17522716_710948399091396_6551674343652325682_nArkansas Students Inch Up Test Scores In Second Year Of ACT Aspire Examination tinyurl.com/ya5fucrs

Trump Ed. Dept.: High-Achieving Massachusetts Has Some ESSA Work to Do blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig

1 of 4 African-American students stuck in subpar Chicago schools: report chicago.suntimes.com/politics/1-of-

Washington State’s New Funding Formula Props Up State Powers blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_e

U.S. Is Investigating Jane Sanders Over Burlington College Bank Loan nytimes.com/2017/07/10/us/…

When states pay for the SAT or ACT, more poor students go to college chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/…

State board faces deadline, tough decisions on new federal law for improving schools edsource.org/?page_id=584502 via @EdSource

L.A. school board salaries more than double to $125,000 a year fw.to/cElU9Kj

As California bilingual education grows, teacher training is key scpr.org/news/2017/07/1…

Reading, Writing And Fracking? What The Oil Industry Teaches Oklahoma Students npr.org/2017/07/11/535…

Personalized Learning Boosts Math Scores & Student Grit, New RAND Study Finds — But Scaling Is a Challenge the74million.org/article/person… See also EdWeek

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Alexander Russo

Alexander Russo

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