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By | April 8, 2016, 9:07pm UTC - Hillary Clinton has won endorsements from top teachers unions, but rank-and-file educators seem slower to offer their support. (Politico)
- Some families commute for hours because Detroit’s strongest schools aren’t where students live. (Chalkbeat)
- The newest teacher on TV: Rory Gilmore, in her first job after college. (Vulture)
- This week’s test-glitch roundup starts with missing pages in New York. (Chalkbeat)
- Thousands of students taking online tests in Texas had their answers inadvertently deleted. (Texas Tribune)
- How a disconnected fiber optic cable in Kansas caused Alaska to scrap its 2016 tests entirely. (EdSurge)
- Meet the outspoken principal who has earned his colleagues’ support by criticizing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. (Chicago Mag)
- New licensing exams could work against the growing priority of teacher diversity. (Hechinger Report)
- Denver students remix viral dance videos to get up to speed on social skills. (Chalkbeat)
- Judge Merrick Garland has tutored D.C. students for years. He isn’t stopping now that he’s a Supreme Court nominee. (Washington Post)
- A viral video that appears to show a school safety officer body-slamming a 12-year-old has sparked an investigation in Houston. (CNN)
- What school (not “guidance”) counselors want you to know about their jobs. (Motherlode)