Rise & Shine: New hurdles to de Blasio's pre-K tax plan emerge

  • Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said de Blasio’s signature campaign pledge may have to wait. (WSJ)
  • The city and UFT agree: get rid of “bubble tests” for young students. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
  • We recapped a year’s worth of schools coverage since Superstorm Sandy struck NYC. (GothamSchools)
  • Merryl Tisch called on the next mayor to change how city schools are organized. (GothamSchools)
  • De Blasio’s charter co-location moratorium pledge could affect 16,000 students, a report found. (Post)
  • Tisch also promised NYC parent meetings and defended the state’s ed policies. (Schoolbook, Cap NY)
  • The city is looking to replaced styrofoam trays used citywide to carry school lunches. (Post)
  • The Post asks why de Blasio doesn’t charge rent to non-charters with large private foundations.
  • In Indiana, a proposal for new school report cards would add new state tests. (Chalkbeat IN)
  • Student surveys could be temporarily nixed from Nashville’s teacher evaluations. (Chalkbeat TN)