Weekend Education Reads: 11 Important Stories on Schools, Students, and Policy You May Have Missed This Week
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It was a busy news week: We talked with Colin Powell about where school equity fits into the 20th anniversary of his America’s Promise Alliance; we covered the pending court case in Florida that pits the state against parents outraged that their children must pass a year-end test to advance to fourth grade; and Carolyn Phenicie was at the Supreme Court Wednesday for the arguments in a noteworthy case about a Missouri church’s preschool, a state-funded playground program, and a constitutional question of public money going to religious operations. (As Carolyn reports, the justices seem poised to side with the church.)
Here are a few other interesting articles we’ve been reading this week, that you might have missed amid the breaking headlines:
‘Redshirting’ Your Kid in Kindergarten May Do More Harm Than Good — Education Next (Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Stephanie Howard Larson)
Tech Is Dominating Efforts to Educate Syrian Refugees — NPR (Anya Kamenetz)
Illinois High School May Change Racial Education Options — Chicago Tribune (Kathy Routliffe)
Are We Personalizing Learning for the Students Who Need It Most? — Center for Reinventing Public Education (Robin Lake)
Sub Shortage Leaves Schools Scrambling When Teachers Call In Sick — The Hechinger Report (Tara García Mathewson)
Can Grade-Skipping Close the STEM Gender Gap? — The Atlantic (Tom Clynes)
Instead of Debating Charters vs. Public Schools, Focus on Educating Kids — Los Angeles Daily News Commentary (Dan Katzir and Marcia Aaron)
First Protected DREAMer Is Deported Under Trump — USA Today (Alan Gomez and David Agren)
Meet the Teen Sexual Assault Survivors Who Took On Their School District and Won — BuzzFeed (Tyler Kingkade)
Chicago, the City of Weak Shoulders and ‘I Can’t’ — RealClearPolitics Commentary (Dennis Byrne)
’90s Education Is So Hot Right Now — Entertainment Weekly (Marc Snetiker)
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