Over the weekend, that changed: now, all 1.1 million public-school students are to go uninstructed for the day.
Our tax phobias should not lead us to shortchange public-school students.
"There are 52,000 public-school students here," she said in an interview.
No one knows how many have now returned, but just 18 percent of public-school students were back by the end of the school year.
Those who will be barred include many middle-class public-school students and 10,000 children in parochial schools.
The education bills now before Congress will require all public-school students to pass state tests.
The city has 1.1 million public-school students, many with parents who vote.
He moves to Brooklyn and begins teaching poetry to public-school students.
While the city spends $17,000 a year on each public-school student, the schools' quality is considered uneven.
To President Clinton, they're a way to keep public-school students from being shot over a designer jacket.
