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title: Journalists must keep their spotlight on the trajectory of students
description: "NEWS:the74: Opinion - why the media's pendulum swing against charter schools has consequences"
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# [Journalists must keep their spotlight on the trajectory of students](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/journalists-must-keep-their-spotlight-on-the-trajectory-of-students)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 04/19/19

The last time I had this queasy feeling about where education is headed, it was 2010 and I was midway through a book about Michelle Rhee’s turn as superintendent of D.C. Public Schools. When I started the book, she was [flying high](https://www.fastcompany.com/958573/fixing-washington-dcs-school-system) in the press; before I was done, her media stock [had plummeted](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/09/why-michelle-rhees-education-brand-failed-in-dc/63014/).

That’s how quickly the press pendulum swings, and it’s swinging just as quickly now — this time against charter schools.

[Read the full article here.](https://www.the74million.org/article/analysis-why-the-medias-pendulum-swing-against-charter-schools-has-consequences-and-why-journalists-must-keep-their-spotlight-on-the-trajectory-of-students/)

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