Startlingly sensible achievement gap fix Jay Mathews, The Washington Post, 1/5/12   School board picks first black president Trevon Milliard, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1/4/11 Milwaukee Journalist Eugene Kane: Black Youth Are 2011 Boogeyman Jorge Rivas, Colorlines, 1/4/12 Walter Dean Myers named national ambassador for youth literature Staff Writer, LA Times, 1/5/11 White House announces … Continue reading Weekly News Round-Up: Jan. 2-8