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Good morning, Mike here with Chalkbeat New York.

We’ve been thinking a lot recently about what makes a good school — and how you can tell. It was a subject running through much of Nikole Hannah-Jones’s widely-read essay, and one we tried to simplify in our recent guide for how to vet schools. In today’s top story, Chalkbeat Ideas editor Matt Barnum takes a closer look at why it can be so tricky to sort out the effects of a school from the many other factors that might influence students’ academic outcomes — especially at the elementary school level.

We also have a dispatch from our friends at the City Reporter from a warehouse in Queens where New York City teachers can find free school supplies.

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