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Tuesday:August 15, 2017

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Students at Most Colleges Don’t Pick ‘Useless’ Majors
Michelle Cheng | FiveThirtyEight
Education & Jobs Higher Ed
Rahm Emanuel Won’t Say Where He’ll Find $269M to Balance School Budget
Fran Spielman | Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Illinois School Funding
Rauner Decries Senate School Funding Override, Vows Compromise
Emily Moon | Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois School Funding
Teacher Contract Proposed in D.C. for the First Time in 5 Years
Donna St. George, Peter Jamison & Emma Brown | The Washington Post
Teachers Washington D.C.
Survey: Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools
Kate Stringer | The 74
Charter Schools
At Odds Over Trump, Democrats for Education Reform Chief Resigned From Success Board
Eliza Shapiro | Politico
Charter Schools new york
The Nation’s Teaching Force Is Still Mostly White and Female
Liana Loewus | Education Week
Teachers
‘Charlottesville Might Be Changed for Me Forever’
Susan Svrluga, T. Rees Shapiro & Sarah Larimer | The Washington Post
Higher Ed virginia
District Admits Pushing Struggling Students Toward Charters
Mario Koran | Voice of San Diego
California Charter Schools
Class Dismissed: When a State Divests From Public Education
Alexandria Neason | Harper's Bazaar
arizona School Funding
Did UVa Miss Signs of Looming Violence?
Jack Stripling | Chronicle of Higher Ed
Higher Ed
Texas A&M Cancels White Supremacist Rally Set for Sept. 11
Lindsay Ellis & St. John Barned-Smith | Houston Chronicle
Higher Ed Texas
New Tennessee Law Creates Showdown With Charter School Over Student Data
Jason Gonzalez | The Tennessean
Charter Schools tennessee
Colorado Families Struggle to Pay Skyrocketing Back-to-School Costs
Monte Whaley | Denver Post
colorado
Texas School Bill Logjam Eases, Though Extra Money for Schools, Retirees Still Uncertain
Robert T. Garrett | Dallas Morning News
School Funding Texas
SpaceX Launch: Australian High School Students Play Major Role in NASA’s Resupply Mission
Natasha Robinson | ABC News (Australia)
global ed STEM
N.Y. Fed President William Dudley: Education Policy, Access to Opportunity Address Income Inequality, Mobility
AP
Equity
DeVos Undeterred by Critics Even as Agenda Remains Stalled
Maria Danilova | AP
USED
From Selling Drugs to Teaching 4th Graders: A Philly Redemption Story
Kristen A. Graham | Philadelphia Inquirer
Pennsylvania Teachers
Obama Education Appointees: Where Are They Now?
Alyson Klein | Education Week
USED
USED Responds to Colorado’s ESSA Plan
Alyson Klein | Education Week
colorado ESSA
Messer Making a Run at Donnelly’s Senate Seat
Sue Loughlin | Tribune Star
Indiana

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Students at Most Colleges Don’t Pick ‘Useless’ Majors

Rahm Emanuel Won’t Say Where He’ll Find $269M to Balance School Budget

Rauner Decries Senate School Funding Override, Vows Compromise

Teacher Contract Proposed in D.C. for the First Time in 5 Years

Survey: Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools

At Odds Over Trump, Democrats for Education Reform Chief Resigned From Success Board

The Nation’s Teaching Force Is Still Mostly White and Female

‘Charlottesville Might Be Changed for Me Forever’

District Admits Pushing Struggling Students Toward Charters

Class Dismissed: When a State Divests From Public Education

Did UVa Miss Signs of Looming Violence?

Texas A&M Cancels White Supremacist Rally Set for Sept. 11

New Tennessee Law Creates Showdown With Charter School Over Student Data

Colorado Families Struggle to Pay Skyrocketing Back-to-School Costs

Texas School Bill Logjam Eases, Though Extra Money for Schools, Retirees Still Uncertain

SpaceX Launch: Australian High School Students Play Major Role in NASA’s Resupply Mission

N.Y. Fed President William Dudley: Education Policy, Access to Opportunity Address Income Inequality, Mobility

DeVos Undeterred by Critics Even as Agenda Remains Stalled

From Selling Drugs to Teaching 4th Graders: A Philly Redemption Story

Obama Education Appointees: Where Are They Now?

USED Responds to Colorado’s ESSA Plan

Messer Making a Run at Donnelly’s Senate Seat

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The ‘Free Speech’ Hypocrisy of Right-Wing Media

State Charter Schools Must Work on College Success Rates

A Rare Shot for School Choice in Illinois

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City to Kick in Additional $269 Million for Chicago Schools Budget

It Takes a Village to Home-School a Child in Las Vegas

Florida Teacher Embarks on Mission to Teach Students Table Manners

Lawsuits From Students Accused of Sex Assault Cost Many Colleges More Than $200,000

Britney Spears Donates to Louisiana Schools’ Flood Recovery

Despite California’s Strict New Law, Hundreds of Schools Still Don’t Have Enough Vaccinated Kids

When Schools Forgo Grades: An Experiment In Internal Motivation

Illinois Senate Overrides Gov’s School Funding Veto

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DeVos Say School Vouchers Part of Tax Overhaul Discussions

A Blown Deadline Could Cost a For-Profit School Millions

‘Free Freshman Year’ Is Latest Path to Free College Credits

After 6 Months on Job, Education Chief Still Highly Divisive

College Admissions Officers Won’t Just Chill About ‘Summer Melt’

Summer Camp for Refugee Children Helps Prepare for Life in U.S. Schools

Fewer Than 1 in 3 Americans Support Kids Opting Out of Tests; About Half Confused on What ‘Opt Out’ Means

In the Hamptons, a Financier Talks Housemates and College Credit

Alabama Will Keep Its Common Core Standards — For Now

Alabama Superintendent Proposal to Raise Academic Standards Falls Flat

University Aims to Educate 50,000 Refugees Worldwide by 2022

How McGraw-Hill Education’s CEO Is Trying to Unlock the Potential of Every Learner

How 3 Colleges Improved Graduation Rates

Proponents of Later School Start Times See Momentum

CPS Would Lose Nearly $500 Million Under Gov’s School Funding Plan

A School Where You Can’t Fail — It Just Takes You Longer to Learn

2-Pronged Strategy Against ‘Gainful’ Rule

Professor Helps Students to Find Refuge in Education

With Days Left in Special Session, Texas Senate Committee Makes Major Changes to House’s School Finance Bill

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Some Education Issues

Tennessee Schools Learn a Lesson in Reform

Error Briefly Makes Chinese Education Firm World’s Most Valuable Company

Finland Found a Proven Way to Combat Bullying. Here’s What It’ll Take to Make It Work in the U.S.

Portland Public Schools Picks Deputy San Francisco Superintendent to Lead District

A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry

Compare U.S., European Bachelor’s Degree Programs

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The Essence of ESSA: The Good, the Bad, the Meh

Affirmative Action, Minority Students, and the Rich, White College Applicant

Devos’ 6-Month Report Card: More Undoing Than Doing

Why Principals Lie to Ineffective Teachers: Honesty Takes Too Long

Why Can’t College Graduates Write Coherent Prose?

What U.Va. Students Saw in Charlottesville

How a Tougher Test and Chaos in D.C. Just Made Things a Whole Lot Harder for Kids Learning English

Kids Should Know How to Code

‘Confederate’ Danger: Americans Don’t Have the Education to Handle It

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