Rise & Shine: When screens can (and can't) help students learn

Few girls are interested in computer science, but there are budding efforts to change that. (NY1)
Naomi Schaefer Riley argues the tech divide can’t simply be narrowed with more screens. (NY Post)
Nearly 4,000 of the 57,000 Head Start seats lost to sequestration are in New York State. (Daily News)
Bill de Blasio’s pre-K funding plan has holes, says a lawmaker who supports his rival. (GothamSchools)
Spurning Buffalo’s turnaround plans, John King has summoned its ed leaders to Albany. (Buffalo News)
A for-profit college in New York was fined $10 million for using misleading job placement stats. (WSJ)
Three in four city schools lack the wireless bandwidth to do basic online work, a report claims. (News)
Three NYC teachers are part of a cadre advising Arne Duncan on policy this year. (GothamSchools)
Principals are asking in an ad campaign for parents to allow schools to treat their kids for asthma. (News)
The city agreed a one-year, $6 million contract to pilot student surveys in evaluations. (New York World)
A teacher’s plea deal to avoid a tutoring fraud charge fell through on the witness stand. (News)