A new era in school shooting culpability, K-12’s #MeToo movement, & a new editor at the Post: Best Education Journalism of the Week (4/12/24)
In this week’s newsletter: Two parents and an administrator are facing consequences for their...
Read MoreApr 12, 2024 | The Grade
In this week’s newsletter: Two parents and an administrator are facing consequences for their...
Read MoreApr 10, 2024 | The Grade
Inspired in part by Business Insider’s Matt Drange, a new wave of state and local reporters...
Read MoreApr 5, 2024 | The Grade
In this week’s newsletter: A burst of school absenteeism coverage. Behind the scenes of LAUSD’s...
Read MoreApr 3, 2024 | The Grade
The “slow violence” of everyday teacher racism rarely gets the attention it...
Read MoreApr 3, 2024 | The Grade
Collected wisdom from folks at the Hechinger Report, The 74, Chalkbeat, EdFund, the Edunomics Lab,...
Read MoreMar 29, 2024 | The Grade
In this week’s newsletter: Yet another FAFSA fiasco. We need to talk about African American...
Read MoreMar 27, 2024 | The Grade
“My school closed when I was in fourth grade, so I get it,” Tucker told me in a recent phone call. “In that sense, I can relate.”
Read MoreMar 25, 2024 | The Grade
The number of stories nearly doubled in 2023, but the need for high-quality absenteeism coverage remains just as strong.
Read MoreMar 22, 2024 | The Grade
Budget cuts and school closings. The rise and fall of Brockton (Massachusetts) High School. A look back at Chicago’s massive 50-school closing campaign. A long-awaited admission from the New York Times on pandemic school closings. And a pleasant thrift store surprise for NOLA.com’s Patrick Wall.
Read MoreMar 20, 2024 | The Grade
What it was like, what I learned, and how I’d do it differently today. By the Chicago Sun-Times’ Lauren FitzPatrick.
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