HOUSE BUDGET
House committee considers education spending bill that trims Trump’s cuts, drops funding for private choice the74million.org/article/house-…
House education spending plan’s cuts less severe than Trump budget blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig
GOP House members seek to cut education budget — but not nearly as deeply as Trump proposed washingtonpost.com/local/educatio
ESSA PLANS
On education, the states ask: Now what? npr.org/sections/ed/20…
Early ESSA plans dinged for not addressing needs of all kids cabinetreport.com/politics-educa…
EVERYTHING ELSE
Education civil rights chief Candice Jackson: ‘Sorry’ for sex assault quote wapo.st/2tfOraL?tid=ss…
At 4.2 percent, California teachers received largest average pay increase in the nation last year, report shows laschoolreport.com/teachers-in-
Anaheim parents win victory over district in charter school fight ocregister.com/2017/07/12/ana…
LAUSD school board president says pay increase ‘will help all of us with our duties’ laschoolreport.com/school-board-
New Jersey’s well-heeled teachers union backs Trump supporter over state’s top Democrat the74million.org/article/turnin…
Accusations and rancor as elite school’s leader departs nytimes.com/2017/07/12/nyr…
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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