Rise & Shine: School buses to return to normal after strike’s end

by Philissa Cramer, at 6:39 am

The school bus strike:

The school bus drivers union ended its monthlong strike. (Times, Post, Daily News, SchoolBook, WSJ)
Chancellor Walcott: Buses should run normally Wednesday, with bumps. (SchoolBook, Daily News, NY1)
The end of the strike is welcome news to students and parents who have struggled for weeks. (NY1)
A Staten Island bus matron whose son rides a school bus says she is glad that she went on strike. (NY1)
The city spent more than $20 million on transportation during the strike, but says it saved more. (WSJ)
Also affected by the strike: Museums and cultural attractions, which lost out on field trip traffic. (Times)

In other news:

Gov. Cuomo plans to seek the right this week to impose a teacher evaluation system on the city. (Post)
The city’s changes to its gifted screening tests are meant to make getting in harder to prepare for. (Times)
A teen advocate for students with disabilities helped launch a campaign aimed at inclusion. (Daily News)
A new charter school and affordable housing complex are rising together in the Bronx. (Daily News)
Randi Weingarten is now involved in an L.A. school board race that has netted Bloomberg dollars. (Post)
Across the country, physical education classes are becoming more academic amid test pressure. (Times)
In many cities across the country, charter schools use complex applications to screen students. (Reuters)
After Newtown, some school districts are cracking down on kids’ simulated gunplay. (USA Today)
San Francisco is seizing on state law and tripling rent for charter schools in city space. (S.F. Chronicle)
Los Angeles’s schools chief wants test scores to count for 30 percent of teacher evaluations. (L.A. Times)

noryeln

“…saved 40 million dollars”
Unfortunately that isn’t going to remain true. Once children get back to schools parents will be requesting make up sessions with therapists and tutors. What the children missed in a month of a strike will be painfully evident and require action on the part of the DOE. Expenses will rise as parents insist on make-up sessions. This strike has been a debacle for everyone
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=711858292 Paul Rubin

Don’t forget the lost week from the hurricane and the 2 or in some cases many more weeks of lost “real instruction” for the few dozen damaged buildings. This year’s test results figure to be absolutely abysmal and the special ed kids impacted were likely set back by a good year from Bloomberg’s decisions. Of course next year’s results will jump simply over the attendance and consistency changes and watch the hopefully EX-Emperor try to take credit for what would be inevitable even if my pet beagle were running the NYC schools.

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