Rise & Shine: Thursday, 7/3

  • The DOE is hiring more arbitrators in an attempt to reduce the time that teachers under investigation are out of the classroom. (Daily News)
  • Leading pyschometricians are encouraging New York to examine its test scores for evidence of inflation. (Sun)
  • More pre-K problems: The DOE says schools have open seats, but the schools disagree. (Daily News)
  • The American Federation of Teachers, the nation’s largest teachers union, is set to endorse Obama at its convention today. (Washington Post)
  • In Washington, the superintendent is pushing the teachers union to give up seniority and transfer rights in exchange for higher salaries. (Washington Post)