From the cover of this week’s New Yorker.
BEST OF THE WEEK
KPCC LA: As students sit down for second year of new exams, pressure is on to perform http://ow.ly/ZmoDb
WSJ: Christie Warns on Newark Schools http://ow.ly/ZmoKf
Hechinger Report: Race, hands-on learning, new SAT, tech pricing some of SXSWedu 2016’s hot topics http://ow.ly/Zm8Jr
Chalkbeat: Educators on front line of desegregation debate say city must take the lead http://ow.ly/Zmoxl
City Paper: Everyone wants a piece of DeRay Mckesson http://t.co/m5xMFR6Hz4
EdWeek: In Charters, Using Weighted Lotteries for Diversity Hits Barriers http://ow.ly/ZmmV2
NYT: Legislators Seek to Promote Diversity at NYC’s Elite Public High Schools http://nyti.ms/1UgyYRw
Chalkbeat: Inside educators’ emotional debate about “no excuses” discipline http://ow.ly/ZcOIS
NYT: Merryl Tisch, head of Regents, says she tried to do too much http://nyti.ms/1LT8J27
FROM “THE GRADE”
Attempting To Graft Broad & Oakland Stories Together, NYT Underplays Deep Race/Class Issues http://ow.ly/Zj2kt
How Lack Of Newsroom Diversity Skews School Coverage http://ow.ly/ZmkOy
EdWeek By The Numbers http://ow.ly/Zgt5G
The Sausage-Making Of Education Journalism http://ow.ly/ZmiPe
KICKER
Newsweek: ‘Hamilton’ Being Taught in Classrooms All Over http://ow.ly/Zg3Yu