Rise & Shine: Curtains for a controversial school yoga program

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | November 9, 2009, 11:51am UTC
  • Dozens of schools will have to stop paying for a yoga program created by an alleged cult leader. (Post)
  • D.C. chancellor Michelle Rhee and Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson are engaged. (Washington Post)
  • Turnout was low at free H1N1 vaccine clinics for students this weekend. (Times)
  • Thousands of retired teachers had pension checks canceled. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily News, Post)
  • The Post says the city should freeze teacher pay as a way to weather the fiscal crisis.
  • Some city kids ditched school to attend the Yankees’ ticker-tape parade Friday. (Daily News)
  • Jay Mathews: Instead of rating teachers, principals should have power to fire them. (Washington Post)
  • Nicola Vitale, a teacher at Banana Kelly HS, has won an elite science teaching award. (NY1)
  • Schools nationwide are negotiating dress codes that accommodate students’ gender identities. (Times)
  • The dairy industry wants to bring chocolate milk back to schools in a big way. (AP)