Cheers
- Five projects meant to close the civic gap between Americans and encourage people with differing views to engage in thoughtful dialog. —The Bulwark
- “Attacking ‘merit’ in the name of ‘equity’ is a prescription for mediocrity.” —George F. Will
- Florida education commissioner Richard Corcoran “threatens Hillsborough School Board over charter school denials.” —Tampa Bay Times
- Charter school networks are continuing to support graduates on their college campuses. —Education Next
- “More gifted and talented classes would help school diversity in New York City, not harm it.” —The 74
- Traditional partisan divides don’t capture the nuance in Black and Hispanic Americans’ opinions on education and other policies. That means we need more emphasis on viewpoint diversity and dialog to better understand each other. —Eduwonk
Jeers
- The Des Moines Register finds opposition to Iowa’s new charter law by implying, through its survey question, that the schools will lack oversight. —Des Moines Register
- The drop in Texas students’ standardized test scores during the pandemic was “more significant in districts that had most of their instruction online.” —Texas Tribune
- Massachusetts is lowering the bar for vocational schools by letting them drop traditional academic requirements and form their own admissions criteria. —Boston Globe
- Latin America has suffered the longest school shutdowns of any region since the pandemic began. It now faces a dropout crisis consisting of over a million primary and secondary students. —New York Times
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