Rise & Shine: CUNY's college-readiness test has low standards

CUNY tests that decide whether a student needs remedial help are unusually easy to pass. (Daily News)
Natasha Cooke-Nieves, a science teacher at P.S. 282, received an award for great teaching. (NY1)
Michael Mulgrew didn’t attend the event because of the donor’s Tea Party connections. (Daily News)
The Daily News calls the union president a “petty petty man” for not coming to the award presentation.
Three teachers critical of P.S. 282’s principal say she removed them for the public event. (NY Post)
Archbishop Timothy Dolan says “Superman” is already here in the form of Catholic schools. (Daily News)
A charter school teacher says she lost two months’ pay for missing two days of work. (Daily News)
A private UWS high school is letting students tend five bee hives on the roof. (Daily News)
Two hooded young men threated a Queens middle school teacher with a handgun. (NY Post)
Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation to Newark public schools is raising legal questions. (NY Post)
LA’s teachers union was left out of a deal to change seniority policies and may sue. (LA Times)
In Baltimore, Rhee-style school reforms have not alienated parents and voters. (Washington Post)