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By | October 15, 2009, 10:49am UTC - A new study says Mayor Bloomberg’s social promotion policies are working. (Daily News, Post)
- Math NAEP scores are flat in nationwide. (Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, AP)
- They’re flat in the state, even though state tests are up. (GothamSchools, Times, Post, Daily News, NY1)
- Nick Kristof: The city’s rubber rooms are one reason to support policies teachers unions don’t. (Times)
- Students who graduate without skills can and do sue the city for “compensatory education.” (USA Today)
- A children’s advocate says Los Angeles’s school reforms should include parent training. (L.A. Times)
- Mayor Bloomberg says school siting and overcrowding aren’t parent issues. (The Villager)
- Tuesday, the City Council questioned how the DOE has spent money meant to reduce class size. (NY1)
- The Washington Post sees good news in D.C.’s NAEP scores, which rose but are still the nation’s worst.
- Some city teachers are working in the same schools they attended as students. (Daily News)