Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

I’m off for Labor Day weekend — hope you are, too. If you absolutely need to reach me, try @alexanderrusso or text me at 312-286-9242. Be safe. See you next week.

Six years ago, The Answer Sheet was launched. Funny/ironic welcoming comment from Jay Mathews. pic.twitter.com/s5EpRDzTJ9 — The Grade (@grade_point) September 1, 2015 Six years ago this week, the Washington Post launched The...

Last week I had the chance to talk with PDK’s Josh Starr about the media coverage of the organization’s annual poll. Generally, Starr and his colleagues seemed pleased by the amount and quality of the...

Biden Talks Education; Miami Audience Listens For Clues To Presidential Bid NPR: Vice President Joe Biden is mulling a run for the White House. He made an education speech in Miami on Wednesday, but made no mention of politics...

Obama’s Mixed Record on School Integration American Prospect: While a handful of small programs have taken steps toward promoting diversity, desegregation has remained absent from Obama’s signature education...

The deluge of New Orleans coverage may be peaking, but there’s another deluge to come in the form of publicity surrounding Jonathan Franz..  Dale Russakoff’s new book about Newark, The Prize. To help get yourself...