Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in The Best Articles, Videos & Posts On Education Policy In 2016 – So Far):

50 Years Seeking Educational Equality: Revisiting the Coleman Report is from Education Week.

What If Everything You Thought You Knew About Teachers Unions Turned Out to be Wrong? is from EdShyster. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning Why Teachers Unions Are Important.

Meet Tim Kaine’s wife, a longtime child welfare advocate and Virginia’s secretary of education is from The Washington Post.

Rauner email: Half of CPS teachers ‘virtually illiterate’ is from The Chicago Tribune.

Here’s An Idea: Change The Federal Definition Of Student Achievement is from NPR. Letter details opposition to federal proposal defining student success on tests is from Ed Source and is on the same topic.

3 Ways That Performance-Based Assessment Addresses 3 Important Critiques of Standardized Assessment is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Performance Assessment.

New report is ‘huge warning sign’ that desegregation has failed in US schools is from The Guardian. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About School Desegregation (& Segregation) – Help Me Find More.

Former L.A. Unified teacher Rafe Esquith can continue with his lawsuit, judge rules is from The L.A Times. I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos On The Rafe Esquith Controversy/

Fired by L.A. schools, star teacher takes his Shakespeare lessons elsewhere is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to the same list.