ALL THINGS DEVOS
DeVos Returns to the Senate: 6 Education Issues She’s Sure to Face During Tuesday’s Testimony the74million.org/article/devos-…
DeVos Appoints First Amendment Advocate to Key Position ihenow.com/2sbHScG
Private schools face uphill battle for federal aid detne.ws/2sLQkfn via @detroitnews
What was she doing at the White House yesterday?
NATIONAL
National Democrats making modest investment in South Carolina race to succeed Mick Mulvaney postandcourier.com/news/national-… via @postandcourier
Many colleges fail to improve students’ critical-thinking skills wsj.com/articles/exclu… via @WSJ
NEW HIGH COURT CHALLENGE TO LABOR UNIONS FOLLOWS 4-4 SPLIT – News from The Associated Press ow.ly/aVih30cmavm
Education Disrupted: The Silicon Valley Billionaires Remaking America’s Schools nytimes.com/2017/06/06/tec…
BIG CITIES
Oakland is the latest big district turning to an insider to head schools edsource.org/2017/oakland-i…
Gentrification is changing Denver’s schools. This initiative aims to do something about it. chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/…
In Ohio, suburban school districts close themselves off from city students, study finds chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…
In Baltimore, the joy and relief of making it through high school alive wapo.st/2qRKdVD?tid=ss…
Baltimore Teachers Union files second grievance over layoffs fw.to/mxpuV2E
‘Nowhere to go but up’: A Watts elementary school transforms scpr.org/news/2017/06/0…
IMMIGRATION, SEGREGATION, RACISM
NYC to Release Long-Awaited Plan Addressing School Segregation wnyc.org/story/new-york…
An L.A. high school poet finds her voice in an age of uncertainty latimes.com/local/educatio…
Nebraska school district helps refugee students with trauma abcnews.go.com/International/…
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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