PARENT POLL
Poll: Schools with mostly white teachers are not trying to educate students of color: usnews.com/news/education…
Parents of color see their kids as attending white supremacist school systems huffingtonpost.com/entry/parents-… via @HuffPostPol
Black and Latino parents worried about funding disparities in schools, poll finds edsource.org/2017/poll-find…
Black and Latino Parents: Funding, Racism Are Drivers of School Disparities blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Distric
More Parents Of Color Think Racism Is Holding Back Their Children In School huffingtonpost.com/2017/05/02/par…
Low-income, minority students lag in high school grad rates seattletimes.com/nation-world/l… via @seattletimes
TRUMP
Trump praises D.C. voucher program with mixed record politi.co/2oY3jgl
Trump pushes school choice, making good on campaign promise abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wire…
At School Choice Event, Trump Praises D.C. Vouchers for Helping Kids Graduate blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig…
Trump Praises Low-Income School Voucher Program Obama Defunded – Breitbart bit.ly/2p6XiZW via @BreitbartNews
BANNING FIDGET SPINNERS
Schools attempt to ban fidget spinner craze The Guardian ow.ly/GXuR30bpIuz
MISC
California’s largest charter group pushes its agenda with money and people power edsource.org/2017/californi…
Minneapolis schools forced to cut hundreds of jobs to fill $28 million gap – StarTribune.comow.ly/RCfl30boTVL
New Jersey Judge Tosses Parents’ Lawsuit Claiming Last In, First Out Layoff Rules Harm Students the74million.org/article/new-je…
Principal at Md. school who created “smash space” decides to step down washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
Annual Earthquake Drills Left As Optional For Washington State Schools kuow.org/post/annual-ea…
A Public University Acquires A Big For-Profit, And Raises Big Questions npr.org/sections/ed/20…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alexander Russo
Alexander Russo is founder and editor of The Grade, an award-winning effort to help improve media coverage of education issues. He’s also a Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship winner and a book author. You can reach him at @alexanderrusso.
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