Rise & Shine: New American Academy hype undercut by scores

Much-hyped New American Academy won’t add a middle school after posting low scores. (Daily News)
Despite its own struggles, Harlem Village Academies is starting an education school. (GothamSchools)
The city is subsidizing schools to add assistant principals to help with evaluations. (GothamSchools)
Mayor Bloomberg wants Colorado voters to okay $1 billion in school taxes. (Times, EdNews Colorado)
New Yorkers face a vote on allowing casinos that could bring $94 million to city schools. (Daily News)
A Christian church has been proselytizing outside Community Roots Charter School. (Daily News)
A Bronx teen and her family allege in a lawsuit that her Catholic school expelled her for being gay. (Post)
City private school parties are so rowdy that some schools are asking parents to keep students out. (Post)
Checker Finn: Half of Bill de Blasio’s education ideas are sound; half are weak or even perilous. (Post)
Programs to help students in foster care transition to college boost their chances of succeeding. (Times)
As schools issue iPads and other devices to their students, they become targets for thieves. (USA Today)
When Florida asked for public comments about the Common Core standards, it got over 19,000. (AP)