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MaryEllen Elia,

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  • Absent from Cuomo's New Education Task Force: A Student

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    Gov. Cuomo chats with students (photo: Kevin P. Coughlin, Governor's Office)


    On Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the launch of a "Common Core Task Force – a diverse and highly-qualified group of education officials, teachers, parents, and state representatives from across New York." Absent from the list of task force members is a current student in New York schools.

    To be sure, there are

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