Alexander Russo

Technical Glitch Foils Wednesday Testing in New Jersey – WSJ ow.ly/4mW8om See also NJ.com & Pearson letter. Newark ‘Unity’ slate sweeps city school board elections | NJ.com ow.ly/4mUZqa Outspoken Chicago Principal Ousted for “Insubordination” & Told To Stay Home dnain.fo/1qEwWj2 Lewis: Rauner Owes CPS Back Tuition for ‘Clouting’ Child into Payton High dnain.fo/1NBT3M5 B2 could end […]

With a slew of Pulitzers and Peabodies of the past few days, the praise and excitement has been hard to ignore. But let’s not forget that journalism — education-focused and otherwise — is in a tremendously uncertain time for those who’ve decided to make it their career.  Just like education. In a recent column titled This […]

AP: DC schools chief asked contractor for $100K ow.ly/4mTAJs [See also Washington Post http://ow.ly/4mTBRT] Common Core ads becomes issue in race for Skelos seat | Newsday ow.ly/4mTzYo Massive loss of preschool seats looms for LA County | 89.3 KPCC ow.ly/4mTAHJ A Union Firebrand Speaks Out On Politics, Testing And More : NPR Ed : NPR ow.ly/4mTA9I […]

Congrats @HeraldTribune, @TB_Times and @CharlotteSunFla #PulitzerPrize #pulitzer2016 #pulitzer100 pic.twitter.com/9LK1dbNqYg — Rachel O’Hara (@RachelO_photog) April 19, 2016 The big news in education journalism so far this week is the announcement that the Tampa Bay Times had been awarded the top prize for local news coverage by the Pulitzer Prize committee. “For exposing a local school board’s culpability […]

Curious about the big splashy new NPR education story about education funding that just rolled out this week, telling us how massive the funding inequalities are between states and among districts in the same states?  Sure you are. Get some of your burning questions answered in this new behind the scenes EWA interview (NPR Follows […]

Houston, Flooded: Twitter Captures Chaos as Some Schools Close, and Other Students Brave the Deluge | The 74 ow.ly/4mQSSy Chicago Teachers Union says no firm plans on strike as talks continue – Chicago Tribune ow.ly/4mPPM4 Who should pay for teachers’ retirement – charter school or district? LA Times http://lat.ms/1SqznlW Texas, Arizona high schools dominate new U.S. […]

  BEST OF THE WEEK NYT: Calif. Appeals Court Reverses Ruling Against Teacher Tenure Rules nyti.ms/1SOI0Rp Star Tribune: Suit accuses Minnesota of protecting bad teachers at students’ expense http://StarTribune.com LAT: Black and Latino parents want better teachers and harder classes for their kids http://pllqt.it/d1Kig2 AP: Immigrant students being blocked from enrolling in school http://pllqt.it/h3DGTD NPR: Paradise Valley AZ – The […]

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.@The74 is THRILLED to be recognized as an honoree for Best Writing-Editorial by @TheWebbyAwards! Proud of my team! https://t.co/azIcrWvJOy — Romy Drucker (@romydrucker) April 5, 2016 Belated kudos to The Seventy Four, which was shut out of the EWA awards (not a member, didn’t submit) but is a Webby honoree for Best Writing (Editorial) along with […]

Starting Monday, we’ll all be able to read Chalkbeat in some fun new ways, according to an announcement from Philissa Cramer, managing editor (A fresh new way to see Chalkbeat stories). The local homepages for each bureau won’t change, but there will now be a new “national” homepage too (and one hopes more use of […]