Week of March 13, 2017 Archives
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Monday, March 13
A New Era for School Accountability
Emily Richmond
,
Atlantic
The 'Miraculous' Rise and Ugly Fall of ESSA
Carolyn Phenicie
,
The74
The Great School Turnaround
Lauren Camera
,
US News
D.C. Voucher Bill Advances in House Committee
Jenna Portnoy
,
WaPo
Want to Fix Schools? Go to the Principal’s Office
David Leonhardt
,
NY Times
The Intellectual Diversity We Need
George Will
,
WaPo
The Dangerous Safety of College
Frank Bruni
,
NY Times
The Distracted Classroom
James Lang
,
Chronicle
DeVos Chooses Staffer with Jeb Bush and Indiana Ties
Susan Berry
,
Breitbart
Training Students to Outpace Automation
Emily Deruy
,
Atlantic
Common Core Damages College Readiness
Joy Pullman
,
James G. Martin Center
Tuesday, March 14
Understanding the Mob That Gave Me a Concussion
Allison Stanger
,
NY Times
Trump Education Dept. Releases New ESSA Guidelines
Alyson Klein
,
EdWeek
DeVos to Superintendents: I Believe in 'Great Public Schools'
Emma Brown
,
WaPo
DeVos Pitches ESSA Flexibility to Big-City School Leaders
C. Phenicie
,
The74
DeVos Highlights Indianapolis's 'Innovation Schools'
P. Cramer
,
Chalkbeat
CA Democrats Unveil Sweeping Financial Aid Plan
T. Watanabe
&
M. Mason
,
LA Times
Schools, Teachers Can't Fix Society's Problems On Their Own
Portia M.E. Mills
,
RCEd
The Office for Civil Rights' Volatile Power
James S. Murphy
,
Atlantic
Trump to Talk School Choice at Nashville Rally
N. Rau
&
J. Garrison
,
The Tennessean
States Challenge Public Universities to Prove Their Funding
M. Korn
,
WSJ
The Huge Catch If the Feds Forgive Your Student Debt
Abby Jackson
,
Business Insider
How to Navigate From Diploma to Employment
Matt Sigelman
,
Hechinger
Urban Schools Are Training Their Own Teachers
Jay Mathews
,
WaPo
Wednesday, March 15
1.1 Million Defaulted on Federal Student Loans Last Year
T. Anderson
,
CNBC
Trump Reportedly Wants $6 Billion in Education Cuts
Carolyn Phenicie
,
The74
Did DeVos Ask States to Ignore Part of ESSA?
Valerie Strauss
,
WaPo
The Middlebury Aftermath
Editorial Board
,
WSJ
California's Plan to Eliminate Student Debt
Aria Bendix
,
Atlantic
Can You Have School Choice and Strong Public Schools?
S.T. Khadaroo
,
CS Monitor
Reality Check: What Vouchers Can -- And Can't -- Do
Paul Hill
,
HuffPo
Debating Trump's School Choice Plan
N. McCluskey
&
T. Carroll
,
EducationNext
Professor Caveman
Richard Schiffman
,
Atlantic
NY Drops Teacher Literacy Test Seen as Discriminatory
Kate Taylor
,
NY Times
What's Next for the Common Core and Its Assessments?
Scott Marion
,
FutureEd
Backsliding on School Discipline
Max Eden
,
NY Daily News
Thursday, March 16
States Say ESSA Rule Changes Don't Mean Much
P. Cramer
,
Chalkbeat
California's Teacher Tax Break
Editorial Board
,
WSJ
Kentucky Lawmakers Approve State's First Charter School Law
L. Maxwell
,
EdWeek
What Do We Do About Middlebury?
Peter Lawler
,
NRO
Why One University Is Sharing the Risk on Student Debt
A. Friedman
,
Atlantic
Why India Will Be the Next Education Superpower
N. Morrison
,
Forbes
Why DeVos Could Be a Boon for Progressives
Max Marchitello
,
The74
Measuring Teacher Performance More Meaningfully
Thomas Toch
,
FutureEd
A Disturbing Trend: Homeless College Students
D. Douglas-Gabriel
,
WaPo
Filing for Federal College Aid Without an I.R.S. Shortcut
Ann Carrns
,
NY Times
How to Get Kids Psyched About Computer Coding
Chris Berdik
,
Hechinger
Breaking the Link Between Poverty and Bad School Ratings
Matt Barnum
,
The74
Friday, March 17
Trump Seeks to Slash Dept. of Ed. But Expand School Choice
E. Brown
,
WaPo
Trump's Education Budget Is a Missed Opportunity
Andrew Rotherham
,
US News
White House: After-School Programs Don't Improve Results
Julia Zorthian
,
Fortune
Trump Budget Casualty: After-School Programs
Emma Brown
,
WaPo
Special Ed Funding Maintained in Trump Budget
Christina Samuels
,
EdWeek
DeVos Praises Trump's Budget
Lauren Gibbons
,
MLive
Bad News for Poor College Students in Trump's Budget
P. deHahn
,
USA Today
Don't Neglect Vouchers' Competitive Effects
Aaron Churchill
,
EdNext
Who's to Blame for the Rise in Student Loan Debt?
Bernice Napach
,
ThinkAdvisor
The March Madness Application Bump
Hayley Glatter
,
Atlantic