Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

So excited to have @khefling aboard the @POLITICOPro and @POLITICO education team! — Nirvi Shah (@NirviShah) May 21, 2015What to make of the announcement last week that AP national education writer Kimberly Hefling is moving...

Hope you had a good Memorial Day Weekend. Welcome back! Here are today’s top education news stories: Teacher Union Legal Opposition to School Choice Stumbles in Florida, Louisiana EdWeek: On Friday, a Louisiana district...

It’s hard to beat Valerie Strauss’s “The Answer Sheet” blog over at The Washington Post when it comes to the number and type of complaints that I hear. Widely read and admired especially by critics of the...

There’s no absolute consensus whether a politician’s choices over where to send his or her children to school are public decisions that should be reported and discussed or are private ones (like, say, health or...

Today’s big education news, rounded up for your convenience: Board shortens Common Core-aligned tests known as PARCC Washington Post: The Common Core-aligned tests that made their debut in 11 states and the District this...

There’s been no small amount of teeth-gnashing among pro-standards, pro-accountability school reform advocates about the fact that NPR’s lead education blogger Anya Kamenetz also wrote a 2015 book, The Test, which...