Story in Saturday’s NY Times on the state Court of Appeals ruling in the long-running education finance case involving the New York City schools notes the tension between instituting universal pre-kindergarten and spending money for smaller classes or other enhancements to K-12. These tensions come up all the time. But journalists often don’t make the connection or explore the issues involved. On this one, however, the two most important public school voices are on board: both NYC Chancellor Joel Klein and Randi Weingarten, the president of the United Federation of Teachers.