Rise & Shine: Shooting spurs Geoffrey Canada to fight violence

  • After a shooting near his school, Geoffrey Canada is helping police combat gun violence. (Daily News)
  • More New York schools are now failing under NCLB. (GothamSchools, Post, NY1, Daily News, AP)
  • The School for International Studies is struggling to make itself a destination school. (GothamSchools)
  • P.S. 361 in Flatbush is dealing with bedbugs for the 31st time in a year. (Daily News)
  • The DOE has dropped an investigation into corporal punishment at In-Tech Academy. (Riverdale Press)
  • The city’s top specialized high schools have recently become cross-country powerhouses. (Times)
  • The Regents’ support for a state DREAM Act is sparking hope for undocumented students’ options. (NY1)
  • Small schools in rural Texas are benefiting from wind energy generated on their grounds. (Times)