BEST OF THE WEEK
DNA Info: Teachers Union Regrets ‘F The Police’ Comment, But Activists Don’t http://ow.ly/3zwNNw
See also: ‘F The Police’ Speaker At Teacher Rally Not With CPS, But Union Takes Heat http://ow.ly/10sxA3
See also Slate: Chicago Teachers Union is going through an awkward radicalization http://ow.ly/10swDV
Politico: Bill Clinton: Hillary thinks feds require too many tests at school http://ow.ly/10swSo
See also NYT:Education Overhaul Advocates Express Concern About Bill Clinton’s Remarks on Testing http://nyti.ms/1SDINoc
NPR: Taking High School Courses In College Costs Students And Families Nearly $1.5 Billion http://ow.ly/10lSIv
WSJ: Push in Connecticut to Exclude State Tests From Teacher Evaluations http://ow.ly/10jour
The Atlantic: Trying to Revive Neighborhood High Schools in Austin, Chicago, Amid a System of Choice http://ow.ly/10s0F7
Politico: Hillary Clinton’s union problem http://ow.ly/10sx3K [subject of forthcoming column]
Hechinger Report: A District Fights An Influx Of Black And Hispanic Students http://ow.ly/10sxhq
FROM “THE GRADE”
NYT Gets SAT/ACT Surge Story Half Right http://ow.ly/10mwkg
Seattle Times & NBC Coverage Of Teacher Predictions Study Stand Out http://ow.ly/10gTO2
More Kudos For TBTs’ Segregation Story (But I’m Getting Impatient) http://ow.ly/10pKvW
See also Tampa Bay Times Investigation Generates Federal Inquiry http://ow.ly/10k5kz
New Spencer Education Fellows To Dive Into Big Data, Refugee Education, & Gentrification http://ow.ly/10pEnP
KICKERS
New York Teen Accepted To All 8 Ivy League Colleges http://ow.ly/10lSMA
ChalkbeatDET: The extreme sacrifices Detroit parents make to get their kids to better schools http://bit.ly/1qxYdDR