Rise & Shine: Some packed schools had to turn children away

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | September 10, 2009, 11:09am UTC
  • Photo slideshows from the first day of school. (Daily News, Times)
  • Mayor Bloomberg is drawing fire for his efforts to please black voters on school issues. (Daily News)
  • The controversial Hebrew charter school opened in its backup location, in a Brooklyn yeshiva. (Post)
  • Children were turned away at crowded schools in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. (Times, Daily News)
  • Mayor Bloomberg wouldn’t speculate about possible changes to the teachers contract. (Times)
  • Parents at Harlem’s PS 123 protested against Harlem Success’s opening. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
  • Swine flu fears percolated below the surface of the first day of school. (Post)
  • Comptroller Bill Thompson: The city misused class size reduction funds. (GothamSchools, WNYC, NY1)
  • Thompson’s support for Outward Bound programs follows his own harrowing experience. (Times)
  • The Daily News sides with the charter school parents, who say their children are learning more.
  • High-performing students do better at selective colleges, a new study finds. (USA Today)
  • Time Magazine takes a look at Ed Sec Arne Duncan and his $5 billion pot of reform money.
  • Two new arts high schools, one shiny and one scrappy, opened this year in Los Angeles. (L.A. Times)
  • The Wall Street Journal says the media are ignoring D.C. parents angry about losing vouchers.