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FROM NEW YORK CITY:

• Some schools were encouraged to game the results of parent and student surveys. (Post)
• Despite the poor economy, city private schools say they’re doing just fine. (Times)
• One of the last large high schools in the Bronx is becoming a “digital academy.” (Riverdale Press)
• Adult education is suffering under the current budget crisis, too. (Daily News)
• Immigrant students at a Queens high school discuss Thanksgiving. (Wall Street Journal)
• A five-year lawsuit against a Brooklyn high school for pushing kids out has been settled. (Times)
• Next to improve schools: making getting rid of bad teachers easier, the New York Times editorializes.

AUSTRALIA:

• An Australian principal says that in her experience teaching in the U.S. is all about testing. (The Age)
• Chancellor Klein is back from Australia, where he promoted the city’s education initiatives. (Times)
• Closing failing schools, as Klein has done, is essential, a foundation executive said. (The Australian)
• Some NYC-style initiatives will start next year. (ABC)
• Some Australian schools are already using an ARIS-style data system. (The Australian)

AND BEYOND:

• High school students frequently cheat. (ABC)
• A new profile of D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee. (Time)
• The former CEO of IBM advocates for national standards. (Wall Street Journal)
• Jay Mathews profiles one upstart principal of a D.C. elementary school. (Washington Post)
• Mathews also grapples with the perpetual question of whether poverty excuses failure. (Washington Post)
• Despite its ambitions, Democrats for Education Reform isn’t having a national impact. (Education Week)