From The Grade
The NYT Corrected Its ESSA Regs Repeal Story http://pllqt.it/MiUmD0
Spanish-Language Education News Lagging, Despite Parents’ Needs http://ow.ly/IT8u30a1Xlv
The NYT Just Hired Tampa Bay Times’ Mike “Failure Factories” LaForgia and Houston Chronicle’s Brian Rosenthal (whose special education investigation rocked Texas schools) http://pllqt.it/tgWU51
The News Revenue Hub includes Voice of San Diego (feat. Mario Koran) NOLA’s The Lens (feat. Marta Jewson) https://twitter.com/NiemanLab/status/805799021285703681
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💯 Best of the Week 💯
POLITICS
Washington Post: Town hall erupts in boos when Republican senator says she ‘carefully vetted’ Betsy DeVos http://ow.ly/oYXk30a1AWt
Chalkbeat: Yes, Congress scrapped Obama-era education rules. But states say little is changing https://t.co/LNRSGljtDs
Washington Post: White House courting of HBCUs ends with disappointing budget washingtonpost.com/news/grade-poi…
LA Times: California’s New Education Rating tool paints a far rosier picture than in the past https://t.co/QdG2OsY2f7
EdWeek: A-F School Rankings Draw Local Pushback https://t.co/IGpQEacNhd
CNN: Booker: I have not changed on school choice http://ow.ly/Rfba30a23Xw
PROPOSED TRUMP BUDGET
NYT: President Trump’s budget is out. Now the lobbying begins. http://nyti.ms/2nwJUig
Washington Post:Trump administration says federally funded afterschool programs are ineffective. Researchers say that isn’t true https://t.co/5OK2VvdseC
Independent: After-school programs for 1.6 million kids hit by Trump budget independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
IMMIGRATION/INTEGRATION
KUT: 60 Years Ago, Resistance to Integration In Texas Led to School Voucher Plan http://kut.org/post/60-years-ago-resistance-integration-texas-led-school-voucher-plan
💯 Baltimore Sun: Bridging the divide: The struggle to move past segregated schools https://t.co/BTrQm1IK1B 💯
Forbes: 83 percent of America’s Top High School Science Students are the Children of Immigrants https://t.co/rb9mbioWTP
TIDBITS
AZ Central: A hidden tribe, a disastrous school and finally, a cry for help http://azc.cc/2nlScwD
Hechinger Report: Why six states [Idaho, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Utah, WY, & MT] still spend nothing on preschool https://t.co/W9DTHkKcIE
The 74: DeVos Pitches New ESSA Flexibility to Big-City Schools Leaders, Gets Tepid Response https://t.co/oAsg5KmyZt
MinnPost: Chronic Absence is the most important education problem in Minnesota that no one is talking about https://t.co/tZaWAgTGK9
KICKERS
ProPublica: Nothin’ but Debt: Some NCAA Tournament Schools Give Low-Income Students the Best Shot https://t.co/OqB8jp9wFh
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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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