Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

The California student killed in Paris saw herself as a driven, independent Mexican American LA Times: Gonzalez, a 23-year-old design student at Cal State Long Beach, had arrived in the city in September. She had never been out...

BEST OF THE WEEK Washington Post : Hillary Clinton wades into the internal Democratic debate over public schools http://ow.ly/UCkJu US News: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Doubles Down on Education Investments http://ow.ly/UCnjL...

Last week’s New Yorker had a thought-provoking article about how we produce and consume media including media about kids and schools. Titled Humans of New York and the Cavalier Consumption of Others, the article focuses on...

Sanders-scores-postal-union-endorsement CNN: The American Postal Workers Union announced their endorsement of Sanders Thursday, giving the insurgent Democratic candidate a small boost at a critical moment as his campaign tries...

The Seventy Four’s Campbell Brown couldn’t get Democratic presidential candidates to do an Iowa town hall on education, but front-running Republican candidates have been happy to talk to her. Above see an 11-minute...

D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson celebrates 5 years at helm Washington Post: Most urban superintendents leave after three years; many credit stability at the top for D.C.’s improvement. See also Washington Post. Ahead of...