Week of February 13, 2017 Archives

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Monday, February 13
How Congress Blindsided Our Best Low-Income Students
Jay Mathews, WaPo
Education Department Flunks Spelling
Rebecca Morin, Politico
Rural Public Schools Worry They’ll Be Left Behind
E. Brown & J. DelReal, WaPo
How to Stop Betsy DeVos
Editorial Board, WSJ
Franken Says DeVos Shouldn't Have Been Blocked
Jack Heretik, Free Beacon
Can DeVos Shift From Divisive Nominee to Effective Leader?
A. Klein, Ed Week
Yale Will Drop John Calhoun’s Name From Building
N. Remnick, NY Times
Yale's Inconsistent Name-Dropping
Roger Kimball, WSJ
Trump Drops Defense of Guidelines on Transgender Students
L. Stack, NY Times
DeVos Will Restore the Dept of Ed to Its Original Purpose
Nat Malkus, RCEd
School Choice Saves Communities Millions of Dollars
Jason Crye, Fordham
Unintended Consequences of Test-Based Accountability
R. Pondiscio, EdNext
State Schools Become Targets for Budget Cuts
M. Korn & C. McWhirter, WSJ
Did DeVos Make You Want to Run for School Board?
Anya Kamenetz, NPR
Tuesday, February 14
How She Paid Off $113,000 in Student Loans in 7 Years
Z. Friedman, Forbes
How Things Went Wrong at a Student Loan Giant
M. Hensley-Clancy, BuzzFeed
4 Ideas for a Better Student Loan Program
Jack Remondi, Medium
Haunted by Student Debt Past Age 50
Editorial Board, NY Times
Which States Pay Teachers the Most (and Least)?
Brenda Iasevoli, EdWeek
DeVos to State Chiefs: Full Speed Ahead on ESSA
Alyson Klein, EdWeek
Making Sense of ESSA's New Provisions
Rick Hess, EducationNext
State Lawmakers Roll Out School Choice Bills
C. Mitchell & A. Prothero, EdWeek
What If Every Struggling Student Had a Tutor?
Matt Barnum, The74
How Teachers Are Handling the Ed Tech Revolution
Sarah Gonser, Hechinger
The School Where Refugees Roam the Halls
Dylan Peers McCoy, Atlantic
How to Identify a Great Early Childhood Program
S. Workman & R. Ullrich, CAP
5 Ways to Grow the Middle Class and Shrink the Skills Gap
E. DeRocco, The Catalyst
Wednesday, February 15
Trump Praises DeVos at White House Listening Session
Emma Brown, WaPo
DeVos: I'll Look for Unnecessary Programs to Cut at Ed Dept
A. Ujifusa, EdWeek
Here's Who Trump Invited to the White House to Talk Education
V. Strauss, WaPo
Trump Hosts Special Ed Administrator at Listening Session
C. Samuels, EdWeek
Jimmy Fallon Mocks DeVos With Apology Parody
Melissa Locker, Time
Clash at Univ. of Chicago Over Corey Lewandowski Event
D. Rhodes, Chicago Trib
GOP Guts Obama's ESSA Rules. Here's Why It Matters.
Brandon L. Wright, RCEd
More Money or More Charter Schools?
N. Kingsland, EducationNext
Dear Sec. DeVos, to Grow Great Charter Schools, Do This
R. Whitmire, The74
Colleges, Faced With Funding Cuts, Target Tenure Trims
Douglas Belkin, WSJ
Record Number of Poor Kids Are Eating Breakfast at School
Caitlin Dewey, WaPo
College Accreditation Goes Rogue
Anne D. Neal, The Hill
17 Universities Challenge Trump's Travel Ban
Patrick deHahn, USA Today
Thursday, February 16
DeVos Fires Back at Protesters
Lauren Camera, US News
Provocative Cartoon Links DeVos and Ruby Bridges
Greg Toppo, USA Today
How Trump Could Abolish the Department of Education
A. Holt, New America
A New Chance to Help Students, Workers and Job Creators
Rep. Virginia Foxx, RCEd
Louisiana Voucher Program Reduced Segregation
H. Glatter, Atlantic
How to Beat the High Cost of Learning
Richard Vedder, WSJ
Colorado County Funds Scholarship With Pot Money
Ryan Grenoble, HuffPo
Student Suspended for Filming Teacher's Anti-Trump Remarks
L. McKenzie, CHE
Scheduled for Success
Frank Zaremba, RCEd
Are Teachers Becoming Obsolete?
Paul Barnwell, Atlantic
Texas Officials: Teach That Slavery Was 'Side Issue' to Civil War
E. Brown, WaPo
As AP Tests Gain Popularity, Some Colleges Push Back
Melissa Korn, WSJ
Friday, February 17
Interview with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Cal Thomas, Townhall
How Higher Education Made President Trump
Jeffrey J. Selingo, WaPo
DeVos Softens Stance on Protesters
D. Douglas-Gabriel, WaPo
DeVos: Community Colleges Are Key for Growth
M. Danilova, AP
DeVos Sees Choice-Friendly Florida as a Model
Alyson Klein, EdWeek
Does Online Preschool Work?
Thomas Arnett, Hechinger
What DeVos Means for Edtech
Ryan Craig, Tech Crunch
KIPP Leaders: 4 Areas DeVos Should Focus on
R. Barth, D. Levin & M. Feinberg, The 74
Advice for My Conservative Students
Aaron Hanlon, NY Times
Bill Would Require Bible Classes in Kentucky Public Schools
Adam Beam, AP
Campuses Feel the Impact of a 'Day Without Immigrants'
M. Wellman, USA Today
The Testing and Accountability Conundrum
Robert Pondiscio, Fordham
Even the SAT Has Become Political
Trip Apley, WSJ
Transforming Teacher Preparation and Licensure
Eric Steinhauer, ETS
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