School's Back In Session

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Classes began at most New York public schools this week. In this second year of Mayor Bloomberg’s reorganized education system, what awaits schoolchildren and their teachers? For one thing, fifth graders will need to take a new test in reading and math in order to advance. Also, the latest news from Iraq, turbulence in the aviation sector, and Martha Stewart and the logistics of jail.

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