Cheers
- Standardized testing helps ensure that schools are transparent and equitable for students of color. —Marc Morial and Janet Murguía
- Parents praise Andrew Yang’s push for school reopening, his support for charters, and defense of selective admission to gifted programs. —The 74
- New Orleans transformed public education and expanded school choice for all students in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Let’s embrace similar reforms in the wake of the Covid crisis. —Bobby Jindal and Joe Ricketts
- The pandemic created new ways to train and employ those without four-year degrees. —Bruno Manno
- How New York City can better integrate schools and serve communities of color. —Eva Moskowitz
- Manhattan teacher Paul Rossi is standing up to indoctrination for his students’ sake. —Common Sense with Bari Weiss
- “How two Cleveland schools stayed open through the pandemic with few Covid cases and more learning opportunities” —The 74
Jeers
- “Anti-poverty group flunks lawmakers for blocking Harlem charter school.” —New York Post
- After the Espinoza U.S. Supreme Court ruling, public funds may go towards teaching problematic curricula. Some wrongly believe that it’s therefore best to cut off all such monies to charter and private schools. —USA Today
- Some blue state leaders opposed reopening schools because they opposed Donald Trump—committing what may be the most “significant failure of public policy in a generation.” —Paymon Rouhanifard
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