BEST JOURNALISM OF THE WEEK
TRUMP
USA Today: Can Trump pull funding from UC Berkeley? Not likely, experts say https://t.co/fAUqwv2Efv
ProPublica: How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama https://t.co/qZ3hm8sArX
DEVOS
EdSource: Broad’s opposition to DeVos reveals faultlines in charter school movement https://t.co/zu6lQJ04j7
Denver Post: Not even Colorado charter school advocates can agree on Betsy DeVos nomination https://t.co/kcv3fkPHvF
Politico: Pro-DeVos TV ads attack Democrats as ‘full of rage and hate’ https://t.co/Wte6LQsuJd
The Nation: How Grassroots Activists Got a Key Republican Senator to Oppose Betsy DeVos http://BillMoyers.com
Washington Post: GOP pushes a third Cabinet nominee toward confirmation without Democratic votes http://pllqt.it/TGk7Vh
NOT DEVOS
Education Next: Will the XQ “Super Schools” Live Up to Their Name? http://bit.ly/2kYeMaf
USA Today: Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools http://pllqt.it/tgSaqY
Chicago Reader: Police in Chicago Public Schools operate with no special training and little oversight https://t.co/dQbMRj9xjs
The Outline: The Lancaster County school district is now 4.5 percent refugees, according to the ACLU https://t.co/teOTFzRKTv
LA Times: At charter school, teachers saw a clash between scarcity and extravagance https://t.co/i5zUhVRsuV
FROM THE GRADE
The NYT tells us how controversial DeVos has become http://ow.ly/Lisa308ESwX . NPR tells us some interesting reasons why http://ow.ly/fPym308ESGp [including gender expectations!?]
January 2017: Best & Worst Education Journalism Of The Month ttp://ow.ly/H5KL308F8UD featuring NYT, Houston Chronicle, Washington Post, & More.
Journalists on the move: Dana Goldstein to the NYT, Maria Danilova to the AP education spot, Mikhail S. to EdSource http://ow.ly/YWZR30
New Education Documentary Asks Basic Questions About School Reform http://ow.ly/vAEM308Cb2x
“The influence industry is an under-covered story in education,” notes @D_Aarons on Gadfly Podcast. “There’s a lot of money being spent.” http://ow.ly/sVKO308AIJd
KICKERS
The Hill: Warren offers to wager fate of DeVos nomination on Super Bowl http://hill.cm/CNyzFT7
Boing Boing: Trump Executive Order Generator http://ow.ly/kZ3g308FHgn
Social Action: How one Tweet about school lunches inspired a tidal wave of giving https://t.co/zhbAfhssgZ
NPR: Recess Gets A Makeover https://t.co/C1eD3K4nHE
Borowitz Report: Trump Learned Frederick Douglass Was Alive from Betsy DeVos https://t.co/umhNQf84Ss
Snopes: Did Neil Gorsuch Found a High School ‘Fascism Forever’ Club? http://snopes.com
via The Atlantic
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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