BEST OF THE WEEK
PolitiFact: Does Trump University have an ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau? Not really. http://bit.ly/214MasL
Washington Post: Meet the man behind the new SAT: ‘I’m in the anxiety field.’ http://ow.ly/Z5fMy
NYT: With Fewer Members, a Diminished Political Role for Wisconsin Unions http://ow.ly/YQHnt
NYT: Debate Over Chicago’s Low-Scoring Sizemore Academy & Other Afrocentric Schools http://pllqt.it/l8wKlF
WSJ: Gov. Andrew Cuomo Faces Criticism for Reversals http://ow.ly/YRqin
Chicago Reader: The untold school segregation story behind Bernie Sanders’s 1963 arrest http://ow.ly/YXzMo
Mother Jones: Baltimore beating video: These documents show why that school cop went “warrior” on a kid http://bit.ly/1oT38hv
The Seventy-Four: Video of Baltimore Cop Slapping Student Reignites Big Questions About Child Training for School Cops http://ow.ly/Z4klK
The Atlantic: The Washington, D.C. High Schools Designed for Immigrant Children http://ow.ly/Z4VZa
NYT: Testing for Joy and Grit? Schools Nationwide Push to Measure Students’ Emotional Skills http://ow.ly/Z5Hjp
FROM “THE GRADE”
Just How White Is Education Journalism? http://ow.ly/Z5Dss
Reporting Vs. Speculating About Deray Mckesson http://ow.ly/Z4NP4
The “Rip & Redo” Mystery http://ow.ly/Z1HmP
In Praise Of The New Yorker’s AltSchools Story http://ow.ly/YZdBQ
At Least Harris-Perry Covered Education Issues http://ow.ly/Z5DcB
Recruiting More Journalists Of Color (To Cover Education) http://ow.ly/Z5CRT
KICKERS
LA Times: The test every parent — and student — needs to take about the new SAT http://ow.ly/Z52No
The Raw Story: Creationist who thinks Obama was a gay prostitute poised to join Texas Board of Education http://ow.ly/Z1Vyv
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alexander Russo
Alexander Russo is founder and editor of The Grade, an award-winning effort to help improve media coverage of education issues. He’s also a Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship winner and a book author. You can reach him at @alexanderrusso.
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