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On teacher evaluations:

• Today is the deadline Gov. Cuomo set for the state and its teachers union to agree on evaluations. (Post)
• Sources say a teacher evaluation deal between the state and NYSUT is imminent. (Daily News)
• A new poll finds that the state’s voters are split on Cuomo’s handling of school policies. (Daily News)
• The Post worries that Cuomo will approve a system that preserves a say for local teachers unions.
• A brief history of the teacher evaluations conflict from its early, more harmonious days. (SchoolBook)

On everything else:

• The Success Charter Network says a third of applicants to its Williamsburg school are ELLs. (Daily News)
• Students are rushing to make up P.E. classes Pace High School didn’t make them take. (GothamSchools)
• A Queens teacher had students write to a felon in prison. (GothamSchools, NY1, Post, WSJ, Daily News)
• Students at P.S. 344 in Riverdale have been researching and killing invasive plants. (Riverdale Press)
• The city distributed millions of dollars in bonuses to principals. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook, NY1)
• Some lawmakers are signing on to an effort to get Cuomo to end his competitive school grants. (NY1)
• A psychologist who pioneered the study of student testing and teaching has died at 91. (Times)
• The DOE anticipates another increase in kindergartners in Lower Manhattan. (Downtown Express)
• A nonprofit that has attacked climate science appears to be crafting public school curriculum. (Times)
• Nicholas Kristof: New Haven, where the teachers union is cooperating in reform, is inspiring. (Times)
• New Orleans released an “equity report” showing charter schools’ special ed numbers. (Times-Picayune)