Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

New study highlights the challenges of covering charter school budget impact stories — and the importance of looking past press releases. By Alexander Russo The impact of charter schools on traditional school district budgets...

November was a hectic month for education journalists, like everyone else. There was lots of news — a new President-elect and his EdSec nominee, and a new Congress, among other things. There was some good news. After a long...

TRANSITION Education Week: DeVos Donations to Senators Who Will Oversee Her Confirmation http://ow.ly/KODA306L7qo NYT: Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Education Pick, Has Steered Money From Public Schools http://ow.ly/9GAj306L89p The...

Why education reporters should take a “subgroup” approach to their work. By Alexander Russo Kudos to USA Today’s Greg Toppo and the Huffington Post’s Rebecca Klein (and any others I’ve missed) for recently digging into what...