Screengrab from a first-person Vox narrative about how schools end up being so segregated.
BEST OF THE WEEK
Washington Post: Parents, teachers and children rally for public education at schools across the nation http://ow.ly/YwUPz
NPR: Bernie Sanders Promises Free College. Will It Work? http://ow.ly/YwUUo
TIME: How Antonin Scalia’s Death Will Help Teachers’ Unions http://ow.ly/YxcNF
The Atlantic: Will Salary Increases Solve the Teacher Shortages? http://ow.ly/YxcT7
NYT: New York Schools Wonder: How White Is Too White? http://ow.ly/YwVpt
Vox: I’m a New York City school administrator. Here’s how segregation lives on. http://ow.ly/Yxd5h
WSJ: Look, Mom, I’m Writing a Term Paper on My Smartphone – http://ow.ly/YwUM2
FROM “THE GRADE”
USA Today Teacher Abuse Recordkeeping Story Spreading Nationally & Generating Changes http://ow.ly/Yw0OH
With Viral “Rip & Redo” Video, Both The NYT & Success Academy Could Have Done Better http://ow.ly/YwV9r
Mainstream Coverage Of Big-City Northern School Integration Efforts Was Deeply Flawed, Says New Book http://ow.ly/Yunx8
Education Stories Among 2015 Polk Award Winners http://ow.ly/YwUw6
KICKER
USA Today: Oops! School emails ‘Hurt Feelings Report’ that makes fun of whiners http://ow.ly/YxbIv
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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