Week of February 6, 2017 Archives
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Monday, February 6
Democrats to Debate All Night to Try and Stop DeVos
Kimberly Hefling
,
Politico
Pence: DeVos Will Be Confirmed
Martin Pengelly
,
The Guardian
DeVos Lobbying Senators Ahead of Tight Vote
Dan Merica
,
CNN
DeVos Opposition Snowballs Into Avalanche
C. Emma
&
A. Wright
,
Politico
The War on DeVos Is All About the Teachers' Unions
Editorial Board
,
NY Post
SNL Takes a Jab at DeVos
Valerie Strauss
,
WaPo
UC Berkeley Blames "Black Bloc" Protesters
P. King
&
V. Rocha
,
LA Times
Berkeley Ablaze: The New Civics in Action
Peter Wood
,
RCEd
The Ivy League's Gender Pay-Gap Problem
Caroline Kitchener
,
Atlantic
SCOTUS Sets Date for School Transgender-Rights Case
Mark Walsh
,
Ed Week
The School That Banned Homework
N. H. DeSmet
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Burlington Free Press
The Classroom As We Know It Is About to End
L. Nguyen-Okwu
,
OZY
Unfairly Squeezing Student Borrowers
Editorial Board
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NY Times
The Parachute Generation
Brook Larmer
,
NY Times
Congressional Republicans Push School Choice Bills
Carolyn Phenicie
,
The 74
Transforming Teacher Preparation and Licensure
Eric Steinhauer
,
ETS
Tuesday, February 7
One Vote Short, Democrats Refuse to Yield Floor
E. Huetteman
,
NY Times
Senate Set for High-Noon Vote to Confirm DeVos
Jordain Carney
,
The Hill
Dem Senator: We May Flip Another GOP Vote on DeVos
Eli Watkins
,
CNN
Why It’s So Hard to Find That 51st Vote Against DeVos
Jim Newell
,
Slate
Betsy DeVos Has a Rural Problem
Max Marchitello
,
USA Today
DeVos Nomination Begs an Important Question
P. Cunningham
,
Hechinger
Calls for "Sanctuary" Campuses Multiply
Joe Heim
,
WaPo
The Progressive Case for Income Share Agreements
D. Pianko
&
M. B. Horn
,
RCEd
The Latest Small College to Close Its Doors
Douglas Belkin
,
WSJ
The Future of College Runs Through an Unlikely State
Nick Fouriezos
,
OZY
States, Not the Feds, Should Lead Education Reform
Kevin D. Roberts
,
RCEd
Transforming Teacher Preparation and Licensure
Eric Steinhauer
,
ETS
Wednesday, February 8
Democrats Never Had a Chance to Block DeVos
Jim Newell
,
Slate
The Comforts of the DeVos War
Ross Douthat
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NY Times
DeVos Foes Promise to Make Her Job Hell
K. Hefling
&
M. Stratford
,
Politico
Watch Out, Reformers, You're About to Get 'DeVossed'
Patrick Riccards
,
Flypaper
Why Not a Single Democrat Voted for DeVos
Editorial Board
,
WSJ
Betsy DeVos Teaches the Value of Ignorance
Editorial Board
,
NY Times
The Ed Reformers Who Turned on DeVos
Thomas W. Carroll
,
NY Daily News
DeVos Has Already Affected Public Education
Alia Wong
,
Atlantic
Here's Why DeVos Will Be a Great Ed Sec
Mike Petrilli
,
FOX News
The DeVos Confirmation Debacle
Rebecca Mead
,
New Yorker
5 Faith Facts to Know About DeVos
Emily M. Miller
,
USA Today
New Era of Passion and Protest Will Follow DeVos
Liz Willen
,
Hechinger
Transforming Teacher Preparation and Licensure
Eric Steinhauer
,
ETS
Thursday, February 9
DeVos: "I Am the Newbie and I Have a Lot to Learn"
Joy Resmovits
,
LA Times
The DeVos Apocalypse
Daniel Henninger
,
WSJ
DeVos Introduced Herself With a Bear Joke
Jon Schuppe
,
NBC News
The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding
Clive Thompson
,
Wired
Republican Introduces One-Line Bill to End Dept of Ed
Ese Olumhense
,
FOX59
Can a Two-Year College Be the Better Path?
J. Roman
,
Hechinger
The Myth of Immigrants and Education
Emily Deruy
,
Atlantic
On Bears and Secretaries of Education
Andy Smarick
,
AEI Ideas
Do Your Homework, Ms. DeVos
Editorial Board
,
WaPo
Sometimes Government IS the Solution
Marnie Kaplan
,
The 74
House Blocks Obama's ESSA Rules
Carolyn Phenicie
,
the 74
American Universities Must Take a Stand
Leon Botstein
,
NY Times
Ready from Day One
Eric Steinhauer
,
ETS
Friday, February 10
Has Obama Improved Young Black and Brown Lives?
Nick Chiles
,
Hechinger
Liberals Are Wrong to Gang Up on DeVos
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
,
The Week
DeVos Is Confirmed. Now the Fight Really Begins.
Zoƫ Carpenter
,
The Nation
Are Bipartisan Education Politics a Thing of the Past?
Lauren Camera
,
US News
What Christian Colleges Stand to Gain With Trump
J. Wilson
&
A. Hollis-Brusky
,
RCEd
Does Religion Have a Place in Public Schools?
B. Justice
&
C. Macleod
,
Atlantic
More Republicans Join Fight to Abolish Dept of Ed
Mark Tower
,
MLive
How Tiny Houghton's Endowment Returns Beat Harvard's
J. Stewart
,
NY Times
Small Colleges Fight to Survive
Jeffrey J. Selingo
,
WaPo
4 Ways ESSA Protects Against Your Worst Fears
Nicole Gorman
,
Education World
New York City's School Turnaround Gamble
Meredith Kolodner
,
Atlantic
Friedrichs 2.0: New Lawsuit Challenges Mandatory Dues
Kate Stringer
,
The 74
Integration Works. Can It Survive Trump?
Thomas Edsall
,
NY Times
Ready from Day One
Eric Steinhauer
,
ETS