DACA/ESSA
Top Democrats just announced they struck a deal with Trump to protect DACA vox.com/2017/9/13/1630…
Texas prepares to submit ESSA plan to Washington northdallasgazette.com/2017/09/13/tex… via @NDGEditor
CA approves ESSA plan, adding more teachers to those deemed ‘effective’ @LASchoolReport laschoolreport.com/california-app…
LAUSD
L.A. school board president faces felony charges over campaign contributions latimes.com/local/educatio…
L.A. school board chair faces money laundering charges usat.ly/2x1zsVm via @USATODAY
LAUSD president charged with conspiracy, perjury for improperly identifying campaign contributions scpr.org/news/2017/09/1…
L.A. Unified settles lawsuits with teacher Rafe Esquith latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
SCHOOL SHOOTING
Washington state high school student opens fire, killing classmate who tried to stop him, wounding 3 others ow.ly/RIlm30f9nxZ
School shooting: A gun jams, and a student tries to help hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie…
Spokane area high schooler killed as he tried to save others from school gunman – The Washington Post ow.ly/kylw30f9ng4
TEACHERS
Study: Teachers’ pay lags farthest behind other professionals in the U.S. blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-…
ECD 2017 report: America is slowly sucking the life out of education—starting with its teachers — Quartz ow.ly/lQZl30f9nix
San Francisco school board moves forward on teacher housing project sfgate.com/education/arti…
Efforts to ‘raise the bar’ for becoming a teacher are running headlong into efforts to diversify the profession. chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…<
Video shows hero teacher saving a student from jumping off a 17-story building in China. abcn.ws/2wWOKNm
‘Tent city’ is ending in Memphis. Will online admissions to prized schools be fairer? chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2017/…
Chicago principal barred from jail school over false data abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/c…
Largest New Jersey city regaining control of its schools hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie…
Can Techie Parents Reinvent School For Everyone–Or Just Their Rich Kids? fastcompany.com/40417817/can-t…
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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