Rise & Shine: Fewer students retained, but more in lower grades

  • Fewer students were held back last year, but more in lower grades. (GothamSchoolsPostDaily News)
  • The teacher whose classes inspired the city’s software high school says he has been cut out of it. (Times)
  • Dozens, including the ex-schools chief, were indicted in Atlanta’s cheating scandal. (Times, WSJ, AJC)
  • School suspensions were down in 2012’s second half than in 2011’s. (GothamSchoolsPostWSJNY1)
  • State Assembly Democrats say the city’s school funding compensates for its teacher eval penalty. (NY1)
  • Five of eight leading mayoral candidates send or sent children to public schools in the city. (Daily News)
  • P.S. 58 in Brooklyn has released footage of its “noxious” bathrooms to get funds to fix them. (DNAInfo)
  • The Daily News calls for a comprehensive review of the city’s spending on preschool special education.
  • Advocates of tougher teacher evaluations say they are worried that low ratings on them are few. (Times)
  • The number of boys diagnosed with hyperactivity continues to climb, some say inappropriately. (Times)
  • In England, many schools are using new rules that let them hire teachers without credentials. (Guardian)