BEST OF THE WEEK
Washington Post: Teachers unions mount campaign against Trump’s education pick https://t.co/vuMacNJNpK
NYT: With Plouffe Hire, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Builds Political Muscle for Philanthropic Work https://t.co/nle8IV2EnK
LA Times: Supreme Court likely to boost public schools’ responsibilities to children with disabilities https://t.co/PFZDtNjzWD
NYT: City to Close or Merge 9 Schools That Were in Support Program https://t.co/8IyqiASpVB [See also Chalkbeat]
Marketplace: The civil rights divide over charter schools https://t.co/c9q2MikM8W
ChalkbeatTN: Five takeaways from the NAACP’s charter school hearing in Memphis
Hechinger Report: Educators worry schools are botching student discipline reform https://t.co/YZbgplyXMB
NPR: Obama’s Impact On America’s Schools https://t.co/UZ3UeVuGF2
USA Today: Vouchers are not ‘a scalable solution, says EdSec King https://t.co/tpFEzHgVym
**Coming Monday from WBEZ Chicago Public Radio: The View from Room 205 http://pllqt.it/YNJjW6**
FROM THE GRADE
The Untold Story Behind Campbell Brown’s Sudden Departure from The 74 http://ow.ly/BW5e307S061
Careful About That Dual-Language Coverage! http://ow.ly/WPBp307LcfP
KICKER
CNN: Students, say goodbye to snow days — and say hello to school at home http://ow.ly/wUD4307RfLb
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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