SEX ASSAULT RULES
DeVos says she will revisit Obama-era sexual assault policies nytimes.com/2017/07/13/us/…
DeVos: Too many college students have been treated unfairly under Obama-era sexual assault policy washingtonpost.com/news/education…
DeVos on sex assault survivors and the accused: ‘All their stories are important’ usat.ly/2uoXcnT via @USATODAY
Betsy DeVos rethinks Obama-era guidelines for campus sex assault cbsnews.com/videos/betsy-
Betsy DeVos wants to ‘quickly’ change the way the government treats campus sexual assault buzzfeed.com/mollyhensleycl…
DeVos hears of sex attacks at colleges & K-12 schools as feds weigh changes to Title IX evidence rules the74million.org/article/devos-…
JACKSON APOLOGY
Education department official apologizes for ‘flippant’ sexual assault remarks—again ti.me/2uopmPQ
Education official apologizes anew, this time to victims wapo.st/2sW9nE4?tid=ss…
APPROPRIATIONS/CHOICE
House subcommittee advances education funding bill as Democrats protest ‘anti-teacher’ cuts the74million.org/article/federa…
Congress and Trump are pretty far apart when it comes to spending on schools – except for one, $2-billion detail blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig
Prospects seem dim for Trump school choice initiative this year – Education Week nzzl.us/pONw3kE
Appropriators first pitch for ED budget snubs Trump/DeVos school choice agenda usnews.com/news/education…
ESSA
Education official ‘doesn’t seem to have read’ ESSA, Sen. Alexander says edwk.it/2ueJumW #education
How schools work, whom they’re accountable to and how they’re funded — all set for a shake-up under #ESSA. n.pr/2thOKSb
It’ll cost Utah $100 million to replace Common Core, school board member warns -Salt Lake Tribune shar.es/1Tm5gQ via @sltrib
MISC
Outgoing B-CU president says he would have handled DeVos controversy differently wftv.com/news/local/out…
Education is focal point in Boston mayoral race baystatebanner.com/news/2017/jul/
New data show more than half of NYC teachers judged, in part, by test scores they don’t directly affect chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2017/…
School crossing guards deserve special award in car crazy LA: Dennis McCarthy dailynews.com/general-news/2…
Betsy DeVos is coming to Denver for a meeting of the conservative group ALEC — and protesters are ready chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/…
ESSA’s ‘Ineffective Teacher’ requirement gives Calif. board member ‘heartburn’ blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_e
Author shelves teacher tenure bill; surprise alternative emerges edsource.org/2017/author-sh…
Cell towers at schools: godsend or godawful? npr.org/sections/ed/20…
New Hampshire will investigate St. Paul’s School over sex abuse nytimes.com/2017/07/14/us/…
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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