Rise & Shine: Students kept from graduation to get ceremonies

  • The city will hold make-up ceremonies for 1,200 eighth-graders wrongly barred from graduation. (Post)
  • Thursday was the last day of the city’s summer school program; school resumes Sept. 6. (NY1)
  • A three-school Michigan district that’s short on funds is outsourcing itself to a charter operator. (WSJ)
  • Ex-TV anchor Campbell Brown launched her sudden ed policy campaign last week. (GothamSchools)
  • Florida has an interim education chief after its latest one resigned after just a year. (Tampa Bay Times)
  • Teachers College’s former president says tests should become part of the learning process. (L.A. Times)
  • D.C.’s teacher evaluation system will weight tests less but put more teachers at risk. (Washington Post)