AM News: Minority Parent Poll, Trump Choice, Fidget Spinners

MINORITY PARENT POLL

Poll: Schools with mostly white teachers are not trying to educate students of color: usnews.com/news/education…

Parents of color see their kids as attending white supremacist school systems huffingtonpost.com/entry/parents-… via @HuffPostPol

Black and Latino parents worried about funding disparities in schools, poll finds edsource.org/2017/poll-find…

Black and Latino Parents: Funding, Racism Are Drivers of School Disparities blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Distric

More Parents Of Color Think Racism Is Holding Back Their Children In School huffingtonpost.com/2017/05/02/par…

Low-income, minority students lag in high school grad rates seattletimes.com/nation-world/l… via @seattletimes

TRUMP

Trump praises D.C. voucher program with mixed record politi.co/2oY3jgl

Trump pushes school choice, making good on campaign promise abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wire…

At School Choice Event, Trump Praises D.C. Vouchers for Helping Kids Graduate blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig…

Trump Praises Low-Income School Voucher Program Obama Defunded - Breitbart bit.ly/2p6XiZW via @BreitbartNews

FIDGET SPINNERS

Schools attempt to ban fidget spinner craze The Guardian ow.ly/GXuR30bpIuz

MISC

California’s largest charter group pushes its agenda with money and people power edsource.org/2017/californi…

Minneapolis schools forced to cut hundreds of jobs to fill $28 million gap - StarTribune.com ow.ly/RCfl30boTVL

New Jersey Judge Tosses Parents’ Lawsuit Claiming Last In, First Out Layoff Rules Harm Students the74million.org/article/new-je…

Principal at Md. school who created “smash space” decides to step down washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…

Annual Earthquake Drills Left As Optional For Washington State Schools kuow.org/post/annual-ea…

A Public University Acquires A Big For-Profit, And Raises Big Questions npr.org/sections/ed/20…