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VOL. 38, NO. 31

MAY 1, 2019

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LIVESTREAM EVENT
A Conversation With
Betsy DeVos
Monday, May 6, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. ET
The U.S. Secretary of Education sits
down for an interview with a New
York Times education reporter at this
year's Education Writers' Association
conference. Watch the livestream:

Sophomore Seairra Ferguson, 16, begins construction work for the day on a tiny house at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo.
Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Whitney Curtis for Education Week

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VIDEO
What Is Equity in
Education?
In this video, New York City
Chancellor Richard Carranza
talks about making public schools
more equitable for black, Latino,
and poor students. Carranza is a
keynote speaker at Education Week's
Leaders To Learn From 2019.
www.edweek.org/go/carranza

FREE ONLINE EVENT
Living With ESSA's
Changes
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | 1 to 3 p.m. ET

19
NATIONAL
1 Districts Swamped by Cost of Hard-Fought
Teacher Contracts
1 Spec. Ed. Parent Spotlights a Tool For Advocacy
1 Retired Teachers Struggle to Get By
1 Principals Form Network to Help
After a Shooting
6 Wealthier Enclaves Breaking Away
From School Districts
7 Should Schools Teach Online Political Discourse?
8 Virtual Charter Schools Fall Short
On Four-Year Graduations
9 Q&A: How to Bolster Cybersecurity
In Your Schools
10 Students Build Tiny Houses
To Bring Geometry Lessons to Life

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
14 How Does Title I Aid Stack Up State to State?

COMMENTARY
19 Emilio Pack: The Hidden Barriers to STEM
20 Q&A With Frank DeAngelis:
Former Columbine Principal Reflects
On Healing His Community

With the Every Student Succeeds Act
now in full effect three years after its
passage, Education Week journalists
and expert guests will unpack how
states and districts are using ESSA
to transform and customize their
education systems.
www.edweek.org/go/ESSASummit19

24 Van Schoales: The End of Education Reform

DEPARTMENTS
4 News in Brief
4 Report Roundup
21 Letters
22 TopSchoolJobs Recruitment Marketplace
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14 Census Case Arguments Show High Court Divide
16 Biden Has K-12 Record as Senator, VP
16 Rural Broadband Gets Big New Aid

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