Rise & Shine: Monday, 7/14

  • Taking the helm of the national teachers union, the AFT, today, Randi Weingarten proposes to make schools more like community centers. (Times)
  • Barack Obama opposes school vouchers, he tells the AFT. (Sun)
  • John McCain plans to reveal his long-awaited, Joel Klein-informed education plan this week. (Post)
  • Ed in ’08, a political action committee that wants to make education a prominent issue in the presidential election, has begun airing several ads. (USA Today)
  • As kids come out as gay at younger ages, schools must figure out how to keep them safe. (Washington Post)