Alexander Russo's The Grade
Alexander Russo, Christine German, Abraham KenmoreTaking a Closer Look at Education News
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Covering the edtech backlash in Lower Merion and other parts of the country
The last time I got the chance to speak with AP data guru Sharon Lurye was a couple of years ago when she and others on the education team were finalists for a Pulitzer.
These days, Lurye is hard at work on both data-driven stories like l...
SOCIAL MEDIA SETTLEMENT, CA’s CELLPHONE CARVE-OUT, & THE RETURN OF UPENN’S ‘GRIT’ RESEARCHER
Above: Notable new essays on AI, edtech, and the college-going experience (The New Critic, The New York Times, The Atlantic).
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
💥 Snap, YouTube, and TikTok — but not Meta — have settled a lawsuit over harm to students...
Think like a newsroom & other lessons from New Haven
If you know education journalism, you probably know about the New Haven Independent, which has a long history of publishing high-quality coverage and hiring all-star reporters like Aliyya Swaby and Christopher Peak.
Longtime Independent e...
A dismal decade, sleeping in the school parking lot, & standout edtech reporting: 🏆 Best Education Journalism of the Week 🏆 (5/15/2026)
In this week’s newsletter:
📌 A new report confirms that it was a dismal decade for academic learning.
📌 Schools are setting up parking lots for homeless families with school-age children.
📌 How California allows abusive teachers...
Artificial intelligence & education news
Despite the massive attention that artificial intelligence (AI) tools are receiving in the worlds of education and journalism, education-focused outlets have mostly been slow to formalize or publicize their policies on what is and is not ac...
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Christine German is Deputy Director of Interventions at the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University where she builds, scales, and evaluates research-driven programs to prevent radicalization and violence.
Fact checker, producer and scribbler. Writing about politics and policy across the South.
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