BEST OF THE WEEK
Washington Post: At the Primary School, funded with Zuckerberg fortune, education will start before birth http://ow.ly/VqQHk
WBUR: For Education Reform, Boston Activists Turn To Ballot Initiatives http://ow.ly/VuSte
LA Times: PAC shielded $2.3 million in donations by LA charter school backers http://ow.ly/VuR7H
EdWeek: Unique challenges for 1st-gen college students like Ayat Husseini http://bit.ly/1Q58Zf6
NYT: Cuomo, in Shift, Is Said to Back Reducing Test Scores’ Role in Teacher Reviews http://ow.ly/VgJEF
Vox: Why more education won’t end poverty, in one chart http://ow.ly/VuRoq [see chart above]
LA Weekly: Why Charter School Teachers Are Split on Unionization http://ow.ly/VuRey
Politico NY: Head of de Blasio’s Fund for Public Schools quietly exits http://ow.ly/VuQpT
NYT: The Teacher With $410K In Federal Education Loans http://bit.ly/1IveBre
NPR: Secretary Duncan Reunites With A Former Student http://ow.ly/Vv5b3
FROM “THE GRADE”
Washington Post Overly Generous About Harvard, Overly Critical Of TFA http://ow.ly/VrmIi
NYT Testing Story Appears To Overstate MA Decision http://ow.ly/VuTBs
Newark School Turnaround Saga Turned Into Book http://ow.ly/VuTsC
When Think Tanks Bypass Media Outlets & Do Their Own “Journalism” http://ow.ly/VltZ5
Immigrant/Refugee Students Getting Much-Needed Attention http://ow.ly/V202I
Worth A 2nd Look: Washington Post’s 2012 Peek Inside The Teacher Dismissal Process http://ow.ly/V176p
KICKERS
Dawn: Remembering 144 lives lost in last December’s Peshawar school attack http://ow.ly/Vnmm7
Comedy Central: Larry Wilmore Takes On Texas Textbooks http://bit.ly/1PECmFe
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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