Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

After a long period in which its national education coverage seemed like it was in disarray, AP announced new plans today for A New Multi-Format Team for Education News Coverage. Will be it any different than the recent past, or...

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Watch the NBC News story above, or read the Washington Post version: School canceled for 11,500 New Hampshire students after weekend threat of attack. ...

Education reporters — journalists in general — rarely have time to stop and think about the impact of their work on the people they write about. Teachers, parents, and students don’t always realize the impact...

Threats cause N.H. schools to close Monday USA Today: A police investigation was ongoing late Sunday, but the district, one of New Hampshire’s largest with about 11,500 students, didn’t plan to reopen schools until...

Boys walk home for lunch from school in the village of Kogelo Kenya https://t.co/7u7JmbIQtD pic.twitter.com/asvRlUAXbu — alexanderrusso (@alexanderrusso) December 16, 2015 BEST OF THE WEEK Politico: How Ryan & Kline made...

Screengrab of Politico story from last Friday. Over the past week, there have been at least two in-depth attempts to explain what went on behind the scenes leading up to last week’s somewhat unanticipated bill-signing ceremony:...