Rise & Shine: Charter school building plan deemed unsafe

  • Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Head Start preschool program is being closed for mismanagement. (Daily News)
  • The state is again proposing to cut the budget for administering GED tests. (Daily News, Post)
  • District 22’s parent council head speaks out about possible new budget cuts. (Brooklyn Courier-Life)
  • A Brooklyn community board said a charter school’s building plan was unsafe. (Brooklyn Courier-Life)
  • A teacher at a Bronx charter school is being sued over accusations that he bullied students. (Post)
  • More D.C. families than ever tried to get into schools outside their zone this year. (Washington Post)
  • Kansas City’s drastic school closures reflect longtime mismanagement. (Times, Wall Street Journal)
  • Critics say it’s not right for a high school in a diverse N.C. town to be 99 percent black. (NPR)
  • Schools in the Chicago area are bracing for enormous budget cuts. (Times)