- Schools across the country prepare to reopen after Friday’s school shooting. (Times, WSJ, USA Today)
- A former education secretary called for school officials to be armed; many disagreed with him. (HuffPo)
- Nationally, the murder rate of students at schools is about half of what it was in the 1990s. (Bloomberg)
- Teachers at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary made heroic efforts to protect students. (Post, CNN)
- Winerip lists 25 things to know about first-graders besides that they were targeted in Newtown. (Times)
In other news:
- State officials fear that scores could fall as far as Kentucky’s did with tougher tests, by 30 percent. (Post)
- A special ed teacher at Brooklyn’s P.S. 371 has netted $20,000 in small donations since 2007. (Post)
- New data released by the city show class size increases in all grades. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook)
- A program at a Bronx Boys and Girls Club highlights the possibilities of strong sex education. (Times)
- Final recommendations from Gov. Cuomo’s education reform commission are late. (GothamSchools)
- The Post says people who fail an exam that’s the subject of a lawsuit shouldn’t be allowed to teach.
- Plans to close a sixth of Philadelphia’s schools for budget reasons are drawing protests. (Notebook)