Rise & Shine: City to test all children in pre-K programs by Dec. 1

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | September 29, 2009, 11:12am UTC
  • The city is suddenly testing kids in pre-K programs, as a rarely enforced state law demands. (Daily News)
  • Bob Herbert travels with Bill and Melinda Gates on their tour to find out what schools need. (Times)
  • The EPA wants schools to test for dangerous chemicals found in some city schools. (Wall Street Journal)
  • Schools can be doing well even if their test scores aren’t rising, Jay Mathews argues. (Washington Post)
  • Thomas Carroll, a charter school booster, offers his wish list for the new teachers contract. (Daily News)
  • Francis Lewis High School in Queens is overcrowded. (You read it here first.) (Times)
  • The high school in the movie “Stand and Deliver” could be taken over by a private operator. (L.A. Times)
  • The Times says Ed Sec Arne Duncan will need “courage, stamina, and cover” in distributing RttT funds.
  • Massachusetts’s ed chief is running his department like a think tank and drawing fire for it. (Boston Globe)