LA Schools Sued Over Charter Plan

Teachers union files lawsuit over charter takeovers LA Times
The union representing Los Angeles teachers filed a lawsuit Monday to block the potential hand-over of new campuses to charter schools under the district's groundbreaking and controversial school-reform strategy.

Study: Schools face shortfalls after stimulus ends MSNBC
Using federal stimulus money to avoid layoffs at schools is going to create a shortfall even more difficult for states and schools to contend with when that money runs out, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Monday.

Split decision: Schools divided over whether to start winter break early Washington Post
For hundreds of thousands of students, the snow days are snowballing.

Teachers Defying Gravity to Gain Students’ Interest NYT
Educators took flight, and starred on video, all in the name of science and math.