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By | November 25, 2013, 12:09pm UTC - Some principals want Bill de Blasio to think twice before shaking things up. (GothamSchools, NY1)
- A look at the little-known group in Albany that’s helping steer state education policy. (Times Union)
- New York is the first state to commit to store student data with inBloom, though a lawsuit looms. (AP)
- A Buffalo teacher is in trouble for a letter she sent home to parents about student hygiene. (Buffalo News)
- A student stuck on a single test needed to graduate is Merryl Tisch’s “poster child.” (GothamSchools)
- School districts haven’t exactly been rushing to apply for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s grants. (Capital NY)
- Frank Bruni echos Arne Duncan’s concerns that Common Core push back comes from coddling parents.
- Common Core standards are particularly hard on the state’s English language learners. (City & State)
- Texas school board members flagged a science text book over its statements on evolution. (Times)
- A tale of a family’s attempts to give their young son with autism a chance to thrive in school. (Huff Post)
- There is concern that de Blasio’s transition team doesn’t include enough charter advocates. (Daily News)
- A school model popular in Chicago is showing policy makers one way to do early education. (Hechinger)
- The United Arab Emirates is bulking up vocational training to help boys graduate high school. (Times)