A screengrab from Malcolm Gladwell’s New Orleans retrospective
BEST WRITING
New Yorker: Lessons from NOLA ow.ly/RHGDV
American Prospect: Obama’s Mixed Record on School Integration http://ow.ly/ROmWJ
Tampa Bay Times: For 31 kids, this is what it’s like to go to resegregated schools ow.ly/RHfPl
ProPublica: Asians Nearly Twice as Likely to Get a Higher Price from Princeton Review http://ow.ly/ROmS0
Narratively: The Super Bowl of Elementary School Chess ow.ly/RHcJt
Medium: The weird history of the Pledge of Allegiance http://ow.ly/RK8BB
#TBT New Yorker: Coaches for everyone! ow.ly/RHkyh
FROM THE GRADE
Goals For Latest AP Common Core Story Go Unfulfilled
American Public Media’s Clear, Calm Look At Improving Classroom Instruction
Josh Starr Thinks Bloggers Have Too Much (Hidden) Influence Over MSM Coverage
Hot Topics Being Tackled By Incoming Spencer Fellows
#TBT: Washington Post’s “Answer Sheet” Debuted Six Years Ago
KICKER
5-Year-Old At Underfunded Kindergarten Enjoying Last Few Weeks Before Achievement Gap Kicks In – The Onion http://ow.ly/ROn4d
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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