Cheers
- Districts and policymakers are debating the dissolution of Reading Recovery, a popular literacy intervention that’s based on dubious research. —Chalkbeat
- “Alabama’s Piedmont City schools extended math classes, added more small group instruction, and started to routinely examine student math performance. The strategy is paying off.” —Hechinger Report
Jeers
- Grade inflation has hit every subject, but it’s worst in math classes. —Jill Barshay
- The U.S. is falling behind China in STEM. We no longer produce the most patents, science and engineering publications, or natural science Ph.Ds. —Mark Schneider
- While some politicians are busy seeking solutions, too many in education are wasting their time still arguing about whether or not learning loss is even real. —Andrew Rotherham
