Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

Absences at D.C. public schools will be excused Wednesday, some charters to close due to Metro shutdown Washington Post: D.C.’s public schools will remain open Wednesday despite Metro shuttering its entire rail system for an...

The Hechinger Report has written a ton of stories about Common Core — most of them quite unobjectionable. However their latest piece, focused on concerns about incorporating Common Core standards and testing with...

If you haven’t already taken NPR’s Education Survey, click the link and do it now — if not to tell NPR what you think of the education coverage they’re providing for the chance to get a peek into how NPR...

Senate Confirms John B. King Jr. as Education Secretary PK12: King had been serving as acting secretary since the start of this year after taking over for former Secretary Arne Duncan. The vote in the Senate was 49-40. See also...

While chief education reporter Libby Nelson is increasingly writing about non-education topics (the campaign, gun control, etc.) Vox is finding interesting new ways to keep tabs on what’s going on in schools. One way is...

See #demtownhall for notes from last night’s Democratic debate. Efforts to repeal Common Core gain steam in Kansas Washington Times: “Since last year it had no steam or momentum, and then all of a sudden it was passed out...