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Weekend Education Reads: 12 Engaging Stories on Students, Schools, and Learning You May Have Missed

Every week, ÃÛÌÒÓ°ÊÓ and TopSheet.com spotlight important education journalism that may have been overshadowed by breaking news. You can see our recent archive of must-read clips (and get this weekly roundup delivered straight to your inbox by signing up for ). Also ICYMI: Get your daily morning link digest by .

Much of the education world was gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the 70th Education Writers Association National Seminar, an event that ended up making news before it even opened when Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to speak, breaking tradition with all her predecessors.

Part of the conference is a celebration of the best education reporting of the past year. Among the 2016 winners was Brian M. Rosenthal of the Houston Chronicle, who exposed a statewide policy in Texas that denied services to tens of thousands of special education students for more than a decade. Rosenthal sat down with ÃÛÌÒÓ°ÊÓ earlier this year to talk about how he produced his extraordinary seven-part series.

While we are on the subject of compelling education coverage, here are 12 stories that have caught our attention over the past week that you may have missed. Happy reading.

The Indianapolis Star (Stephanie Wang)

Washington Monthly (Thomas Toch)

The Baltimore Sun (Luke Broadwater)

— The New York Times (Elizabeth A. Harris)

Politico Magazine (Kyle Spencer)

— Scientific American (Claudia Wallis)

 — New York Magazine (Madison Malone Kircher)

— The Morning Call (Don Cunningham)

— NPR (Laura Isensee)

— Courier-Post (Arthur Barclay and Felisha Reyes Morton)

The Texas Tribune (Alex Samuels)

The Wall Street Journal (Douglas Belkin)

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