Rise & Shine: Four hurt after pepper spray used at Bronx school

  • Four people were hospitalized after a school safety agent used pepper spray to break up a fight. (Post)
  • This year’s elementary and middle school progress reports, out today, were graded on a curve. (Post)
  • The union says more classes are oversize this year. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily News, NY1, WSJ)
  • Families waitlisted for Tribeca’s PS 234 did not have to go to Chinatown after all. (Downtown Express)
  • The new head of the elite Fieldston School has an unusual pedigree and little K-12 experience. (Times)
  • The Obama administration has set requirements for states that want to escape NCLB rules. (TimesWSJ)
  • A new report concludes that single-sex education is ineffective and reinforces stereotypes. (Times)
  • Tacoma, Wash., teachers ended their weeklong strike after agreeing to a new contract. (Reuters)