On this inaugural Dropout Nation Midweek Monitor, Editor RiShawn Biddle discusses Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy’s effort to overhaul the state’s teacher tenure and evaluation system, looks at the battle in Alabama to allow charter schools, and comments on the debate over the value of Common Core reading and math standards.

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