BEST OF THE WEEK
NATIONAL/FEDERAL
Miami Herald: Betsy DeVos picked FIU for her first public university visit. Then she met Pitbull. https://t.co/pjYXEzS5ae
Washington Post: The nearly $8 million cost of Betsy DeVos’s security detail http://ow.ly/tI8v30aH6Vo
NYT: It Takes a Suburb. A Town Unites to Tackle Student Stress https://t.co/YLzVtxOZYk
US News: Drop-Out Risk Plummets for Black Students Who Have One Black Teacher http://ow.ly/QrRk30aH6UW [See also The 74]
NPR: Students of deported parents find challenges at Tijuana school https://t.co/eR7pTrUCgl
STATES/DISTRICTS
Washington Post: In Arizona, all children can potentially access public dollars for private education https://t.co/n7nQkGeSvV [See also AP]
WSJ: Connecticut Won’t Use Students’ State Test Scores in Teacher Ratings https://t.co/pPd9eStxeZ [See also Hartford Courant]
SCPR: Long Beach Unified faces questions over spending on high-needs kids https://t.co/Bv95SINQJk
Effort To Unionize Teachers At D.C. Charter School Called Off After Divisive Campaign https://t.co/nU4pjca4SC
The 74: New Student Data Show Half of Graduating LA Seniors Not Eligible for California’s Public Universities http://ow.ly/g4d830aH6RP
ChalkbeatTN: Effort to roll back A-F grading plan dies in Tennessee legislature https://t.co/ShY2orFraJ
Boston Globe: Citywide teaching collaborative brings public, charter, Catholic school teachers together https://t.co/sOGokRY6Xk
FROM “THE GRADE”
Growing Tensions Between DeVos Education Department & Reporters ow.ly/LyTo30aCWtu
Stanford researcher critiques last week’s NYT Upshot story about districts’ test scores http://pllqt.it/Euy6CK
NPR: Kansas Student Newspaper’s Fact Check Results In New Principal’s Resignation https://t.co/QlLw1I94Mx
KICKERS
“Kindergarten Press Secretary” via The Daily Show
NYT: New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ http://ow.ly/Zorx30aH6SW [See also Sacramento Bee]
BuzzFeed: This Is What It’s Like To Be Poor, Gifted, And Black In South Africa https://t.co/1ffcT17StK
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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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