LAS VEGAS VICTIMS
Las Vegas shooter attended LAUSD, several educators among the victims @LASchoolReport laschoolreport.com/las-vegas-shoo…
Heroic Spouses, Beloved Teachers, Devoted Parents: Remembering the Victims of the Las Vegas Massacre people.com/crime/las-vega… via @people
Shot at Las Vegas concert, Arundel High grad loses eye, remains in coma baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
HURRICANE
In Puerto Rico, frustrated parents wonder when schools will reopen. It may be a while via @TimJohnson4 miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
Puerto Rican schoolchildren could be out of class for months washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
Students From Puerto Rico Flee Hurricane to Continue Schooling vnews.com/US-school-dist… via @VNewsUV
ESSA
What states told Chalkbeat about how they will monitor their chronic absenteeism data chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
Tennessee’s education chief receives praise in Washington, D.C. timesfreepress.com/news/local/sto… via @TimesFreePress
After a two-year gap, Tennessee is about to release test scores for grade-schoolers. Here’s what to expect. chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2017/…
Student absences are about to have higher stakes in most states. Will cheating follow? chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
LA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Newly emboldened, L.A. charter schools push to rewrite local rules latimes.com/local/educatio…
LAUSD’s ‘pro-charter’ school board isn’t ticking off charter wish list items just yet scpr.org/news/2017/10/0…
MISC
MA High Court Weighs Charters as Solution to Education Adequacy shar.es/1VI3OP
Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. 2 Post at Ed. Dept. – Education Week http://nzzl.us/ydmzrsv
Amid grade tampering probe, school employees not told about hotline washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
Irritated Kansas Legislators Head Back to Drawing Board on School Funding blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_e…
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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