Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton Talks Education at NEA Convention – The Atlantic ow.ly/5QOT301YrR3

Teachers union cheers Clinton for stance on standardized testing and pay, but boos her embrace of charters wapo.st/29lYG5t

Clinton’s charter school comments prompt boos at teachers union event politico.com/story/2016/07/…

Hillary Clinton to NEA: If I Win, Educators Will Have a Partner in the White House blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig…

LAUSD inks deal to avoid ‘parent trigger’ or lawsuit at southeast LA elementary school scpr.org/news/2016/07/0…

See also: After months of negotiations, a nonprofit will manage 20th Street Elementary School latimes.com/local/educatio…

Texas Announces Hundreds of Schools Receiving Pre-K Grants | The Texas Tribune ow.ly/uVMG301YsvF

Small Steps, but No Major Push, to Integrate New York’s Schools nytimes.com/2016/07/06/nyr…

NYC charter group claims its schools are more overcrowded than city schools in same buildings nydn.us/29eqWZQ

Cloning great schools is latest in long line of L.A. reform plans latimes.com/local/educatio…

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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, on Facebook, or directly at alexanderrusso@gmail.com.