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New NYS schools chief visits LI, downplays testing
Whenever he used to visit Long Island, the state's former education commissioner, Richard Mills, would typically stop off at a struggling school district with a mostly black and Hispanic enrollment to publicly promote his campaign for higher test scores and lower dropout rates.
In contrast, Mills' successor, David Steiner, made public visits Monday to two mostly white districts, Great Neck...
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