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Good morning! Mike here with Chalkbeat New York.

Thanks to a recent change in state law, Mayor Zohran Mamdani didn’t have a chance during his first six months in office to appoint a majority of members to the Panel for Educational Policy, a body that oversees contracts, school closures, and other major policy changes. But Mamdani got his chance as the PEP’s July meeting approached, and on Monday named his 13 picks. The group includes an MTA official, environmental justice advocate, and former Education Department staffers involved in child care. Read more about the picks, and the PEP agenda they might face in the coming months, in today’s top story.

Also today, from our Ideas Editor Matt Barnum, a look at new research that delves into the lesser-known kind of math anxiety: the kind that teachers feel. The study found that students anxious about math were more likely to have teachers who felt the same way — and their performance suffered as a result.

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