REVAMPING SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
‘They Can’t Just Be Average,’ Lifting Students Up Without Lowering The Bar npr.org/sections/codes…
Suspending or expelling young students for behavior they can’t control makes matters worse. There is a better way. nytimes.com/2017/10/24/opi…
PUERTO RICO RECOVERY
Puerto Rico reopening some schools amid hurricane devastation – goo.gl/alerts/Adu7a #GoogleAlerts
On the first official day of school in #PuertoRico after #HurricaneMaria, students prepare to plant a new tree where an old one fell https://t.co/w9n7ipGh7R
DISTRICT NEWS
Unprecedented Seattle School Board race features two men in their 30s who don’t have kids seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e…
CPS Responds To WBEZ Investigation On Special Education wbez.org/shows/wbez-new…
Dallas Tries Drop-In Programs for Low-Income Students wnyc.org/story/dallas-t…
Ref Rodriguez pleads not guilty to charges related to campaign donations laschoolreport.com/ref-rodriguez-…
His three allies on the L.A. school board want Rodriguez to take a leave. He says no. latimes.com/local/educatio…
KICKERS
How a tombstone with Trump’s name on it made this elementary school a target of conservative ire washingtonpost.com/news/education…
OKCPS votes to change names of three schools named after Confederate generals – goo.gl/alerts/fsvzX #GoogleAlerts
Children From Low-Income, Less Educated Families Spend Nearly Twice as Much Time on Screens the74million.org/children-from-…
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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