Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

Politico New York is reporting that The Seventy Four, Campbell Brown’s new education news and advocacy site, is paying editors and reporters from $90-200,000 per year, based on tax filings it obtained. I don’t know...

It was easy to look past Larry McQuillan these past few years. He’d smile at you at a conference but he wasn’t pushy about talking or getting attention. His ten years in education communications were for AERA and AIR...

Why Aren’t Democratic Presidential Contenders Talking About K-12 Policy? PK12: Democratic contenders for the White House have focused on early-childhood education and college access, but not said much about K-12 policy....

BEST OF THE WEEK Chicago Public Radio: The Education of Jose Garcia: Part 1 http://ow.ly/ShHDT  Slate: How the juvenile justice system eats kids for breakfast. http://ow.ly/SiZSp  Hechinger Report: can u fix education w/ txts?...

The Boston Globe’s new, expanded education team is now complete: The first story out of the gate is this piece about a Boston teacher’s attempt to get to know his Haitian students by traveling to their home country....

School Begins in Seattle NYT: Thousands of Seattle students started the school year Thursday after it was delayed by a weeklong teachers strike. See also Seattle Times, Seattle Public Radio. Illinois test results plummet under...