Boys walk home for lunch from school in the village of Kogelo Kenya https://t.co/7u7JmbIQtD pic.twitter.com/asvRlUAXbu
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BEST OF THE WEEK
Politico: How Ryan & Kline made NCLB rewrite happen http://ow.ly/VMGqz
WSJ: Clinton Views on Charter Schools, Teacher Evaluations Upset Some Democrats http://ow.ly/W54NY
NYT: How School Segregation Persists in Gentrifying Neighborhoods http://pllqt.it/cmqOp1
Slate: For-profit charter schools are failing and fading. Here’s why. http://ow.ly/W4HvW
US News: State Education Funding Hasn’t Recovered from Recession http://ow.ly/VPaIN
NYT: Success Academy isn’t the only charter network shortening its long school day http://nyti.ms/1m9FMTB
BuzzFeed: Investors Rebel Against Controversial Online School Operator K12 http://ow.ly/W1II4
FROM “THE GRADE”
Beltway Outlets Accurately Reported How ESSA “Sausage” Got Made, Says Hill Insider http://ow.ly/W5tBX
The Strange, Off-Balance State Of Local Investigative Journalism http://ow.ly/VUWZy
More Questions re LAT Decision To Publish District Allegations http://ow.ly/VRhvf
When Mainstream Media Passes Along Misinformation http://ow.ly/VYELj
More Kudos For Catalyst Chicago from Columbia Journalism Review http://ow.ly/W2oO9
KICKERS
New Yorker: Why Zuckerberg’s Critics Are Wrong http://pllqt.it/XQKBIq
Vox: A heartbreaking account of Obama comforting the grieving families after Sandy Hook http://ow.ly/VRS5S
Gawker: Here’s the Full, Extremely Dumb Email That Shut Down the Entire L.A. Public School System http://nzzl.us/fmmIxSu
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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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