Rise & Shine: Renewal of Lower Manhattan includes more kids

  • The renewal of Lower Manhattan post-9/11 has put crowding pressure on downtown schools. (NY1)
  • Anecdotal reports suggest that more schools seem to be facing a space crunch this year. (Daily News)
  • A star of Murry Bergtraum HS’s girls basketball team was murdered yesterday. (PostTimesWSJ)
  • The city is trying to fire Liciaga Altagracia, a Brooklyn principal who put students at safety risk. (Post)
  • Michael Winerip: Students in storm-ravaged Vermont are taking a forest highway to school. (Times)
  • A new report says that nationally, middle-class schools are falling short on key measures. (WSJ)