SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
Senate Appropriations Has No Funding for Betsy DeVos’ Private School Voucher Hopes – HuffPost news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&…
Federal Education Funding Picture Is Getting Clearer, as House and Senate Advance Bills the74million.org/the-federal-ed…
Congressmen Target ‘Relic of Ugly History’ in Education Spending Bill blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig
ESSA
Justice set to sign WV Every Student Succeeds Act plan wvmetronews.com/2017/09/10/jus…
Five things to know about the ESSA plan New York is sending to Betsy DeVos chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2017/…
D.C. high school students get a surprise back-to-school guest: Barack Obama washingtonpost.com/news/educatio
DEVOS DISTRACTION
‘It was a mistake’: Round Rock attorney apologizes for controversial Betsy DeVos tweet kvue.com/news/local/rou…
DeVos to speak at University of Baltimore fall commencement baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
Betsy DeVos is about to meet reality during her visit to this Kansas City school kansascity.com/opinion/opn-co…
Betsy DeVos’ vacation home sparks uproar on Twitter | fxn.ws/2vN3Mla
Betsy DeVos offers first comment on DACA ending, says DREAMers should ‘take courage’ chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
STORMS
The toll of Harvey and Irma on America’s schoolchildren washingtonpost.com/news/education…
“Single-file line, just like in elementary school!” Flamingos being moved to safe areas at Busch Gardens https://twitter.com/BN9
REAL NEWS
Wanted: An enrollment chief who can help New York City meet its school diversity goals chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2017/…
Meet the only public school ombudsperson in Minnesota: St. Paul’s Dana Abrams minnpost.com/education/2017…
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks npr.org/sections/ed/20…
Offering free computers, a small L.A. school district enrolled Catholic school students from Bakersfield latimes.com/local/educatio…
D.C. public school teachers approve new contract washingtonpost.com/local/educatio
MEDIA
How U.S. News college rankings promote economic inequality on campus – POLITICO nzzl.us/Q6uhr3x
There are way bigger problems in the world, but this NYT claim about white parents flocking to private schools in DC still seems way off. https://t.co/NGSzOp7Gcd
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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