POLITICS
AFT Endorses Sweeney as NJEA Continues to Work Hard for His Ouster – NJ Spotlight njspotlight.com/stories/17/10/…
Conflict-of-interest complaint against L.A. school board member Ref Rodriguez sparks widespread concern latimes.com/local/educatio…
Campaign cash flows to Atlanta school board candidates ajc.com/news/local-edu…
CTU President Karen Lewis suffers stroke, says from hospital: ‘I’m OK’ chicagotribune.com/news/local/bre…
STUDENTS, SCHOOLS
Just half of Massachusetts students meet test expectations fw.to/80xM8ZP
Three years in, some signs of (slight) academic growth at struggling ‘Renewal’ schools chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2017/…
Raising Kings: A Year Of Love And Struggle In A New High School npr.org/sections/codes…
Puerto Rico youth stranded with school still out from storm abcnews.go.com/International/…
Current high schoolers swell community college ranks cabinetreport.com/curriculum-ins…
DEVOS!
New Documents Confirm Betsy DeVos Is Paying For Her Own Private Plane Travel buzzfeed.com/tariniparti/ne…
Portland Schools End Up in National Spotlight After Suing Parent Activist, Reporter Over Public Records the74million.org/article/portla…
The Same IN Recruitment Program That Failed to Attract Minority Teachers Also Skewed 85% Female the74million.org/race-gender-te…
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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