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Weekend Education Reads: 12 Important Stories on Schools, Students, and Policy You May Have Missed This Week

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May 4, 2017

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Every week, The 74 spotlights important education journalism that may have been overshadowed by breaking news. See our recent archive of must-read clips, and get this roundup delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for The 74 Newsletter.

It was a rather busy news week. The House of Representatives passed a bill to dismantle Obamacare, and Mark Keierleber analyzed how the move could cut funds to schools. As Matt Barnum reports, Colorado’s teacher evaluation “revolution” has stalled, with fewer than one in 1,000 teachers being rated “ineffective.” And one of the highlights from National Charter Schools Week: 19 state and federal officials were celebrated on Capitol Hill as this year’s charter “champions.” Mareesa Nicosia has the full roster of honorees.

Here are a few other interesting articles we’ve been reading at other outlets this week, that you might have missed amid the breaking headlines:

Why these families are choosing ‘unschooling’ — The Capital Times (Amber C. Walker)

Pre-K: Decades Worth of Studies, One Strong Message — NPR (Claudio Sanchez)

More Options in Indianapolis — Education Next (David Osborne)

Data Wars: In Education, Data Are Often Viewed as a Risk, Not an opportunity — U.S. News & World Report (Andrew J. Rotherham)

Why New York Schoolchildren Want to Grow a Billion Oysters — The Smithsonian (Erin Blakemore)

The Worrisome Relationship Between Population Projections and State Spending on Kids — Governing (Liz Farmer)

Bill Would Set Maine Teacher Salaries at Minimum of $40,000 — Portland Press Herald (Noel K. Gallagher)

School Vouchers Aren’t Working, but Choice Is — The New York Times (David Leonhardt)

This Teen Took Her Harvard Acceptance Letter to Prom — BuzzFeed (Julie Gerstein)

I Don’t Understand Why the NAACP Would Want to Make It Harder for Kids Like Mine — Education Post (Felecia Brown Butler)

How the Latino vote could swing the Los Angeles school board race — LA School Report (Esmeralda Fabián Romero)

What Went Wrong With 13 Reasons Why? — The Atlantic (Sophie Gilbert)

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                <h1>Weekend Education Reads: 12 Important Stories on Schools, Students, and Policy You May Have Missed This Week</h1>

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                <div class="article__paragraph"><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461">Every week, The 74 spotlights important education journalism that may have been overshadowed by breaking news. See our recent </span><a href="https://www.the74million.org/series/weekend-reads">archive of must-read clips</a>, and get this roundup delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for <a href="http://the74million.org/newsletter">The 74 Newsletter</a>.</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph opening" dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461">It was a rather busy news week. The House of Representatives passed a bill to dismantle Obamacare, and Mark Keierleber analyzed </span><a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/how-republicans-bill-to-replace-obamacare-could-cut-billions-of-dollars-from-americas-schools">how the move could cut funds to schools</a>. As Matt Barnum reports, Colorado’s teacher evaluation “revolution” has stalled, with <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/even-after-colorados-teacher-evaluation-revolution-fewer-than-one-in-1000-rated-ineffective">fewer than one in 1,000 teachers being rated “ineffective.”</a> And one of the highlights from National Charter Schools Week: 19 state and federal officials were celebrated on Capitol Hill as this year’s charter “champions.” <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/meet-the-3-new-education-advocates-to-be-inducted-into-the-national-charter-school-hall-of-fame">Mareesa Nicosia has the full roster of honorees</a>.</div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461">Here are a few other interesting articles we’ve been reading at other outlets this week, that you might have missed amid the breaking headlines:</span></div>
<div class="article__paragraph"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/a-different-tune-unschooling-families-pursue-their-own-educational-path/article_169da185-0095-53ef-81f1-986131c3bdc5.html">Why these families are choosing ‘unschooling’</a></span> </strong>— <em>The Capital Times (Amber C. Walker)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/03/524907739/pre-k-decades-worth-of-studies-one-strong-message">Pre-K: Decades Worth of Studies, One Strong Message</a></span></strong> — <em>NPR (Claudio Sanchez)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="http://educationnext.org/more-options-indianapolis-mayoral-charters-innovation-schools-expand-choice/">More Options in Indianapolis</a></span></strong> — <em>Education Next (David Osborne)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="https://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/articles/2017-05-02/in-education-data-is-seen-as-a-risk-not-an-opportunity">Data Wars: In Education, Data Are Often Viewed as a Risk, Not an opportunity</a></span> </strong>— <em>U.S. News & World Report (Andrew J. Rotherham)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-new-york-schoolchildren-want-grow-billion-oysters-180963085/">Why New York Schoolchildren Want to Grow a Billion Oysters</a></span> </strong>— <em>The Smithsonian (Erin Blakemore)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-more-money-means-better-outcomes-kids.html">The Worrisome Relationship Between Population Projections and State Spending on Kids</a></span></strong> — <em>Governing (Liz Farmer)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/03/bill-would-set-maine-teacher-salaries-at-minimum-of-40000/">Bill Would Set Maine Teacher Salaries at Minimum of $40,000</a></span> </strong>— <em>Portland Press Herald (Noel K. Gallagher)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/opinion/school-vouchers-charters-betsy-devos.html?_r=0">School Vouchers Aren’t Working, but Choice Is</a></span></strong> — <em>The New York Times (David Leonhardt)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/this-teen-didnt-have-a-date-to-prom-so-she-took-her-harvard?utm_term=.rdMZNoO5p#.phyqzK2Dm">This Teen Took Her Harvard Acceptance Letter to Prom</a></span></strong> — <em>BuzzFeed (Julie Gerstein)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="http://educationpost.org/i-dont-understand-why-the-naacp-would-want-to-make-it-harder-for-kids-like-mine/">I Don’t Understand Why the NAACP Would Want to Make It Harder for Kids Like Mine</a></span></strong> — <em>Education Post (Felecia Brown Butler)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="http://laschoolreport.com/all-lausd-school-board-candidates-agree-on-the-undeniable-importance-of-the-latino-vote/">How the Latino vote could swing the Los Angeles school board race</a></span> </strong>— <em>LA School Report (Esmeralda Fabián Romero)</em></div>
<div class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-32e126a7-d582-5607-567a-3507ef9bf461"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/13-reasons-why-controversy/525237/?utm_source=twb">What Went Wrong With <em>13 Reasons Why</em>?</a></span> </strong>— <em>The Atlantic (Sophie Gilbert)</em></div>
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