AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/…
Justice Department calls for review of race-based college admissions, alarming civil rights groups fw.to/ACdNu0P
Trump administration reopens volatile debate over race and college admissions washingtonpost.com/news/grade-poi…
DOJ Plans To Take Affirmative Action Against College Admissions npr.org/2017/08/02/541…
Reports of a federal fight on affirmative action already stoking anxiety chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
The Justice Department Wants To Investigate Discrimination Against Asian College Applicants buzzfeed.com/mollyhensleycl…
STATES & DISTRICTS
New Jersey Gives Newark Green Light to Resume Local Control of Schools After 20 Years in Receivership @The74 bit.ly/2u5id72
Indiana’s A-F grade overhaul now awaits approval from Holcomb, feds chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2017/…
ALL THE REST
DeVos Abandons Plan to Allow One Company to Service Federal Student Loans nytimes.com/2017/08/02/bus…
An unexpected effect of the Common Core: facilitating Jared Kushner’s political awakening chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
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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