Source: http://gothamschools.org/2011/11/15/does-newest-class-size-data-confirms-increases-across-city/
Summary: This article tells about how NYC Board of Education Schools have average class sizes of 24 students, which is the highest that it has been since 1998. While these numbers are below what was originally expected after a 1.7 billion dollar budget cut, BOE officials say that getting the best teachers into classrooms is their main goal.
Social Issues: One social issue that is discussed in this article is how hard times affect everybody, including students. Since class sizes have been on the decline in New York for about a decade, this comes as a surprising fact to many people.
Source: http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/16/whats-next-for-occupy-wall-street/?hpt=wo_r1
Summary: This article talks about how the Occupy Wall Street movement is unsure what to do next. There is uncertainty if the they want to become a political force similar to the Tea Party. The article also questions if the recent eviction was enough to put a dent in the movements spirt/ drive.
Social Issues: A social issue that is discussed in the article is that how all situations are complex. The movement calls for things like equal taxes, and for smarter ways of spending money, but in order to clean up the park that the protestors had made a mess out of, the city had to pay police officers and sanitation workers for their work, and pay for materials to help the cleanup.
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