“Our curriculum focusses less on rote memorization and more on putzing around.” – New Yorker
BEST OF THE WEEK
Boston Herald: MA Senator Elizabeth Warren still undecided on lifting charter school cap http://ow.ly/RRmA3042gZ5
Bay State Banner: At $30 million, MA race a battleground for national charter debate http://ow.ly/V2rv3043VFB
Trump pitches $20 billion education plan at Ohio charter school that received poor marks from state http://ow.ly/60ks3043tVS
NYT: An F-Minus for America’s Schools From a Fed-Up Judge http://ow.ly/zzQB3044mox
The Seventy Four: Black Lives Matter leader says national movement ‘hijacked’ https://t.co/xs5QN7aypR
Chalkbeat: Open houses and closed doors: How the first step toward high school can become a stumbling block https://t.co/hJbPM3bkjS
New York Times: An Effective but Exhausting Alternative to High-School Suspensions http://ow.ly/9SPU3044gGy
New Orleans Times Picayune: Divided America: Many schools left behind in recovery https://t.co/BP44Drfcge
KQED: Oakland Prides Itself on Being Diverse — Until It Comes Time to Send Kids to School http://ow.ly/pPrO3044iwy
Huffington Post: Obama Administration To Schools: Stop Using Police To Enforce Rules https://t.co/qaRL2QAvpi
NPR: Louisiana Kids Return To School, A Bubble Of Normalcy After Massive Floods https://t.co/VqyPLDkyrd
The Atlantic: Mayor Bill de Blasio Fights for Universally Free Pre-K in New York http://ow.ly/XOW23044jtO
FROM “THE GRADE”
Making EdReporting Better in 2016-17 with Regular Use of Polling Data http://ow.ly/BGF0303X5px
Washington Post Journo Jay Mathews Reflects On 20 Years Covering Education http://ow.ly/Dmcp3044j2j
KICKERS
NYT: Fortress of Tedium: What I Learned as a Substitute Teacher. http://nyti.ms/2bXZIKj
WAMU: Teaching 9/11 When ‘Never Forget’ Becomes ‘Never Experienced It’ http://ow.ly/nRTP3043CM3
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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