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Roundup: Guidance for Homeless Students, Camp for Refugee Teens, & More
Today in education news.
Five #DemsinPhilly Stories the EdPress Hasn’t Told You (Yet)
There’s no shortage of outlets and reporters covering education goings-on in Philadelphia this week — Politico’s Morning EDU & EdWeek’s PoliticsK12 being the most obvious. The Seventy Four is there, too. (See EdWeek’s roundup of who’s there and what they’re trying to do here.) So far as I’ve seen it’s all been solid, workmanlike stuff […]
Roundup: VP Pick’s Wife Resigns Top VA Ed Spot, MoCo Tops Planning Time, & More
Today in education news.
EdReporters Ignore Fast-Changing Suburbs & Silence Minority Voices, Says CUNY Prof
L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy (far left) first came to my attention at this spring’s Education Writers Association national conference in Boston, where he served as a panelist talking about school integration with the NYT’s Nikole Hannah-Jones, Century’s Rick Kahlenberg, and Education Post’s Chris Stewart. He’s an Associate Professor in Sociology & Black Studies at The City College […]
Roundup: Educators Among Sanders Holdouts, Kaine’s Education Credentials, & More
Today in education news.
Can Chalkbeat Reach “Casual” Readers?
The Columbia Journalism Review’s most recent education-related writeup (How Chalkbeat is trying to build a bigger audience) reminds us that Chalkbeat grew out of Gotham Schools and EdNews Colorado, was joined by Memphis and Indianapolis in 2013. (The latest Detroit site, assuming it lasts, makes five bureaus.) Written by former OC Register education reporter Lauren Steussy, the […]
Best Education Journalism of the Week (July 16-22, 2016)
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