Rise & Shine: Walcott lashes out over candidates' UFT remarks

  • Generally even-keeled Chancellor Walcott lashed out over mayoral candidates’ recent remarks. (Times)
  • Mayor Bloomberg said if the candidates’ promises at the UFT forum come true, “God help us.” (Post)
  • The Daily News says the candidates turned back Bloomberg’s reforms in their UFT forum comments.
  • Bronx Success Academy, an Eva Moskowitz school, also replaced its PCB-ridden lights. (Daily News)
  • Families aren’t receiving books while the much touted Imagination Library program is in turmoil. (WSJ)
  • City school cafeterias have racked up thousands of health violations during inspections. (FOX NY)
  • After one school’s state test boycott, Seattle will let high schools decide whether to test. (Seattle Times)
  • Pennsylvania’s records officer testified that state charter schools violate open records laws. (Inquirer)
  • The former administrator who led a teacher cheating ring in Memphis was sentenced to prison. (Times)