sep 23, 2009)
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Bloomberg, Thompson Spar Over Schools (Associated Press, Sep 23, 2009)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg leveled an attack on his Democratic opponent, William [...]

New York Daily News
NYC high school graduates not ready for success in college: Report
By  Rachel Monahan
Wednesday, September 23rd 2009, 4:00 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/09/23/2009-09-23_hs_grads_not_ready_for_college__report.html

Large numbers of city high school graduates aren’t ready for college, a former City University dean charges in a report to be released on Thursday.

Only 7.5% of grads take all the high school [...]