ayp exclusive

Here’s my story from today’s front page, on a new testing standard that means almost a third of Texas schools will be declared failing by the feds this year.
And here are links to the equivalent stories in the Houston Chronicle, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Austin American-Statesman, and the San Antonio Express News: um, oh, that’s right. They didn’t get the story.

grusendorf story

What a day. Along with the NYT thing, here’s my story from today’s front page, a somewhat interesting profile of the new chairman of the House education committee. I’ll also be on tomorrow’s front page with what might (?) be a nice exclusive. (Maybe.)
There’s nothing like being in the New York Times to bring old friends out of the woodwork. Hello, old friends! (And Times readers.)