BEST OF THE WEEK
Washington Post: ‘He knew the kids and they loved him’: MN shooting victim was an adored school cafeteria manager – https://t.co/wDxMZEARU6<
See also: TIME: Philando Castile was a role model to hundreds of kids, colleagues say: ‘This man mattered’ http://ti.me/29qfYPS
Politico: Clinton’s charter school comments prompt boos at teachers union event http://ow.ly/szli3024196
See also Slate: Hillary Clinton is the teachers’ candidate. What changed? http://ow.ly/M1Vt3023Zsc
NYT: Hillary Clinton Embraces Ideas From Bernie Sanders’s College Tuition Plan https://t.co/JpGOBB4LXo
KPCC: How a charter network’s leaders use student reviews to change how they teach https://t.co/yocVpLH4hc<
US News: Education Department Continues to Prod States to Rethink Testing https://t.co/FF1U0zKNuk<
LA Weekly: LA Parents Pay Dearly to Be Near Good Schools http://pllqt.it/ObV4lf <
LA Times: After months of negotiations, a nonprofit will manage 20th Street Elementary School https://t.co/mRIph0CYgz
Charlotte Observer: Chinese investors are silent partners in the struggling Thunderbird Prep charter school https://t.co/Fzi6kiRAOU
NYT: Small Steps, but No Major Push, to Integrate New York’s Schools https://t.co/Q5Zv0hT7ha
Hechinger Report: Schools are under federal pressure to translate for immigrant parents https://t.co/GPFLf0qaaV
FROM “THE GRADE”
Washington Post Highlights School Role In #PhilandoCastile Tragedy http://ow.ly/RkWg30240d6
Fellowship Program Recruits Journalists With Hardship Experience http://ow.ly/pc87301X2lj
[White] NYC Reporters Talk NYC Schools http://ow.ly/ZG653021vlV
KICKER
The Guardian: No grades, no timetable: Top-performing Berlin school turns teaching upside down http://pllqt.it/vPOOKb
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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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