Alexander Russo's The Grade
Alexander Russo, Mickey Revenaugh, The Principal, Marguerite Roza, Justin ReichTraditional Journalism Is Broken. Let's Fix It!?
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The learning apps and resources that teachers want kids to use almost always sit inside a browser that’s inside an operating system that’s inside a device.
Educators want those “containers” to be as invisible as possible, and for a time t...
A heroic principal, supremely awkward phone calls, & an ‘Oreogate’ investigation
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The heartbreaking work of covering school sexual misconduct
By Danielle DuClos
Nobody tells you that you’re likely going to end up cold-calling educators and asking them if they ever kissed a student — or worse.
It’s something I certainly didn’t think about when I first started reporting on the to...
The school funding story almost everyone’s missing
Scheduled to come online in January, the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program (FSTC, aka EFTC, aka F-25) is widely misunderstood by parents, educators, and journalists alike.
There’s lots of awareness of how the program could generate vo...
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Education journalist and edtech innovator Mickey Revenaugh is the author of SCHOOL'S OUT: WHY FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING UNCONVENTIONAL EDUCATION (Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming August 4, 2026).
I’m a retired Principal with 35 years experience in public schools. 18 as a teacher! I failed retirement and taught part for a year and now I substitute teach! I write about the uncomfortable truths of public education.
Research professor and director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, focused on helping ed leaders navigate finance tradeoffs and build practical strategies for stronger, more sustainable systems.
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