Rise & Shine: With teachers contract expired, speculation mounts

• The DOE is limiting transfers to overcrowded Francis Lewis HS, but some say more is needed. (Post)
• The UFT contract has expired, and negotiating a new one could be Bloomberg’s next challenge. (NY Mag)
• A Stuyvesant HS teacher says the new UFT contract should not protect mediocre teachers. (Daily News)
• School nurses are asking for support after a third student mistakenly got the H1N1 vaccine. (Daily News)
• The City Council grilled DOE officials about the high progress report grades given to most schools. (NY1)
• High schools’ progress reports won’t contain as many A’s, officials said. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
• Fewer than one in five students at the maritime-focused Harbor School could swim before enrolling. (NPR)
• The head of the teaching program at Williams College offers her vision for (free) teacher training. (Times)
• Jay Mathews looks at the complex teacher rating system being piloted in D.C. schools. (Washington Post)
• The school reform tensions boiling in D.C. right now aren’t anything new. (Washington Post)
• New York City’s school board, the PEP, is one of just two appointed boards in the state. (Times)
• The L.A. Times looks at a Pasadena High School that seems to have turned around successfully.
• Students and teachers are increasingly finding educational value in video games. (Times)