Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

Graduation Rate Gap Between Black And White Students Is Closing In Most States HuffPost: Thirty-six states experienced an increase in graduation rates, while six saw decreases, according to a press release from the Education...

Screengrab from Success Academy letter purporting to show reassurances from PBS NewsHour’s John Merrow that the segment would limit criticism of the school from one particular student “celebrates [Success...

Schools across US find alternatives to suspending students AP: The school districts in New York, Los Angeles and Denver are just some of those that have moved away from discipline policies that relied heavily on suspensions....

Here it is — let me know what I missed or got wrong: BEST OF THE WEEK EIA: Hillary’s NEA “Town Hall” Answers http://ow.ly/35wMNP  (See also Politics K-12 http://ow.ly/Try6T) PBS NewHour: Is kindergarten too young to...

Here’s that PBS NewsHour interview with longtime education reporter John Merrow, including highlights from his past reporting such as when he followed a bunch of new teachers through the year and when he filmed Michelle...

What Hillary Clinton Told the NEA Board of Directors PK12: Earlier this month, the National Education Association voted to endorse Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary for president. But what went into that decision...