Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

STORM RECOVERY South Florida schools starting class Monday after Hurricane Irma closures sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/h… Amid chaos, school workers kept shelters running miamiherald.com/news/weather/h… Miami-area students...

STORM RECOVERY The storms that hit Texas and Florida continue to be the big education story of the week. For national overviews, try USA Today (Hurricane Irma: 8.5 million students lost school time), the NYT (Under academic...

ESSA CONGRESS DEVOS As protesters rally across street, Education Secretary DeVos praises JCCC kansascity.com/news/local/art… House OKs Bill to Slash Education Budget as School Choice Push Loses Out...

DACA/ESSA Top Democrats just announced they struck a deal with Trump to protect DACA vox.com/2017/9/13/1630… Texas prepares to submit ESSA plan to Washington northdallasgazette.com/2017/09/13/tex… via @NDGEditor CA approves ESSA...

Schools are often at the center of communities’ responses to disaster, putting education reporters right in the mix – assuming they bring pencils and wading boots, that is. Over the past couple of weeks, education reporters in...

HURRICANE RECOVERY Fire destroys Tampa elementary school hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie… Smiles, tears and some expected hiccups Monday as more than 600,000 Houston-area students returned to school....