NATIONAL
Washington Post:Long rated by test scores, schools may soon be judged on student absenteeism too https://t.co/eaogdnFezI
USA Today:First protected DREAMer is deported under Trump http://usat.ly/2pyZriQ See also Vox: http://ow.ly/egi330b0UGq
US News: US Students Satisfied With Life, but Some Foreigners Happier usnews.com/news/politics/…
Washington Post: For the first time, a charter school teacher wins National Teacher of the Year wapo.st/2pGT0tU? See also The 74 http://bit.ly/2pM7LOV
EdWeek: Do Private Donations Reinforce School Disparities? http://bit.ly/2pgB24y
WNYC: New York’s College Tuition Plan Faces Blowback http://bit.ly/2oSxNix
NPR: Schools Will Soon Have To Put In Writing If They ‘Lunch Shame’ http://n.pr/2oPtFQE
TRUMP/DEVOS
Democrats link pro-charter party rivals to DeVos as 2018 fights emerge politi.co/2oe4yUA
Washington Post: Teachers union hosts DeVos on visit to public schools in rural Ohio http://wapo.st/2oy3A4O
Chalkbeat:Four things to know about Van Wert chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
Huffington Post: Teachers Launch Campaign Denouncing Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies http://huff.to/2nWPqPc
Chalkbeat: Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet: Betsy DeVos is an ideologue, not the face of education reform http://bit.ly/2p4Kmrl
Minnesota Post: Minnesota proceeds with caution — and questions — as it complies with federal education law under DeVos http://bit.ly/2oP3ffy
STATE/LOCAL
Chalkbeat: Out-of-state donations stand out in Michael Johnston’s first campaign finance report in CO governor’s race http://ow.ly/nmTB30b5Ucq
Washington Post: Feds investigate claims that black and disabled students face harsher discipline in Richmond http://wapo.st/2pMNNkt
Washington Post: For a 2nd grader, gunfire, lockdowns, then the worst violence of all ow.ly/GUpY30b5Qwe
Miami Herald: Living in Miami on a teacher’s salary? Good luck finding a place you can afford http://hrld.us/2oZe1SP
In These Times: Record Numbers of Teachers at Chicago Charter Schools Are Organizing Unions http://bit.ly/2oqNqvp
Seattle Times: Lack of diversity in gifted education: Some readers see segregation http://bit.ly/2pZhU7u
Austin American Statesman: How rural lawmakers killed school choice legislation in Texas http://atxne.ws/2pmQLip
LA Times: Poll finds support for vouchers and higher school funding in California latimes.com/local/educatio…
FROM “THE GRADE”
Hits & Misses of This Year’s Education Writers Award Finalists ow.ly/CTxD30b4ZLG
NYT School Data Visualization Dumbs Down Test Results http://bit.ly/2oyuLMG
EWA: “She pushed me to not think everyone was racist, and I pushed her accept that fact that that some people are.” https://t.co/bHG0APDbq0
KICKERS
SF Chronicle: Mr. Wilson spent $300K from his opera pension to build a middle-school music program https://t.co/uNaoajAfzN
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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