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Weekend Education Reads: 14 Important Stories on Schools, Students, and Policy You May Have Missed This Week

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April 13, 2017

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Every week, The 74 spotlights important education journalism that may have been overshadowed by the 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 busy news week: Arizona moved to implement America’s first universal education savings account program, the nation’s teachers took to social media for #LoveMySchoolDay, and ed wonks in D.C. debated Andy Smarick’s proposal that every public school be given an authorizer.

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

The Atlantic: How Colleges Use Big Data to Target the Students They Want

USA Today’s Pulitzer Finalist: Broken Discipline Tracking Systems Let Teachers Flee Troubled Pasts

Education Post: Power, Policy and Prayer: My Eye-Opening Phone Call With Betsy DeVos

LA School Report: New District Data on Student Grades Show More Than Half of LAUSD’s 2016 Graduates Were Not Eligible for California’s Public Universities

Nashville Public Radio: Should High School Students Need a Foreign Language to Graduate?

Commonwealth: Voc-Tech Tension: Massachusetts Vocational Schools Are a Big Success Story, but Are They Shutting Out Those Who Might Need Them Most?

The New York Times: New York’s Free-Tuition Program Will Help Traditional, but Not Typical, Students

Mr Rad’s Neighborhood: Last In, First Out

Center for American Progress: Hidden Money: The Outsized Role of Parent Contributions in School Finance

12 News Arizona: Democrat David Garcia to Announce Run for Arizona Governor

WHYY and NewsWorks.com: Changing Climate and Flattening Earth: Teaching Science in a ‘Fake News’ World

The Baltimore Sun: NTSB Finds ‘Deficiencies’ in Vetting of Baltimore School Bus Drivers

The Deseret News: Utah Schools Recruiting Teachers ‘Coast to Coast’ in Face of High Turnover, Retirements

The Hechinger Report: Idaho Gives Education Money Directly to Teenagers to Manage Themselves

….And here’s one pretty amazing new tool that you have to check out:

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                <h1>Weekend Education Reads: 14 Important Stories on Schools, Students, and Policy You May Have Missed This Week</h1>

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<p dir="ltr"><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">Every week, The 74 spotlights important education journalism that may have been overshadowed by the 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></p>
<div class="article__paragraph opening" dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">It was a busy news week: Arizona moved to implement America’s first </span><a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/school-choice-leaps-forward-in-arizona-where-lawmakers-vote-to-expand-esas">universal education savings account program</a>, the nation’s teachers took to social media for <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/lovemyschoolday-how-americas-teachers-jumped-on-the-days-trending-topic-to-bring-the-internet-into-their-classrooms">#LoveMySchoolDay</a>, and ed wonks in D.C. debated Andy Smarick’s proposal that <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/what-if-all-public-schools-had-an-authorizer-a-new-proposal-to-give-more-autonomy-for-more-accountability">every public school be given an authorizer</a>.</div>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">Here are a few other interesting articles we’ve been reading this week, that you might have missed amid all the headlines:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">The Atlantic</span></em>: <strong><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/04/how-colleges-find-their-students/522516/">How Colleges Use Big Data to Target the Students They Want</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3"><em>USA Today</em>’s Pulitzer Finalist: </span><strong><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/14/broken-discipline-tracking-system-lets-teachers-with-misconduct-records-back-in-classroom/79999634/">Broken Discipline Tracking Systems Let Teachers Flee Troubled Pasts</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">Education Post: </span><strong><a href="http://educationpost.org/power-policy-and-prayer-my-eye-opening-phone-call-with-betsy-devos/">Power, Policy and Prayer: My Eye-Opening Phone Call With Betsy DeVos</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">LA School Report: </span><strong><a href="http://laschoolreport.com/exclusive-new-district-data-on-student-grades-show-more-than-half-of-lausds-2016-graduates-were-not-eligible-for-californias-public-universities/">New District Data on Student Grades Show More Than Half of LAUSD’s 2016 Graduates Were Not Eligible for California’s Public Universities</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">Nashville Public Radio: </span><strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/04/11/522770863/should-high-school-students-need-a-foreign-language-to-graduate">Should High School Students Need a Foreign Language to Graduate?</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3"><em>Commonwealth</em>: </span><strong><a href="https://commonwealthmagazine.org/economy/voc-tech-tension/">Voc-Tech Tension: Massachusetts Vocational Schools Are a Big Success Story, but Are They Shutting Out Those Who Might Need Them Most?</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3"><em>The New York Times</em>: </span><strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/nyregion/new-yorks-free-tuition-program-will-help-traditional-but-not-typical-students.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FCuomo%2C%20Andrew%20M.&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection">New York’s Free-Tuition Program Will Help Traditional, but Not Typical, Students</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">Mr Rad’s Neighborhood: </span><strong><a href="http://misterrad.tumblr.com/post/159381744687/last-in-first-out">Last In, First Out</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">Center for American Progress: </span><strong><a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education/reports/2017/04/08/428484/hidden-money/">Hidden Money: The Outsized Role of Parent Contributions in School Finance</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">12 News Arizona: </span><strong><a href="http://www.12news.com/news/politics/democrat-david-garcia-to-announce-run-for-arizona-governor/429695526">Democrat David Garcia to Announce Run for Arizona Governor</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">WHYY and NewsWorks.com: </span><strong><a href="http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/trump-impact/education/item/102974-changing-climate-and-flattening-earth-teaching-science-in-a-fake-news-world?utm_source=dlvr&utm_medium=twitterauto&utm_campaign=social-inbound">Changing Climate and Flattening Earth: Teaching Science in a ‘Fake News’ World</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3"><em>The Baltimore Sun</em>: </span><strong><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-bus-crash-report-20170411-story.html">NTSB Finds ‘Deficiencies’ in Vetting of Baltimore School Bus Drivers</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3"><em>The Deseret News</em>: </span><strong><a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865677421/Utah-schools-recruiting-teachers-coast-to-coast-in-face-of-high-turnover-retirements.html">Utah Schools Recruiting Teachers ‘Coast to Coast’ in Face of High Turnover, Retirements</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">The Hechinger Report: </span><strong><a href="http://hechingerreport.org/idaho-gives-education-money-directly-teenagers-manage/">Idaho Gives Education Money Directly to Teenagers to Manage Themselves</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3">….And here’s one pretty amazing new tool that you have to check out:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-325d6e4e-6419-175f-3784-dec4d98607a3"><em>EdBuild:</em> </span><strong><a href="http://funded.edbuild.org/">Funded — State Education Funding Policies for All 50 States</a></strong></p>
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