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By | July 6, 2011, 10:37am UTC - Schools that get high progress report grades will be able to keep their rainy-day funds after all. (Times)
- Construction has started on renovating the Brandeis HS building for Upper West Success. (WNYC)
- The City Council awarded the UFT $2 million to help the group find space for its charter school. (Post)
- Summer school started with a bang at Boys & Girls HS, where students set off fireworks. (NY1)
- The Performance Conservatory School valedictorian who wasn’t allowed to graduate speaks out. (NY1)
- New revelations from Atlanta show that school officials held weekend cheating parties. (AJC)
- The head of a tutoring nonprofit says East Harlem needs a planned charter school. (Daily News)
- Across the country, budget cuts mean some schools are shortening their days or even weeks. (Times)
- Cities and states are grappling with even bigger funding shortfalls as stimulus dollars end. (Reuters)