Local advocacy groups voiced support for the new formula as well, including the Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights, the Urban League and the Orleans Public Education Network. The latest shift in how schools are funded is part of a long-running debate over how to best serve students with disabilities and Read more…

Eric Mann, director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, is also calling for a formal apology from the district as well as a “pledge” to cease all transactions with the Defense Department, who first unloaded the baffling stash of powerful weaponry on police. “Military-grade weapons have no place on our public school campuses,” Deborah Fowler, a Read more…

Members of the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Parents 4 Teachers, Communities United, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and Northside Action for Justice are expected to join Raise Your Hand members Tuesday morning to “demand that the TIF funds be declared as a surplus for short-term relief” at CPS. Click Here For Full Article

The Alliance for Quality Education is launching the effort on the 10th anniversary of a 2006 court ruling that found New York State had been shortchanging its schools. In a new report set for release Sunday the teacher union-backed group claims the state and Gov. Cuomo owe school districts $4.8 billion, including more than $2 Read more…

The Reader reports that the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) is tackling this factor head on with proposed property tax abatements that could help people stay in a booming area that’s going to get even more valuable now that The 606 is opening. Click Here for Full Article