TRUMP SPEECH
Trump calls education ‘the civil rights issue of our time’ and asks for a school choice bill chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/
Trump Calls Education ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Time,’ Pushes Choice blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig…
Trump Doubles Down on School Choice, but Plan Likely Faces Uphill Battle in Congress the74million.org/article/trump-
Trump Makes Big Promises But Leaves Republicans To Figure Out The Details – BuzzFeed nzzl.us/Cr3sIQE
A Bitter Fight Begins Over an Obama Education Legacy – Bloomberg nzzl.us/27eITwK
DEVOS/HBCUs
Why DeVos’s comments about historically black colleges have ignited a firestorm & what she isn’t saying -Chalkbeat ow.ly/ZMWs309tbZN
After Backlash, DeVos Backpedals on Remarks on Historically Black Colleges – The New York Times ow.ly/ueK3309taTe
Betsy DeVos called historically black colleges and universities “real pioneers when it comes to school choice” nyti.ms/2mB4vl7
Trump moves program on historically black colleges into the White House washingtonpost.com/local/educatio
White House takes responsibility for historically black colleges from Ed Department ow.ly/H5yE309sxmx
HBCUs Graduate More Poor Black Students Than White Colleges npr.org/sections/codes…
DeVos hailed the segregated higher education system as a ‘school choice’ success story – Vox nzzl.us/CCwVfgI
MISC
Suburban Schools Are Struggling to Support Their Growing Immigrant Populations – The Atlantic nzzl.us/8KB4wjd
Final Deal On WA School Funding In Washington Could Be Months Away kuow.org/post/final-dea…
Two California schools among hundreds in U.S. taking international test to compare themselves globally edsource.org/2017/two-calif…
Michelle Obama surprises students on visit to DC high school abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…
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Alexander Russo
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