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AUGUST 23, 2017

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Mike Christy for Education Week

Vail, Ariz., parent
and teacher Karen
Rogers works
one-on-one with
Roman Chavez.
More districts are
turning to parents
and other
nontraditional
sources to fill
talent shortages.

10
1 In Va. District, Back to School Amid Tensions

1 Betsy DeVos Stalls as Tenure Hits
Six-Month Mark
6 Of 98 Diploma Types, How Many Measure Up?
7 Public Support for Charter Schools Plummets,
Poll Finds
8 Lower Scores Field Debate Over
English-Proficiency Test

COMMENTARY

11 White Females Still Dominate Teaching Force

26 David G. Sciarra, Karen Hawley Miles
& Jonathan Travers, Morgan Showalter,
Mike Magee: How (Un)Fair Is School Funding?

12 Is La.'s Strict Student-Privacy Law Chilling
Research Efforts?

27 David Sanon: This Is Not Just Another Essay
About Race

12 DIGITAL DIRECTIONS:
Evolution of Sexting Challenges School Leaders

32 Melvin Patrick Ely: Facing Our Confederate Past

10 Districts Hard-Pressed to Staff Teaching Posts

States Embrace STEM Endorsements for
High School Diplomas

Nursing Teachers Seek Time, Space
To Pump at School

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
22 Ed. Dept. Steps Up Pace of State ESSA Plan Reviews
22 Unease Over Justice Dept. Stance on Admissions
23 Florida's Plan to Seek ESSA Waiver Draws
Fierce Pushback
24 Devos Investments in 'Brain Training' Company Raise

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DOCUMENTING HATE

Schools have long been a venue
for bias and hate, where students
can be targeted by their peers
for their race, ethnicity, religion,
immigration status, gender,
sexuality, or disability.
In collaboration with other media
outlets, we are asking readers
who have witnessed or been the
victim of a suspected hate crime
or bias incident to share their
experience here:

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1 Tax Breaks for Big-Box Stores
Can Drain Money From Schools

We are excited to announce a new
annual fellowship to be awarded
to an enterprising journalist in
support of a reporting project on
a significant issue in pre-K-12
education. The fellowship provides
financial support of up to $10,000
and is meant to honor the nowretired Gregory M. Chronister, a
longtime Education Week editor.
Learn more and apply:

Education Week Joins
Project to Document
Hate and Bias Incidents

NATIONAL
1 Seeking a Smooth On-Ramp to Kindergarten

Education Week
Gregory M. Chronister
Journalism Fellowship

DEPARTMENTS
4 News in Brief
4 Report Roundup
28 Letters
30 TopSchoolJobs Recruitment Marketplace
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PRINCIPAL NEWS
Check out these two recent
edweek.org stories on principals

#MomsAsPrincipals
Dispense Professional
and Personal Wisdom
A group of moms is sharing frank
advice on balancing the demands
of running a school and raising
their own children.
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The School District
Where Principals
Also Teach
Principals who also teach
are a long tradition in a rural
Maryland school system.
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