GATES SPEECH
Gates Foundation to move away from teacher evals, shifting attention to ‘networks’ of public schools chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
Billionaire Bill Gates announces a $1.7 billion investment in U.S. schools washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
Gates Foundation Shifts Education Focus to Network Schools, Innovation, and Special Education Charters the74million.org/gates-foundati…
These 3 California school networks are models for new Gates Foundation investments in education laschoolreport.com/here-are-3-cal…
RECOVERY
Long school break is no vacation for Puerto Rico’s kids wapo.st/2gPQv5T?tid=ss…
A Month After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Misses ‘Ambitious Target’ for Reopening Schools @The74 the74million.org/?p=513107
Some Puerto Rican college students displaced by Hurricane Maria have already started classes again — in Florida pri.org/stories/2017-1…
How New York City schools are preparing to serve students impacted by Hurricane Maria chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2017/…
In aftermath of fires, schools brace for newly homeless students edsource.org/2017/in-afterm…
RODRIGUEZ
See the documents in the Rodriguez conflict-of-interest complaint latimes.com/local/educatio…
The murky part of charter school law in the Ref Rodriguez story scpr.org/news/2017/10/1…
MISC
Florida private schools get nearly $1 billion in state scholarships with little oversight, Sentinel finds nzzl.us/31kz92G
Orlando private school with troubled history took millions of dollars in state scholarships. orlandosentinel.com/features/educa…
Welcome to high school. Now go to college wsj.com/articles/welco… via @WSJ
Minneapolis and St. Paul districts still suspend hundreds of elementary students each year minnpost.com/education/2017…
DOJ hosts private meetings on Cleveland school desegregation mississippitoday.org/2017/10/16/doj… via @MSTODAYnews
Test scores show less than half of Kansas students learning what they need for college wyandottedaily.com/test-scores-sh…
“Mississippi school replaces Jefferson Davis’ name with Obama” twitter.com/i/moments/9210…
Switching To Middle School Can Be Hard On Kids, But There Are Ways To Make It Better npr.org/sections/ed/20…
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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