Detroit schools back in session after promise teachers will be paid – The Washington Post ow.ly/4npwfc Government reports drop in overall crime in nation’s schools | McClatchy DC ow.ly/4npymM School crime rates down in most every category — except sex crimes at colleges – The Washington Post ow.ly/4npwop North Dakota, Wyoming Move Away From Smarter […]
Alexander Russo
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.
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New EdBeat Survey Reveals Diversity & Independence Challenges – But No Shortage Of Enthusiasm
So the Education Writers Association (of which I am a member) is currently holding its 69th annual summit (in Boston, we’re all here tweeting #EWA16), and also put out a new report about the state of education journalism. Some of the report findings have generated a bit of discussion around issues of diversity, gender differences […]
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Roundup: Detroit Sickout Day 2, EdSec King Talks Integration & Tolerance
Teacher Protest Shuts Almost All Detroit Public Schools – The New York Times https://t.co/hfyCvr8TXQ Detroit Teachers Essentially Close Schools in Latest ‘Sickout’ – WSJ https://t.co/mQOS5tiq4R Teacher protests close most Detroit schools again Tuesday – The Washington Post https://t.co/pTlVSsQRmz Chicago Teachers Union says it still hasn’t decided timing on strike – Chicago Tribune https://t.co/7Qp7fS6ctg Secretary John […]
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Journalism Fellowships For Everyone!?
Fresh off of ESSA, @Stephen_Sawchuk apparently just won a Knight-Wallace Fellowship for next year. Congrats! #ewa16 pic.twitter.com/TSWSrhMWQ6 — alexanderrusso (@alexanderrusso) May 2, 2016 EdWeek’s Stephen Sawchuck, author of the TeacherBeat blog, has won a Knight-Wallace fellowship for next year. He joins the four new Spencer Education Journalism Fellows in being able to spend a year […]
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Roundup: Sanders, Clinton, Detroit, Chicago
Jane Sanders: Bernie and I Stand With Unions and Against Standardized Testing – Politics K-12 via The Nation https://t.co/bQ1dLOWTWE In NY, Clinton treads lightly in praise of uncontroversial school [Eagle Academy]| POLITICO http://ow.ly/4njQqo Sick-out by Teachers Shuts Nearly All Detroit Public Schools – ABC News https://t.co/sDjoln5DAA CTU: Teachers leaning away from May strike http://sun-tim.es/1W1vJjE Nearly 300 […]
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Best Education Journalism Of The Week (April 23-29, 2016)
Donald Trump Report Card – New Yorker https://t.co/gpdk87JMZx pic.twitter.com/DwpMyutF8H — alexanderrusso (@alexanderrusso) April 27, 2016 BEST OF THE WEEK Think Progress: Meet The Organizer Behind Education Protests Sweeping The Country http://ow.ly/4nfLfS EdWeek: Walton abandoning charters in Albany CHI, DET, MWK, MINN, Newark, & Phoenix http://ow.ly/4nf3Fp The Seventy Four: No Child Left Behind Improved Teacher Attendance in Struggling Schools […]
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NPR’s Ed Team Goes Live With Facebook Video
Content-wise, week 2 of the big NPR education team’s School Money series didn’t bowl me over. Maybe it was just the sophomore slump. More on that later. But there are at least two practices embedded in the series that are worth noting: Each week has featured a Facebook Live video segment, which is the first […]
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Roundup: Friday Education News
Reactions to 12th Grade NAEP Declines? Mostly Tempered – Curriculum Matters – Education Week https://t.co/Ear2PvwBl8 Study: No Child Left Behind Improved Teacher Attendance in Struggling Schools | The 74 http://ow.ly/4neKrA National Teacher of the Year: I was a teen mom, and it was teachers who changed my life – Washington Post https://t.co/ffTrGPW6kn Michigan Caught between Common […]
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Wall-To-Wall NAEP Coverage: Does Everyone Really Have To Write The Same Stories?
The Today show’s Natalie Morales talks test scores. Click here to watch. It’s not just the Today show that covered the 12th grade NAEP scores released earlier this week. So did AP, Washington Post, WSJ, NYT, LA Times, NPR, Huffington Post, US News. Take a look below (thanks to NAGB for the roundup). Did anyone […]
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Boston EdJournalism Conference Will Address Diversity, Coverage Issues
The 69th Education Writers Association National Seminar is taking place starting Sunday, and all your favorite education journalists are scheduled to be there: members of the NPR education team, the NYT’s Peabody-winning Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Tampa Bay Times’ Pulitzer-winning Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner, the the NYT’s Kate Zernike, WSJ’s Leslie Brody, etc. Plus there will be […]
