Cheers
- Summer Boost, a tutoring program that served over 16,000 NYC students last year and helped many to achieve at grade-level in math and English, will expand to more cities this summer. —Michael Bloomberg
- Many adults are (finally) realizing that remote learning did not work for most students. —AP News
- Schools need to tell parents the truth about the severity of pandemic-era learning loss. —Bloomberg
- Bucking national trends, Catholic are retaining traditional grading practices and homework policies. —Greg Richmond
- For colleges and universities, “The goal should be to have more viewpoints, not fewer, represented on campus,” a goal that should be shared by high schools. —Ramesh Ponnuru
Jeers
- Abandoning student ability-grouping might explain the poor performance of many traditional public schools. —Real Clear Investigations
- A young refugee escaped war-torn Ukraine only to become a victim of classroom misbehavior in the San Francisco middle school she now attends. —San Francisco Chronicle
- One of Pennsylvania’s best public schools is being “dismantled” by lottery-based student admissions. —Philadelphia Inquirer
