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Unions Still Mulling Harkin ESEA Bill Politics K-12: But early reaction suggests that evaluations could be a potential point of pushback on the legislation unveiled Oct. 11.

California fails to signal early interest in No Child Left Behind waiver SJ Mercury Although Wednesday was the early deadline for states to indicate interest in applying for waivers from No Child Left Behind regulations, it appeared California wasn't among states jumping at the chance. 

DC educator withdraws from job at downtown LA arts school LAT: Once again, a highly regarded educator from outside Los Angeles has accepted and then backed away from the job of running the downtown arts high school, which has had a short but troubled history

Supply, Labor, Money Gets More Local Food Into Schools NPR: When it comes to meeting the goal of getting more local food into school lunch, a major challenge has always been finding the money. Thanks to the new school lunch law, more federal grants than ever are available.

New York City to Boost English Learners  WSJ: More than a year after the state Education Department warned New York City that it was short-changing students whose first language isn't English, officials announced Wednesday that the city has agreed to improve instruction.

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Chicago Schools Slow to Embrace Longer School Days EdWeek: Just 13 out of 482 of the district’s elementary schools have agreed to waive collective bargaining rights and accept monetary incentives offered by the district to expand instruction time this school year as part of what it calls the Longer School Day Pioneer Program .

Miss. Starts Offering Students 3 Pathways to Graduation EdWeek: The Pathways to Success program aims to better connect education and the workforce. Beginning this spring, all eighth-grade students must chose one of 16 career clusters that most interests them.

Most colleges not ready to ask about LGBT status AP: Advocates say that besides being a recruiting tool to help diversify campuses, openly assessing a school's LGBT population would make colleges more aware of needs such as finding tolerant roommates and providing appropriate health care.