BEST OF THE WEEK

 

NPR: Surprisingly Few Urban High School Students Take The ACT Or SAT http://ow.ly/TejXm

NYT: Test Scores Under Common Core Show That ‘Proficient’ Varies by State http://ow.ly/3yhy1q

US News: Stagnant City Schools Are Failing Minorities http://nzzl.us/TbqD9b1

EIA: That Didn’t Take Long (Pugh Joins Clinton Campaign) http://bit.ly/1j9DzWE

Politico: Bowing to unions, 2016 Dems skip Campbell Brown’s education forum http://ow.ly/TejRg

Hechinger Report: A technology team from Facebook works to serve classroom teachers http://ow.ly/TejkE

The Atlantic: The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland http://ow.ly/T5Uh7 

 

FROM THE GRADE

 

EdWeek Sets Standard With Detailed Gates Foundation Funding Disclosure http://ow.ly/Tdvz7

Watch the NYT’s @kzernike Interview The Prize’s @dalerussakoff http://ow.ly/T84cJ

“Solutions” Journalism Gets A New Education Guide & Webinar (today!) http://ow.ly/T7w3R

So Much Coverage Of Duncan/King Announcement – But Key Details Still Missing http://ow.ly/TeiNJ

Just How Little Do The White House Press Corps & Broadcast TV Care About Education?  http://ow.ly/T4Zuy

This PBS NewsHour Segment On Teacher Residency Is Too Soft  http://ow.ly/T1I4W

 

KICKER

 

DailyKos: Why in the hell did it take a random viral video for McGraw-Hill to fix this mistake on slavery? http://ow.ly/3yhxAl

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexander Russo

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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