According to the Internet, the possessive form of DeVos is DeVos’:
BEST OF THE WEEK
Politico: USDE staffers among Trump appointees who shared unflattering views of minorities, women http://pllqt.it/TB7nTH
Baltimore Sun: Jason Botel, KIPP school founder and education advocate, said to become White House adviser https://t.co/Jz4IgvyNWV
Washington Post: Democrats unlikely to be able to stop DeVos confirmation, sources say. http://pllqt.it/RqeeWR
MassLive: Sen. Warren defends support for Ben Carson’s HUD secretary confirmation | http://masslive.com
NYT: Betsy DeVos, a Friend of L.G.B.T. Rights? Past Colleagues Say Yes http://pllqt.it/vF6Bjy
WWNO: A ‘No Excuses’ New Orleans Charter School Has A Change Of Heart https://t.co/5cOz0ZV5Iv
Chalkbeat: A third of Tennessee students are receiving diplomas without meeting the state’s requirements https://t.co/1Mc5xLBt7W
The Economist: Roughly half of states and Washington, DC, have some form of school-choice scheme http://pllqt.it/fzhnZM
NPR: Does Your School Arrest Students? https://t.co/eQq1lVJItI
PBS NewHour: School district tries making its police ‘more guardian than warrior’ https://t.co/BoxwGjD6yd
NYT: A tale of segregation in Harlem: Schools Are Left to Fail as Those Not Far Away Thrive https://t.co/JOyvvdmitV
FROM “THE GRADE”
Why has national coverage of the DeVos nomination has been so flawed? http://pllqt.it/7nSuKA
No one’s going to say anything about the UTLA president’s slam against the LA Times education coverage? OK. #EWAcharters
Chalkbeat announces formal expansion to Detroit (& drags the NYT for “well-intentioned parachuting” in passing) https://t.co/42wgree4H8
Update: I’ve connected The Grade’s Twitter feed to Facebook. That means you can get everything by “liking” the Facebook page http://ow.ly/pxSs308dXMa
Coming this week: Tara Garcia Mathewson reviews WBEZ Chicago’s hour-long radio documentary, “View From Room 205”
KICKER
McSweeney’s: Official United States Department of Education Grizzly Bear Policy http://pllqt.it/qMO4av
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