Rise & Shine: City, unions might be nearing deal to avert layoffs

City and union officials are considering raiding a health care fund to avert teacher layoffs. (Daily News)
University Neighborhood Middle School is one of 100 city schools testing out new standards. (WNYC)
Crowding in kindergartens means fewer seats in public school pre-K programs this year. (Times, Post)
Local leaders and elected officials are trying to save two Brooklyn day care centers. (Daily News)
The NAACP’s supporters are divided over its involvement in the UFT’s school closure lawsuit. (Times)
A study by Eva Moskowitz’s charter school network finds no class size bump from co-location. (Post)
Ed Sec Arne Duncan signaled that he might lift the mandate that students be proficient by 2014. (Times)
Some staff at Staten Island’s IS 49 say a few troublesome students are indicative of deeper issues. (Post)
In Canarsie, a second city student lost part of a finger in a schoolyard accident last week. (Daily News)
The city will pay $1.6 million to the family of Nicole Suriel, who drowned on a field trip. (Post, NY1)
Two city principals say eliminating January Regents exams will hurt low-income students. (Daily News)
A city mother who opposes the Christian Right says churches shouldn’t use public school space. (Times)
The Daily News criticizes the city for giving students too much unexplained time off from classes.
Newcomb, N.Y., is trying to save its school system by recruiting students from abroad. (Times)
As he takes over in Chicago, Jean-Claude Brizzard likens the schools to Frankenstein’s monster. (Times)
As the Catholic Cardinal Hayes High School tries to avoid closure, its alumni are feuding. (WSJ)