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Photo credit: Bill de Blasioby Kate Taylor and Claire Cain MillerTo ensure that every child can learn the skills required to work in New York City’s fast-growing technology sector, Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce on Wednesday that within 10 years all of the city’s public schools will be required to offer computer science to all students.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times.

by Debbie Cafazzo and Melissa SantosA week after the state Supreme Court declared Washington’s charter schools unconstitutional, the outlook for salvaging the voter-approved system of privately run, publicly funded schools is unclear.Read the rest of the story at The News Tribune.

by Corey MitchellA group of Chicago parents and residents fighting to have a say in what happens to their neighborhood high school have entered the second week of a hunger strike.The Chicago Sun-Times reports that members of the Coalition to Revitalize Dyett High School havelobbied for years on behalf of the school, first to prevent a planned closure, then to put a new neighborhood school in the building.Read the rest of the story at Education Week.

by Howard BlumeA prominent local education foundation is discussing a major expansion of charter schools in Los Angeles aimed at boosting academic achievement for students at the lowest performing campuses.Read the rest of the story at The Los Angeles Times.

by Kate TaylorFormer Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been out of office for a year and a half, but his influence over New York schools is practically as strong as ever.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times. 

Photo Credit: Chris Moncusby Kate N. GrossmanChicago has seen a double-digit increase in the percentage of kids graduating from high school. Skeptics say educators and kids are manipulating the numbers—but does that even matter?Read the rest of the story at The Atlantic.

Karl Rectanus, Co-Founder and CEO of Lea(r)n, spent time talking about the process decision makers endure to select edtech products and how there is another method. Lea(r)n provides educators a place at the proverbial table to reflect and rate technology before districts make expensive decisions with long-term impacts. Rectanus comes to Lea(r)n as a former educator and administrator.  *Dummy data used to generate example above 

Photo Credit: Daniel X. O’Neilby Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrickWANTED: CEO for nation’s third-largest public school system to replace chief forced out by federal investigation.Read the rest of the story at the Chicago Sun-Times.

Almost every state has been sued for not investing enough in education, especially in poorer districts. But localities may be more to blame.by Mary Ellen McIntireWhat’s the right amount to spend on schools to get the best outcomes?The average spending per student in school districts around the country decreased in 2011 — the latest year that data is available — and began years of declining expenditures, according to an April report on K-12 funding by State Policy Reports.Read the rest of the story on Governing.