FROM THE GRADE
Newest column: The Confirmation Cliffhanger That Wasn’t http://ow.ly/zrfF3092Ago
Correction of the week goes to ChalkbeatTN walking back its TN grad rate story http://ow.ly/2Hvl3095cXf [At least they gave one.]
APM Reports interviews WBEZ’s Linda Lutton the idea of education as “the great equalizer” https://t.co/Qg5I06KXnD
Is this little “Analysis” tag next to The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet page new http://ow.ly/oEqN3096K9h [Is it enough?]
BEST OF THE WEEK
DEVOS
Washington Post:Trump promises education overhaul in meeting with DeVos, teachers wapo.st/2ktmSpS
FiveThirtyEight:Why Trump’s Labor Nominee Failed [& DeVos Didn’t]| http://ow.ly/T0IL3093VEQ
EdWeek: DeVos Sees Choice-Friendly Florida as a K-12 Model for the Nation http://edwk.it/2lXem3t
DNA Info: Betsy DeVos May Have Limited Impact on NYC Schools, Experts Say https://t.co/psCXncfJjX
NOT DEVOS
KPCC LA:Outside money pouring into LA school board race at potentially record-setting clip | 89.3 KPCC pllqt.it/VZ2UAJ
USA Today: Researchers: Don’t expand virtual schools as is https://t.co/cMgmddWzE6
EdWeek: 19 states plus DC to use PARCC/Smarter Balanced – 28 states using tests they designed or purchased https://t.co/olTkXLmO6H
Washington Post: A record number of poor kids are eating breakfast — thanks to a program many conservatives hate https://t.co/A65MRKECUg
The 74: The California School District That’s Added 800 Refugee Children https://t.co/fLKrEbKKtO
The Atlantic: Louisiana Scholarship Program Vouchers Reduced Segregation https://t.co/OgW8U6uLAN
The Certification Maze: Why Teachers Who Cross State Lines Can’t Find Their Way Back to the Classroom | The 74 http://pllqt.it/VMbdJr
The Atlantic: The Indianapolis School Where Refugees Roam the Halls https://t.co/mUeAzvO4UW
NYT: De Blasio’s State of the City Has Critics Asking: What About Schools? https://t.co/XTifxbrqcg
Philly.com: PA state school board president resigns over chimpanzee tweet https://t.co/axqtbSIfKX
LA Times: LAUSD urges students, staff: Come to school on `A Day without Immigrants’ https://t.co/Y9aZoNynvC
PBS NewsHour: To fight student homelessness, this school district helps the whole family http://to.pbs.org/2ljXt65
KICKERS
The Root: Black 2nd Graders at L.A. Elementary School Get Math Homework With a Word Problem About Slavery nzzl.us/3Lq1tIu
“I thought I was speaking out *against* hate,” said DeVos/Bridges cartoonist http://pllqt.it/ybnWoN
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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