Rise & Shine: State Senate ed chair wants more RttT guidance

A small coterie of rich hedge fund partners are galvanizing donations to city charter schools. (Times)
Charter school operators from other states say they’ll avoid NY until the charter cap is lifted. (Post)
The State Senate’s ed committee chair says she needs more guidance about Race to the Top. (NY1)
Bob Herbert: Harvard’s new doctoral education program will help create education leaders. (Times)
Lafayette HS was closed this weekend because of asbestos fears, canceling the SAT. (Daily News)
More city teens are testing positive for some sexually transmitted diseases. (Post)
Students from Stuyvesant and Francis Lewis HS are in the running for a top science scholarship. (NY1)
The percentage of CUNY freshmen needing remedial classes is holding steady at three quarters. (Post)
Letter writers, including the DOE’s David Cantor, take on the issue of charter school space. (Times)
In a letter, a Harvard Med professor critiques Bloomberg’s teacher-doctor comparison. (Times)
A teacher at Tribeca’s PS 89 was arrested for hitting a police car while driving drunk. (Post)
Most D.C. schools with big test score gains last year did not make them this year. (Washington Post)
A new study finds negative effects of parents’ deployment on children. (Times, Wall Street Journal)
Jay Mathews is disappointed by how few regular public schools have longer days. (Washington Post)
Students who don’t have computers at home can be at a disadvantage. (Washington Post)
Boston is reminding parents not to give teachers expensive holiday gifts. (Boston Globe)