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By | January 26, 2012, 12:17pm UTC - The UFT is donating office space to the campaign wing of Democrats in the State Senate. (Daily News)
- A report finds lasting benefits for students picked by small high schools. (GothamSchools, Times, Post)
- The Post says the report makes it baffling that the teachers union would sue to stop school closures.
- DFER’s Joe Williams says the report proves that tough fights over school reform are worth it. (Post)
- The UFT and city have reopened dormant teacher evaluation talks. (GothamSchools, Daily News, WSJ)
- Recent records show the city often does not get its way when it tries to fire misbehaving teachers. (Post)
- One teacher who was fired had affairs with two students and gave them drugs and alcohol. (Post)
- Three students from two elite schools were named finalists in a national science fair. (Post, Daily News)
- SUNY’s charter school board concluded it cannot block schools because of location concerns. (NY1)
- SUNY trustees voted to support the DREAM Act to provide financial aid to undocumented students. (NY1)
- A proposal by a PEP member would make it possible for more students to get bus service. (Daily News)
- Concerns about a charter school’s planned expansion are percolating in Riverdale. (Riverdale Press)
- President Obama wants states to make it illegal for students to drop out before they turn 18. (Times)
- Researchers argue that the cost of enacting that proposal would be borne out by later savings. (Times)