BEST OF THE WEEK
Washington Post : Hillary Clinton wades into the internal Democratic debate over public schools http://ow.ly/UCkJu
US News: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Doubles Down on Education Investments http://ow.ly/UCnjL
NBC: Activist DeRay Mckesson Gives Speech About Being Black and Gay http://ow.ly/UuhxL
Sacramento Bee: What’s next for Michelle Rhee, once the national face of education activism? http://ow.ly/UCmKz
Colorado Public Radio: Like Peers Nationwide, Colorado Students Struggle With New Tests http://ow.ly/UAlsk
PBS NewsHour: Struggling School Tries “Self-Organized” Learning http://bit.ly/1QAv04F
Catalyst: Chicago leads way on charter school unions http://ow.ly/UCmgb
NJ: How N.J. school district is making enrollment much easier | http://NJ.com http://ow.ly/UyP8R
LA Times: With $100M Geffen gift, UCLA announces launch of new school for employees & community members http://ow.ly/UzDv8
MinnPost: More young Somali-Americans are choosing careers in education http://ow.ly/UBTHS
BRIGHT: When School Feels Like Jail http://ow.ly/UwUx5
LA Times: In L.A. Unified, restorative justice has been slow to take hold http://ow.ly/UtjJd
FROM “THE GRADE”
Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Everywhere http://ow.ly/UqqRI
How FLA Reporters Almost Missed School Resegregation Story http://ow.ly/Uxawm
Hechinger Report Crowdfunding Coverage of Immigrant Education http://ow.ly/UtAoh
Trying To Understand Coverage Of Clinton’s Charter School Critique http://ow.ly/Uwpat
WSJ Common Core Story Over-Emphasizes Setbacks, Lumps States Into Mystery Categories http://ow.ly/UqY8x
The Seventy Four Gets Rubio On Record, Publishes In @TheAtlanticEDU http://ow.ly/UznhI
KICKERS
The Guardian: America’s poorest white town: abandoned by coal, swallowed by drugs | US news http://ow.ly/UzdVP
Jacobin: The philanthropy-washingtonmonthly-com Hustle http://ow.ly/UCmm9
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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