TRUMP
Trump Takes Aim at School Lunch Guidelines and a Girls’ Education Program nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/…
Trump takes aim at Michelle Obama’s efforts on child nutrition, girls’ education usat.ly/2poT43r via @USATODAY
Trump administration ending Michelle Obama’s girls education program @CNNPolitics cnn.it/2p1mNwH
The Whole Grain Terror In School Lunches Is About To End buzzfeed.com/mollyhensleycl…
BUDGET DEAL/CONGRESS
Trump’s Budget Proposal Threatens Funding For Major After School Program npr.org/2017/05/01/526
Budget deal would spare AmeriCorps, which supports thousands of schools chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
Congress expected to reauthorize D.C. school vouchers in sweeping budget deal washingtonpost.com/local/educatio
DEVOS
DeVos: Becoming Sec. of Ed. ‘like drinking through a firehose’ woodtv.com/2017/05/01/dev… via @WOODTV
Betsy DeVos scheduled, then canceled, a visit to an L.A. charter school that emphasizes special needs fw.to/Yq5rcTL
MISC
Outspoken Principal on Racial Justice Accuses City of Retaliation wnyc.org/story/outspoke… via @WNYC
Success Academy named finalist for prestigious national charter school award chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2017/…
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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