Image from WNYC school desegregation series “Integration 2.0”
BEST OF THE WEEK
NYT Sunday Magazine: Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City http://pllqt.it/HvJshX
Slate:America’s public schools are now majority-minority and the implications are huge http://slate.me/1Zri9Uq [See entire series here]
WNYC: How One Brooklyn Charter School Integrates With Intention https://t.co/TyKL0Kebn6
Baltimore Sun: Mantra for graduates of troubled Baltimore high school: ‘You can make it’ https://t.co/itVB406302
NYT:Where Nearly Half of Pupils Are Homeless, School Aims to Be Teacher, Therapist, Even Santa http://nyti.ms/1TRtCcb
AP: Detroit & DC Have High Chronic Absence Rates, Says USDE https://t.co/01s6vhrojN See also Seattle Times
NYT: Schools Punished Teenagers for Being Victims of Sexual Assault, Complaints Say http://ow.ly/YwJp3016gjJ
FROM “THE GRADE”
Why Some Parents (including the NYT’s Nikole Hannah-Jones) Choose a Segregated School https://t.co/5RNSbQx878
Half-Forgotten LA Times Education Controversy Resurfaces http://ow.ly/OCTH300YgDb
With 12-Part “Tomorrow’s Test,” Slate Series Addresses Race & Education http://ow.ly/Ohks3013qdy
Despite Flaws, WNYC “School Integration 2.0” Series Well Worth It http://pllqt.it/VqgGDR
KICKERS
NYT: 2 Valedictorians in Texas Declare Undocumented Status, and Outrage Ensues https://t.co/tkT9ucHw7K See also BuzzFeed.
PBS NewsHour: Beyond Bathrooms: The Transgender Student Experience http://to.pbs.org/215RJbj
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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