SAT RESULTS
Less than half of all students fully college-ready on revised SAT test edsource.org/2017/results-o…
New SAT scores sow confusion over how to tell a good result washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
LITTLE ROCK 60th
Few whites and minorities share classrooms in U.S., six decades after “Little Rock Nine” desegregated their school. apne.ws/PZEhM0c
Segregation lingers in U.S. schools 60 years after Little Rock denverpost.com/2017/09/24/seg…
New movie “Teach Us All” honors “Little Rock Nine” and explores educational inequality in America: cbsn.ws/2hrMxn2
REAL WORLD
Most schools in Mexico City still closed after earthquake reut.rs/2y37nA9
Why does West High kick out so many kids? cin.ci/2ycpDmI via @Enquirer
Master teachers at NYC school no longer being paid $120K for efforts, reports NYDN nydn.us/2yz9f0x
Why the Race to Find Bilingual Teachers? Because in Some States, 1 in 5 Students Is an English Language Learner the74million.org/why-the-race-t…
Preschool expulsion: the surprising problem this bill aims to prevent scpr.org/news/2017/09/2…
De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow. nytimes.com/2017/09/26/nyr…
With Rodriguez’s legal troubles, L.A.’s school board faces some tough choices latimes.com/local/la-me-ed…
TRUMP/DEVOS
DeVos Speaking at Harvard necn.com/news/new-engla… via @NECN
Trump wants $200 million more for science education washingtonpost.com/news/education…
Trump Wants Education Dept. to Direct $200 Million to STEM, Computer Science bit.ly/2fLPpHw #edpolitics
DeVos praised Massachusetts’ plan’s details on turning around low-performing schools: bit.ly/2fM8Ccq via @PoliticsK12 #ESSA
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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