Rise & Shine: Much-hyped MS science funding cut after 2 years

The city spiked a 2-year-old middle school science program, saying it can’t be replicated. (Daily News)
Thousands of immigrant students aren’t getting the language help they’re legally entitled to. (Post)
More than 40 percent of Manhattan schools are highly overcrowded, a new survey argues. (Daily News)
Topping the list of overcrowded schools is PS 3 in Greenwich Village. (Daily News)
AFT President Randi Weingarten says she supports legalizing pot, but not for children. (Daily News)
A student at Paul Robeson HS says she wishes the city could just close the school already. (Post)
SUNY’s Charter Schools Institute should be protected from budget cuts, its head argues. (Daily News)
Crain’s NY says teachers unions can work out the details later on Race to the Top-induced changes.
An economist says teachers’ in New York receive salaries and benefits that are crippling the state. (Post)
An assistant principal at Brooklyn’s Clara Barton HS was arrested on animal cruelty charges. (Post)
The city will open a new elementary school in Queens early to beat overcrowding. (Daily News)
A student stabbed at his Bronx school is suing, saying a security guard didn’t protect him. (Daily News)
Three city music teachers who met at Teachers College are striking out as an act of their own. (NY1)
The Wall Street Journal ask why school districts, including in NY, keep hiring when enrollments fall.
The Daily News says New York City should adopt elements of D.C.’s new teachers contract.
D.C. officials say they’re pleased by the cash-for-grades experiment results there. (Washington Post)
Australian teachers are refusing to administer tests that will be used to rank schools. (The Australian)