Rise & Shine: Attendance fell on schools' first day

Nearly a quarter of students didn’t show up for yesterday’s one-day school week. (Daily News)
At some schools, students picked up their class schedules and went back home. (Post)
We live-blogged Chancellor Klein’s five-borough schools tour. (GothamSchools)
Klein and the union president chose very different schools to visit. (Wall Street Journal )
City schools and teachers will have to do more with less this year. (New York Times)
Bullied as a child, Governor Paterson signed an anti-bullying-in-schools bill. (Post)
Former rubber room teachers are working in district offices and food services. (Post)
Schools saved from closure are opening with fewer students, teachers, and classes. (Daily News)
These 19 need to be replaced, not given more money, Klein said. (WNYC)
The city wants the right to open gifted programs without holding public hearings. (Riverdale Press)
Two Chinatown schools are in line for new classroom additions this year. (Downtown Express)
88 new school safety agents graduated from the NYPD last week. (Queens Courier)
Madonna’s daughter Loudres is in the drama program at LaGuardia HS. (Daily News)
After losing Race to the Top, NJ is reviewing the education consultants it hired. (Philadelphia Inquirer)