Rise & Shine: Good news from city and state on schools

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | March 18, 2009, 11:16am UTC
  • The city says students who are just learning English are doing better than ever. (Times, GothamSchools)
  • The Christian Science Monitor takes an in-depth look at how teachers are paid. 
  • Fewer city schools are failing, according to the state and NCLB. (Post, Daily News, NY1, GothamSchools)
  • Families in Queens are worried about a plan to move their school off a college campus. (Daily News)
  • A school custodian charged $100,000 for work that was never done, investigators say. (Post)
  • States are having trouble figuring out how to use special education stimulus funds. (Education Week)
  • Many foundations that give to education are reducing their donations this year. (Education Week)
  • The New York Observer editorializes in support of charter schools.