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DEVOS

Teachers union president condemns protests blocking DeVos from school | TheHill http://ow.ly/FBKN308X0mR

Franken Says DeVos Should Have Not Been Blocked From Public School http://ow.ly/bvwY308X15K

DeVos’s Education Department misspells name of NAACP co-founder in tweet – and gets hit on Twitter nzzl.us/2Jq1YMO

Betsy DeVos to State Chiefs: Full Speed Ahead on the Every Student Succeeds Act – Education Week nzzl.us/ACnFFvG

Only 27% of voters see DeVos positively to 49% with a negative opinion of her. – Public Policy Polling ow.ly/Jipb308TBTQ 

Education Department flunks spelling politi.co/2kI3bhk

NOT DEVOS

Tennessee Says A Third Of Its High School Graduates Didn’t Meet Requirements npr.org/sections/ed/20…

Another state has admitted its steadily rising graduation rates are not as great as they seem: npr.org/sections/ed/20…

NPR Ed spoke with four young first-time school board candidates from around the country ow.ly/H2Zs308Vwtj

City’s High School Grad Rate Edges Up to Nearly 73 Percent wnyc.org/story/citys-hi…

Remembering The ‘Edutainer’ Who Made Statistics Come To Life npr.org/2017/02/11/514…

How Google Chromebooks conquered U.S. schools nola.com/education/inde…

Will Push to Improve Schools of Ed Continue Without Teacher-Prep Regs? blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacher…

Different Backgrounds, Same Long Charter Wait List Brings Texas Parents Together to Fight for More Schools the74million.org/article/differ…

Which States Pay Teachers the Most (and Least)? blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacher…

‘Start with hello’: Sandy Hook parents turn grief into hope by teaching LA students to reach out #SandyHookPromise fw.to/y9ONlhi

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexander Russo

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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