The Charter-School Equity Push
The Atlantic
“The non-traditional schools aren’t educating their share of special-needs students. A network in Denver is working to change that.”
California joins 17 other states in suing Trump administration over for-profit colleges
EdSource
“California joined 17 other states and the District of Columbia to challenge the Trump Administration’s decision to put aside procedures that would have helped students defrauded by for-profit universities.”
Too Few ELL Students Land in Gifted Classes
Education Week
“The 36,000-student Oklahoma district has been pushing hard to bring more students from traditionally underrepresented groups—and English-language learners in particular—into its gifted program.”
OPINION: Six ways prioritizing social and emotional learning can increase graduation rates for students of color, lower suspensions
The Hechinger Report
“A school focused on social, emotional and academic development looks and feels fundamentally different from one that isn’t. … Only when we make this vision a reality will we truly be on our way to building districts of both excellence and equity.”
Summer Reading For Your Woke Kid
National Public Radio
“[Kids] have an innate sense of what's right and what's wrong. Being able to draw on that innate sense of justice through relatable stories is so important.”
A Plan For Raising Brilliant Kids, According To Science
National Public Radio
“We live in a crazy time, and parents are very worried about their children's futures. ... The irony is, kids could score at the top and still not succeed at finding great employment or becoming a great person.”
A judge said these kids get a green card. ICE says they get deported
Reveal
“For the first time, U.S. immigration officials are seeking to deport children who have received a special status for vulnerable migrants and are in the final stages of getting their green cards.”
“They Call Us Monsters”: teenage boys facing life in prison become screenwriters
Salon
“Ben Lear’s moving documentary, ‘They Call Us Monsters,’ [is] a film that connects a 20-week screenwriting class inside Sylmar, a segregated unit for juveniles being tried as adults, with the passing of SB 260, legislation that grants youth serving life sentences the possibility of parole.”
Pennsylvania Senate passes bill allowing teachers to pack heat at school
Think Progress
“Pennsylvania’s state senate passed a bill that would allow teachers with concealed-carry licenses to carry guns on school grounds, with a vote of 28–22.”
Chicago won’t allow high school students to graduate without a plan for the future
The Washington Post
“To graduate from a public high school in Chicago, students will soon have to meet a new and unusual requirement: They must show that they’ve secured a job or received a letter of acceptance to college, a trade apprenticeship, a gap year program or the military.”
The dramatic rise in state efforts to limit LGBT rights
The Washington Post
“While the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community has become more visible and won more legal protections in recent years, state lawmakers have increased attempts to pass legislation that could restrict civil rights for LGBT people. Since 2013, legislatures have introduced 348 bills, 23 of which became law.”
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