Rise & Shine: Suspected schools slump when monitors visit

Scores fell at schools suspected of cheating after monitors visited on exam day. (GothamSchools)
Officials blamed the budget for cutting back on the test monitor program. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
To curb rising costs, a special education trade group is asking regulators for more oversight. (Times)
A former network leader who forced a principal to hire his wife was fined. (GothamSchools, Post)
City Council leaders symbolically took a stand for free breakfasts in classrooms. (NY1, Schoolbook)
A former Horace Mann teacher protested the school’s response to sex abuse charges. (Riverdale Press)
Families with children living in city homeless shelters increased by 30 percent last year. (WSJ)
The head of an advocacy group says his new report lays groundwork for a ‘parent trigger’ law. (Post)
Newsday applauds early efforts in state evaluations, but worries that some data is ‘deeply flawed.’
Nearly one in five students drink, smoke or do drugs in school, according to a new survey. (Daily News)
Columnist Josh Greeman says he’s disappointed to see Obama hedging to the union. (Daily News)