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Dear followers: Thank you for keeping an eye on my education news and feature stories over the years, and for offering feedback and sharing the work I did for The Christian Science Monitor...
You have offered helpful resources to me and I appreciate the effort that’s been put into strengthening education coverage around the country.
In the spring I decided to move on to some new avenues for applying my research and writing skills.
What the resolution of Detroit’s literacy case could mean for America chalkbeat.org/2020/5/14/2125… via @Chalkbeat
Eager to see more details emerge from this settlement in Detroit children's right-to-literacy lawsuit. mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/202…
“Getting rid of some of that interest and stopping the collections for this set of borrowers is really important," says Beth Stein of TICAS as defrauded students and Dept. of Ed reach proposed settlement @csmonitor csmonitor.com/USA/Education/…
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“The magnitude of the differences was somewhat surprising,” Mathematica's Matthew Johnson told @StacyTKhadaroo. “It really does matter a lot what high school you attend for your longer-term outcomes.” @csmonitor csmonitor.com/USA/Education/…
In Louisiana, some schools that normally get a "C" grade can now be highlighted for good "promotion power" -- better long-term outcomes than poverty stats would predict. @csmonitor csmonitor.com/USA/Education/…
ROTC at black colleges? How Pentagon aims to diversify military brass. csmonitor.com/Daily/2020/202…
"In order to get better students, I needed more financial aid. Because we were excluding a number of really talented, smart students .... because of their ability to pay." Six presidents on changes needed, 1 year after Varsity Blues
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Congrats @wendi_c_thomas
The 2020 Selden Ring Award for investigative journalism was awarded to @wendi_c_thomas, founder of @MLK50Memphis, for her work on predatory healthcare debt-collection in Memphis, Tennessee. Congratulations from @USCAnnenberg! #ASCJ @propublica
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Original analysis of political tweets in the primary, by @StoryHinckley @csmonitor csmonitor.com/Daily/2020/202…
And here's my story once again, this time with one word corrected in
@liketheawards Emmi Harward's quote. Sorry Emmi! csmonitor.com/USA/Education/…
Legacy admissions still seem to be largely in the eye of the beholder... @csmonitor csmonitor.com/Daily/2020/202… #TellEWA
This story @csmonitor by @HarryBruinius helps explain why someone I know went to the polls in NH Tuesday intending to vote for Bloomberg and was disappointed to not see his name on the ballot... csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2…
The House just voted and they are passing a resolution to remove the deadline on ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. @csmonitor see my explainer here: csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/20…
House votes tomorrow on removing the ERA ratification deadline...
As of January, the ERA has finally been ratified by enough states. But it’s not clear if the amendment is part of the Constitution yet. Here’s why. bit.ly/3braLVT
So, do we now have a 28th Amendment? @csmonitor answers questions about the ERA csmonitor.com/Daily/2020/202…
Periodically I check in on what's happening with descendants of the Georgetown 272. Some of them published this oped video this week sharing their thoughts on the @Georgetown decision to set up a fund after students pressed for it. nyti.ms/31FVFYt
Interesting research on school choices and racial isolation ... White Parents Say They Value Integrated Schools. Their Actions Speak Differently edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/… via @educationweek




