Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

Today’s roundup includes new reports showing inadequate and inequitable access to school funding and qualified teachers, plus Hillary Clinton’s leftward strategy for winning the White House: Nation’s...

Last week’s “On The Media” included a segment (The Wrong Hypothetical Question) about how reporters and media outlets have been missing out on an opportunity for self-reflection and future improvement, and...

Four outlets — EdWeek, BuzzFeed, the New York Times, and MSNBC — all covered recent meetings between the AFT and Democratic presidential contenders. What can we learn by taking a quick look at them all together?...

Today’s education news roundup includes stories about a failed effort to revamp teacher evaluation in Michigan, efforts to undo tenure in Wisconsin, and the AFT’s meetings with Hillary Clinton and other Democratic...

Screengrab from FiveThirtyEight. My basic feeling is the more coverage of education there is, the better. And I’m particularly excited about newer outlets like VICE, Vox, AJAM, Mic, and FiveThirtyEight taking on the job at...

In the media and in real life it seems clear that the charter school “backfill” issue is big and getting bigger — especially in districts where charters are a large and growing percentage of students: A new...