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June 14, 2017

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos dominated the ed news again this week with her tough-love speech at the National Charter Schools Conference. Also capturing major headlines: the 2017 Broad Prize and the new CREDO report on charter schools.

Here are 10 other stories that caught our attention over the past week that you may have missed amid the other breaking news, to give you a jump on your weekend’s catch-up reads. Happy reading!

— The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Chester Finn Jr., Bruno Manno, and Brandon Wright)

— Press Herald (Lillian Mongeau)

— CNN Money (Patrick Gillespie)

— Weekly Standard (Alice B. Lloyd)

— Live Science (Sara G. Miller)

— U.S. News & World Report (Lauren Camera)

— Clarion-Ledger (Bracey Harris)

— Wired (Chris Berdik)

— The Morning Call (Logan Hullinger)

— The Baltimore Sun (Kalman R. Hettleman)

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                <h2>Weekend Education Reads: 10 Engaging Stories on Students, Schools, and Learning You May Have Missed</h2>

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<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6">Every week, The 74 and TopSheet.com spotlight important education journalism that may have been overshadowed by breaking news. You can see our recent </span><a href="/series/weekend-reads">archive of must-read clips</a> (and get this weekly roundup delivered straight to your inbox by signing up for ). Also ICYMI: Get your daily morning link digest by .</em></p>
<div class="article__paragraph opening" dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6">Education Secretary Betsy DeVos dominated the ed news again this week with her tough-love </span><a href="/article/just-in-betsy-devoss-full-speech-to-the-2017-national-charter-schools-conference">speech</a> at the <a href="/article/devos-urges-charter-advocates-to-embrace-wider-view-of-school-choice-warns-them-not-to-become-the-man">National Charter Schools Conference</a>. Also capturing major headlines: the 2017 <a href="/article/success-academy-wins-2017-broad-prize-unveils-ambitious-plans-to-launch-digital-platform-to-share-curriculum">Broad Prize</a> and the new <a href="/article/new-credo-report-finds-nonprofit-charter-schools-perform-better-for-children-than-for-profit-charters">CREDO</a> <a href="/article/report-identifies-americas-best-charter-schools-where-over-100000-kids-are-shown-to-be-months-ahead-of-peers">report</a> on charter schools.</div>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6">Here are 10 other stories that caught our attention over the past week that you may have missed amid the other breaking new</span>s, to give you a jump on your weekend’s catch-up reads. Happy reading!</p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span></strong> — <em>The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Chester Finn Jr., Bruno Manno, and Brandon Wright)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span></strong> — <em>Press Herald (Lillian Mongeau)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span></strong> — <em>CNN Money (Patrick Gillespie)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span> </strong>— <em>Weekly Standard (Alice B. Lloyd)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span></strong> — <em>Live Science (Sara G. Miller)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span></strong> — <em>U.S. News & World Report (Lauren Camera)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span></strong> — <em>Clarion-Ledger (Bracey Harris)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span></strong> — <em>Wired (Chris Berdik)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span></strong> — <em>The Morning Call (Logan Hullinger)</em></p>
<p class="article__paragraph" dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8312073-a837-fbfa-7a4b-05be98838ba6"></span> </strong>— <em>The Baltimore Sun (Kalman R. Hettleman)</em></p>
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