Rise & Shine: Newest Harlem Success schools to open in Bronx

Three high-profile, politically touchy charter schools are set to get city-funded buildings. (Daily News)
Eva Moskowitz’s two newest schools will open in the Bronx and be called Bronx Success. (NY1)
The construction-themed charter school coming to Alfred E Smith HS has big problems. (Times)
There are 10 percent fewer black students in the city’s top high schools than 8 years ago. (Daily News)
Half a dozen teachers in the rubber room have been cleared to return to class but will never do so. (Post)
Chancellor Klein says he wants to stop paying teachers while they’re in the rubber room. (Post)
UFT head Michael Mulgrew says the best way to deal with rubber rooms is to try teachers faster. (Post)
Gov. Paterson’s proposed budget would require day-care workers to pay dues to the UFT. (Post)
Peter Murphy from the state’s charter schools association rails against their frozen spending. (Post)
Deputy state ed chief John King says reforming assessment is his top priority. (Albany Times-Union)
Elected officials say closing schools in their last years are empty shells of their former selves. (AP)
The mother of the boy who says he was forced to fight by a school aide is suing the city. (NY1)
The Daily News praises the DOE’s decision to use test scores in some teachers’ tenure.
School districts are legally not able to use all of the funds they unnecessarily stashed away. (AP)
Testing experts say states should always be on the lookout for cheating. (Times)
Los Angeles teachers and administrators appear set to agree to a shortened school year. (L.A. Times)
A judge gave the go-ahead to a lawsuit by a Florida student suspended over her Facebook page. (Times)