AM News: DeVos Promotes STEM, Spring Testing Begins, LA Parents Protest White Student Penalty

Ivanka Trump, Education Secretary DeVos promote STEM careers - ABC News - abcn.ws/2nILSyL

See also: Ivanka & DeVos encouraging girls to embraceSTEM. Trump's budget cuts NASA edu office, which brings girls into STEM. washingtonpost.com/national/healt

And this: 'CBS This Morning' visits N.J. school program threatened by Trump budget | NJ.com ow.ly/FjFL30am0ET

In Betsy DeVos, Colorado's teachers union finds a useful face for the opposition chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/…

See also: States, schools, and programs that have gotten Betsy DeVos’s seal of approval | Chalkbeat ow.ly/Yzh330amPvj

Court Orders New York to Release Millions for Struggling Schools wnyc.org/story/court-ru…

Pressure Builds for City’s Renewal Schools as State Tests Begin nyti.ms/2nJjYmk

Opt-outs on state English test top 50 percent on Long Island | Newsday ow.ly/G4YC30amRPv

Chicago Teachers Having ‘Hard Discussion’ Before Upcoming Strike Vote chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/22/chi…

How is Centennial High supporting students' emotional well-being? ‘Big kid recess’ minnpost.com/education/2017…

Our School’s Too White? Outraged LA Parents Vow to Lie About Child’s Race to Keep City From Removing Teachers @The74 bit.ly/2o8ejam

See also: Los Angeles school budget cuts due to high white student percentage sparks outrage | abc7.com ow.ly/Jsbj30aklsq

 

The long road to college from the 'at-risk' list in high school scpr.org/news/2017/03/2…

 

In School Nurse’s Room: Tylenol, Band-Aids and an Antidote to Heroin nytimes.com/2017/03/29/nyr…