EduClips: Betsy DeVos: Year One; Chicago Union Votes to Include Charter Teachers 鈥� and More Must-Reads From America鈥檚 15 Biggest School Districts
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DEVOS 鈥� Today marks the first anniversary of Betsy DeVos鈥檚 tenure as U.S. secretary of education. In a progress report, Education Week describes her freshman year as 鈥渁 bumpy ride.鈥� The report says DeVos and her team have made 鈥渙nly modest progress鈥� on school choice, one of DeVos鈥檚 core issues, with the key victory being language in the new GOP tax-overhaul legislation that allows families to use 529 college-savings plans for K-12 private school tuition. The report also examines her impact on civil rights, higher education, and implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act. ()
National News
GATES FOUNDATION 鈥� With new focus on curriculum, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wades into tricky territory ()
FLU EPIDEMIC 鈥� Flu-Related Map of School Closures Now Extends to 15 States, as More Than 50 Children Die Due to H3N2 Epidemic (Read at The74Million.org)
SCHOOL CHOICE 鈥� Where Will Trump Go Next on Choice? Watch These Three Groups of Students ()
District and State News
ILLINOIS 鈥� Chicago Public School Teachers Vote to Include Charter Teachers in Union ()
TEXAS 鈥� More than half of Texas public school students are in districts where teacher certification isn鈥檛 required ()
PUERTO RICO 鈥� As Puerto Rico鈥檚 Governor Embraces Major School Reform Agenda, New Orleans Offers Inspiration, Caution (Read at The74Million.org)
ILLINOIS 鈥� Illinois Private School Tax Break Proposed ()
NEW YORK 鈥� Charter advocates descend on Albany but could see fewer battles in 2018 ()
CALIFORNIA 鈥� California schools may no longer get more help based on test scores ()
FLORIDA 鈥� Florida House gears up for big debate on education bill ()
NEW YORK 鈥� Racist slavery lesson at Bronx school ignites fiery protest outside City Hall ()
NEVADA 鈥� Nevada governor candidate wants to use Raiders money for education ()
Think Pieces
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS 鈥� New Analysis Shows Milwaukee鈥檚 Religious Schools Now Overwhelmingly Enroll Voucher Students (Read at The74Million.org)
SCIENCE 鈥� Following the lessons of learning science in schools isn鈥檛 convenient ()
ZONING 鈥� The Two-Board Knot: Zoning, Schools, and Inequality ()
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 鈥� 24 Children鈥檚 Books to Read to Your Kids in Honor of Black History Month ()
DACA 鈥� This Teacher of the Year Showed Me Just How Important DACA Is ()
Quote of the Day
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 probably better than the status quo, which is in essence incoherent curricula in most places. But then again, I completely recognize that what I鈥檓 describing is probably exactly what was said about teacher evaluation in 2007 鈥� and also Common Core.鈥� 鈥�Morgan Polikoff, professor at the University of Southern California, on a plan by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to change K-12 curricula. ()
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