Rise & Shine: Education played a role in last night's debate

  • Romney, Obama sparred on education policy during first presidential debate. (Politics K-12)
  • Arbitrator: City cannot fire teacher who made comments about her students on Facebook. (Post)
  • The city flagged 36 schools it could close this school year. (GothamSchools, Daily News, WSJNY1)
  • Of those schools, 7 opened under Bloomberg’s administration to replace failing ones. (Daily News)
  • The Daily News criticized UFT President Mulgrew for weighing down teacher evaluation talks.
  • Study: Affirmative action based on socio-economics could help colleges achieve diversity.  (Times)
  • Citing crowding, the Bronx’s P.S. 46 is sending some families to P.S. 85, a mile away. (CBS)
  • Principal of P.S. 24 attributes declining progress report grade to rising standards. (Riverdale Press)