Rise & Shine: Students at the lone “F” school agree it’s bad

  • More high schools got A’s on their progress reports. (GothamSchools, Times, Post, Daily News, NY1)
  • At the sole school to get an F, down from a B last year, students say motivation is an issue. (Post)
  • The DOE is looking for a contractor to protect the schools from bedbugs. (Post)
  • Mayor Bloomberg asked the DOE to cut 1.5 percent from its budget, less than other agencies. (Post)
  • NYS wants to evaluate teacher training programs by their products’ student test scores. (GothamSchools)
  • The Daily News endorses the state’s plan, saying it would improve teacher quality control.
  • Four Bronx teachers who won math and science teaching awards had parties in their honor. (Daily News)
  • The state’s budget crisis could delay payments to school districts. (Bloomberg News)
  • Children will play a big role in getting the 2010 census completed. (Wall Street Journal)
  • The Wall Street Journal is stunned the Ford Foundation is giving to teachers unions, not charter schools.
  • Los Angeles teachers are among the groups bidding to take over the city’s troubled schools. (L.A. Times)
  • Food that the FDA deems dangerous often stays in the lineup for school lunches. (USA Today)
  • A federal judge ruled Chicago students should get to transfer from an unsafe school. (Chicago Tribune)