Last year, the city announced that a new, harder test would count for two-thirds of student scores.

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On education, the Bloomberg administration was among the nation's forerunners in changing the culture of public schools and testing new ideas to raise test scores and student achievement in the mayor's first two terms with then-Chancellor Joel Klein.

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Mr. Frankel recently reached out to student clubs and faculty at three top B-schools, as he looks to add two or three new M.

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