MONEY
A full 71% of Americans think the government should spend more on education. read.bi/2svND0R via @businessinsider
US parents spend $44,221 on their child’s education, from primary to undergrad📰 hsbc.com/news-and-insig…
Students caught in crossfire over public school meal debts abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wire…
School districts argue Kansas needs to boost aid up to $1.5B hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie…
Teacher of the Year in Oklahoma moves to Texas for the money npr.org/sections/ed/20…
STATES & DISTRICTS
Advocates push to ensure Minnesota’s new education plan supports English learners minnpost.com/education/2017…
Board majority changes, but Los Angeles Unified’s superintendent’s position still secure edsource.org/2017/board-maj…
New school board member Kelly Gonez isn’t as pro-charter as many donors to her campaign latimes.com/local/educatio…
Oakland expands computer game math program used by 1 million students in California and nationwide edsource.org/2017/oakland-e…
Some employees in a large Maryland school system see signs of grade tampering washingtonpost.com/local/educatio
500 San Diego high school students must retake AP tests scpr.org/news/2017/07/0…
Chicago won’t allow high school students to graduate without a plan for the future washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
A transgender child confronts growing up wnyc.org/story/transgen…
When a D.C. school closed for renovations, parents faced a troubling choice washingtonpost.com/local/educatio
A plan for raising brilliant kids, according to science npr.org/sections/ed/20…
FEDS/NATIONAL
Trump Ed. Dept. gives ESSA feedback to five more states blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig
Indiana has a new plan for schools and A-F grades. Here’s how it’s different from No Child Left Behind. chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2017/…
ESSA reviews are in: New Mexico, Louisiana rise to the top; Michigan, Arizona falter the74million.org/article/essa-r…
U.S. schools rethink meal-debt policies that humiliate kids denverpost.com/2017/07/05/sch…
School safety report shows mostly positive outcomes cabinetreport.com/human-resource…
Betsy DeVos is a lightning rod @CNNPolitics cnn.it/2rmLmIf
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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