Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Wednesday, 11/19
By | November 19, 2008, 12:42pm UTC - The DOE will encourage principals to hire excessed teachers. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily News)
- Parents in the Upper West Side blocks that have been rezoned are angry. (Post)
- The job market for teachers remains strong. (Daily News)
- DOE alum Andres Alonso is making big changes in Baltimore. (U.S. News and World Report)
- Corporate CEOs say schools will be better if they are run like businesses. (Wall Street Journal)
- Some child psychologists say early childhood education should include more playtime. (USA Today)
- A study has found no benefit of the NCLB-favored Reading First program. (Washington Post)
- Cambridge, Mass., schools are debating “controlled choice” admissions. (Harvard Crimson)
- D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee wants better school security and parent classes. (Washington Post)
- Massachusetts might add critical thinking tasks to its state tests. (Boston Globe)