Rise & Shine: Shut out of public schools, parents go parochial

The principal who was running a business from the rubber room has been told to get back to work. (Post)
New York State’s Race to the Top eligibility is still in question. (Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin)
Bill Thompson’s education record is the subject of attacks by the Bloomberg campaign. (Times)
One of Bloomberg’s TV ads, titled “Apples,” takes aim at Thompson’s BOE tenure. (Times)
Thompson was a solid Board of Education president, say those who knew him then. (GothamSchools)
Geoffrey Canada, Diane Ravitch, and others on “how to remake education.” (Times)
Early childhood experts are considering whether play can teach toddlers self-control. (Times)
The principal of the school on Riker’s Island is resigning after an investigation into spending. (Post)
The Washington Post says the Hoxby report means charter school critics need a new line.
Diane Ravitch argues that the report’s sunny findings aren’t true for most of the country. (Daily News)
Michelle Rhee is planning to beg white parents to enroll in D.C.’s segregated schools. (Washington Post)
Donald Fisher, the founder of GAP and a major KIPP funder, has died at 81. (L.A. Times)
The Daily News checks in on the space battle between PS 15 and PAVE Academy in Red Hook.
Finding no space in public kindergartens, some families are turning to parochial schools. (Daily News)
Schools with “waste-free” school lunch programs are composting students’ leftovers. (Chicago Tribune)
Most parents will choose not to vaccinate their children against H1N1, a poll says. (Chicago Tribune)
A year after Green Dot Charter Schools took over a L.A. high school, class sizes have fallen. (L.A. Times)
The Obama administration is calling for longer school days and school years. (Washington Post)
NPR is beginning a year-long series following new teachers and looking at how they’re trained.