On this week’s Monitor, Editor RiShawn Biddle previews Arne Duncan’s testimony before Minnesota Congressman John Kline and the House Education and the Workforce Committee; focuses on the battle in New York State over the release of teacher performance data; and discusses California Gov. Jerry Brown’s two step approach to school funding in the Golden State.

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