Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

As she recently noted on Facebook, education reporter Beth Fertig (above) just celebrated 20 years at WNYC, the local NPR affiliate covering the NYC metro area: “Twenty years ago today, after the constriction of print...

Graphs from a recent WBEZ Chicago Public Radio story on poverty and academic performance. In a recently-published study, EdWeek researcher Holly Yettick writes that the News Media Feeds the Public a Meager Diet of Education...

Today’s news includes guidance for districts trying to reduce testing burdens, NCLB waivers/extensions for eight states, and an exit interview with Newark’s controversial superintendent Cami Anderson: State Chiefs...

The Seventy Four, former CNN host Campbell Brown’s much-anticipated new education site, went live last night with a tweet and the above somewhat Shining-like video introduction, and will start pumping out original...

Perhaps I’m reading the story wrong, but a quick look at the NYT’s new piece about Common Core test scoring suggests that reporter Motoko Rich has provided perhaps the most emphatic, critical take on the scoring...

Today’s news includes the departure of Newark superintendent Cami Anderson, an update on the fate of a widely-admired LAUSD teacher (Rafe Esquith), and a much-read NYT story about part-time temps grading Common Core tests...