BEST OF THE WEEK
Seattle Times: Garfield High principal navigates racial divide pllqt.it/UhslkY
Reveal: Who got rich off the student debt crisis ow.ly/1N9j301MkBf
NPR: Looking For Change, Teachers Hit The Campaign Trail ow.ly/jeAm301KISK
Chalkbeat TN: Months of missteps leading up to disastrous online testing debut http://ow.ly/S7Up301Qp7s
WSJ: Teachers Union, Hedge Funds War Over Pension Billions ow.ly/e5in301KIDJ
Chalkbeat Indiana: The end of busing in Indianapolis: 35 years later, a more segregated system calls it quits bit.ly/29cevii
Washington Post: With DC Schools head Kaya Henderson leaving, Bowser has a decision to make ow.ly/CPWx301PUcE
US News: Schools Can’t Accurately Measure Poor Students ow.ly/nbYd301PVEQ
FROM “THE GRADE
NYT Detroit Charter Story Misleads On Results, Says Researcher http://ow.ly/vt8g301QEdr
NPR’s Deeply Unbalanced Profile Of Rocketship Charter Schools ow.ly/2mZu301GtdK
Hardship Reporting Project Needs More School Stories & Contributors Of Color ow.ly/k4zD301IQkO
Media Grants Are Up — But Journalism Grants Aren’t ow.ly/zbB5301Or9O
KICKER
The Synapse: Is it fair to test students during Ramadan? http://ow.ly/I0OO301L5TW
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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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