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EDITORIAL: New York's public education needs to get in the race

The cement is cracking around some long-standing problems with public education in New York. Changes in leadership at the State Education Department, together with new incentives from the Obama administration, are creating room for new approaches to failing schools, racial disparities, ineffective teaching and narrow types of testing.

New York seems poised for fresh progress on educating children...

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