Rise & Shine: Rooms once used by Girls Prep now sitting empty

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | November 5, 2010, 8:21am UTC
  • The Lower East Side classrooms formerly used by Girls Prep Charter School are sitting empty. (WSJ)
  • The number of schools reporting bedbugs has doubled; the city says there’s no problem. (Daily News)
  • Old Navy is giving clothes to students at select schools who boost their attendance. (NY1)
  • Students at Harlem’s PS 102 ran a mini-marathon, alongside real marathoners. (NY1)
  • The city might not be putting a new Harlem Success School inside PS 145 after all. (Daily News)
  • Students and staff at F-rated Lehman High School fear their school could be closed. (Daily News)
  • The city officially got $20 million promised by the feds to fix failing schools. (GothamSchools, WNYC)
  • New admissions rules in Chicago aim to build diversity without considering race. (Chicago Tribune)