The basics of Mike Pence on education chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2015/…

GOP platform encourages teaching about the Bible in public schools washingtonpost.com/news/education…

At summer lunch programs, schools see hungry parents, too hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie…

School Districts Not Tracking College Completion | US News ow.ly/vG2Y302hgmK

California school officials adopt landmark LGBT coursework sfgate.com/education/arti…

Denver Teachers to Lose Tenure Protections realcleareducation.com/2016/07/15/tva…

Where special education students are succeeding under Common Core minnpost.com/other-nonprofi…

LA Unified’s magnet school programs: in demand, but slow to expand scpr.org/news/2016/07/1…

OPSB = RSD? Draft plan for Orleans public schools echoes Recovery idea snola.com/education/inde…

Integration Plans Move Ahead on the Upper West Side and Downtown wnyc.org/story/new-york…

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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.