BACKTOSCHOOL STORY IDEAS AUGUST 2017 Emily Hanford Senior

BACK-TO-SCHOOL STORY IDEAS AUGUST 2017 Emily Hanford Senior Education Correspondent/Producer emily. hanford@gmail. com @ehanford @Educate. Podcast

What are teachers teaching about what’s up in America? Resources For Educators To Use In The Wake Of Charlottesville http: //www. npr. org/sections/ed/2017/08/14/543390148/resources-for-educators-to-use-the-wake-ofcharlottesville The Political Classroom https: //www. education. wisc. edu/soe/news-events/news/2014/12/04/the-political -classroom--a-new-resource-for-educators-during-polarizing-times What My Students Taught Me https: //www. theatlantic. com/education/archive/2017/08/the-student-who-raged-against-mypolitics/537120/(and the podcast) What Students Learn About the Civil War Is Tied to Where They Live http: //www. edweek. org/ew/articles/2017/08/22/civil-war-lessons-often-depend-on_ap. html The False Notion of 'History' as Past http: //blogs. edweek. org/teachers/intersection-culture-and-race-in-education/2017/08/the-false-notion-ofhistory-as-past. html

Who’s teaching the kids? The Nation's Teaching Force Is Still Mostly White and Female http: //www. edweek. org/ew/articles/2017/08/15/the-nations-teaching-force-is-still-mostly. html Teacher Turnover: Why It Matters and What We Can Do About It https: //learningpolicyinstitute. org/product/teacher-turnoverreport? utm_source=Barbara+Only&utm_campaign=2 f 83747 d 31 EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_510506 f 215 -2 f 83747 d 31 Keeping Teachers https: //www. apmreports. org/story/2017/08/28/keeping-teachers (and the podcast) Who’s showing up for school? Portraits of Change: Aligning School and Community Resources to Reduce Chronic Absence (9/1) http: //www. attendanceworks. org/what-works/and http: //www. every 1 graduates. org/ What It Takes https: //www. apmreports. org/story/2016/09/01/high-school-poverty-graduation

De. Vos and Civil Rights Education Dept. Says It Will Scale Back Civil Rights Investigations https: //www. nytimes. com/2017/06/16/us/politics/education-department-civil-rights-betsydevos. html? _r=0 Segregation The Bell Podcast http: //www. bellpodcast. com/podcast/ (and the website) The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America http: //www. epi. org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregatedamerica/

The ways that wealth matters The Newest Advantage of Being Rich in America? Higher Grades http: //hechingerreport. org/newest-advantage-rich-america-higher-grades/ Live in a Poor Neighborhood? Better Be a Perfect Parent https: //www. nytimes. com/2017/08/22/opinion/poor-neighborhoods-black-parents-childservices. html? ref=opinion&_r=0 Where Low-Income Students Are Doing Best: http: //hechingerreport. org/new-study-reveals-where-lowincome-students-are-doing-best/ It’s About Time: Learning Time and Educational Opportunity in California High Schools https: //idea. gseis. ucla. edu/projects/its-about-time/Its%20 About%20 Time. pdf

Fresh Angles on Charter Schools and Choice The 2017 Ed. Next Poll on School Reform http: //educationnext. org/2017 -ednext-poll-school-reform-public-opinion-school-choice-common-corehigher-ed/ The Charter School Next Door: https: //www. theatlantic. com/education/archive/2017/08/why-charterschools-are-good-neighbors/535638/ Sports! How Student Brains Are in Danger on the Field https: //www. theatlantic. com/education/archive/2017/08/how-students-brains-are-in-danger-on-thefield/536604/ ‘The leading edge of a much larger iceberg’: New Jersey High School Disbands Football Team https: //www. washingtonpost. com/sports/highschools/the-leading-edge-of-a-much-larger-iceberg-newjersey-high-school-disbands-football-team/2017/08/22/e 13 b 6516 -836 e-11 e 7 -82 a 4920 da 1 aeb 507_story. html? utm_term=. 5 a 2 c 7 ada 79 fc

Where to find me … Emily Hanford Senior Education Correspondent/Producer APM Reports/ Educate podcast emily. hanford@gmail. com @ehanford @Educate. Podcast https: //www. apmreports. org/educate-podcast