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Weekend Education Reads: 9 Compelling School Stories You May Have Missed While Watching Fireworks

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July 5, 2017

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Those summer weekends creep up fast — especially on short holiday weeks — and while you may have been otherwise occupied with Fourth of July celebrations, critical news was still churning in the education world. Here’s a quick catch-up on nine worthwhile stories you may not have seen:

What Colleges Really Think About How Teens Spend the Summer — Good Education (Jackie Sizemore)

Failure Factories, Two Years Later: The Fight for Fairmont Park — Tampa Bay Times (Cara Fitzpatrick)

The Charter-School Equity Push — The Atlantic (Eric Gorski)

When a D.C. School Closed for Renovations, Parents Faced a Troubling Choice — The Washington Post (Joe Heim and Clarence Williams)

Is School Overhaul Enough to Get State out of Contempt of Court — and Stop $100,000-a-Day Fine? — The News Tribune (Melissa Santos)

Need Jobs? Get Robots, and Education Right — Tech Crunch (Shanin Farshchi)

English Learners Often Go Without Required Help at Chicago Schools — Chicago Reporter (Kalyn Belsha)

Test Drive: New Hampshire Teachers Build New Ways to Measure Deeper Learning — The Christian Science Monitor (Stacy Teicher Khadaroo)

Colorado Teens Helped Design a ‘Dream School’ That May Become a Reality — 303Magazine.com (Megan McNeil)

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                <h1>Weekend Education Reads: 9 Compelling School Stories You May Have Missed While Watching Fireworks</h1>

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                <p class="sans">By <a rel="author" href="https://www.the74million.org/contributor/20200/">The 74</a></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-7589-9130-58974c5441a5">Every week, The 74 and TopSheet.com spotlight important education journalism that may have been overshadowed by breaking news. You can see our </span><a href="https://www.the74million.org/series/weekend-reads">recent archive of must-read clips</a> (and get this weekly roundup delivered straight to your inbox by signing up for <a href="http://the74million.org/newsletter">The 74 Newsletter</a>).</em></p>
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<div class="article__paragraph opening" dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b">Those summer weekends creep up fast — especially on short holiday weeks — and while you may have been otherwise occupied with Fourth of July celebrations, critical news was still churning in the education world. Here’s a quick catch-up on nine worthwhile stories you may not have seen:</span></div>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="https://education.good.is/articles/what-colleges-think-about-teens-spend-summer">What Colleges Really Think About How Teens Spend the Summer</a></span> </strong>— <em>Good Education (Jackie Sizemore)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2017/investigations/failure-factories-the-fight-for-fairmount-park/">Failure Factories, Two Years Later: The Fight for Fairmont Park</a></span></strong> — <em>Tampa Bay Times (Cara Fitzpatrick)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/07/the-charter-school-equity-push/532152/">The Charter-School Equity Push</a></span></strong> — <em>The Atlantic (Eric Gorski)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/when-a-dc-school-closed-for-renovations-parents-faced-a-troubling-choice/2017/07/04/88c94334-5773-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html?utm_term=.07affd77ca7b">When a D.C. School Closed for Renovations, Parents Faced a Troubling Choice</a></span></strong> — <em>The Washington Post (Joe Heim and Clarence Williams)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article159296529.html">Is School Overhaul Enough to Get State out of Contempt of Court — and Stop $100,000-a-Day Fine?</a></span></strong> — <em>The News Tribune (Melissa Santos)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/02/need-jobs-get-robots-and-education-right/">Need Jobs? Get Robots, and Education Right</a></span> </strong>—<em> Tech Crunch (Shanin Farshchi)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="http://chicagoreporter.com/english-learners-often-go-without-required-help-at-chicago-schools/">English Learners Often Go Without Required Help at Chicago Schools</a></span></strong> — <em>Chicago Reporter (Kalyn Belsha)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/EqualEd/2017/0627/Test-Drive-New-Hampshire-teachers-build-new-ways-to-measure-deeper-learning">Test Drive: New Hampshire Teachers Build New Ways to Measure Deeper Learning</a></span></strong> — <em>The Christian Science Monitor (Stacy Teicher Khadaroo)</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-f99390a4-149a-ea04-252d-ad71a818714b"><a href="https://303magazine.com/2017/07/colorado-teens-helped-design-dream-school-may-become-reality/?utm_source=Chalkbeat+Colorado&utm_campaign=c3abc5e487-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_588bc72838-c3abc5e487-93179433&sf95533312=1">Colorado Teens Helped Design a ‘Dream School’ That May Become a Reality</a></span></strong> — <em>303Magazine.com (Megan McNeil)</em></p>
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