Education Policy News: April 11, 2012

• How Micromanaging Educators Stifles Reform, from The Atlantic
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• When Test Prep Requires Test Prep, from The New York Times
• Community colleges' learning disability, from Los Angeles Times
• Federal Funds to Train the Jobless Are Drying Up, from The New York Times
• New $133 Million Available for Race to Top Early Learning Grants, from Education Week
• Early Education Faces 'Crisis' As Funding Plummets, Report Says, from Huffington Post
• The inevitable dark side of ‘school choice’, from The Washington Post
• What Would Big, Giant Proposed Cuts Mean for Your K-12 Program?, from Education Week
• Trying to Find a Measure for How Well Colleges Do, from The New York Times
• Bill Gates: Making Teacher Evaluations Public 'Not Conducive To Openness', from National Public Radio