Are charter schools suspending too many students? LA Times

See also EdWeek.

USDE Seeks Standard Rule on Flagging Bias in Special Education – Education Week

Charter school in the I Can network becomes first in city to unionize – Cleveland.com

Tests Show Elevated Lead Levels at Newark Schools Since 2012 – WSJ

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Alexander Russo is a freelance education writer who has created several long-running blogs such as the national news site This Week In Education, District 299 (about Chicago schools), and LA School Report. He can be reached on Twitter at @alexanderrusso,...