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Cheers and Jeers: April 7, 2022

The Education Gadfly
4.7.2022

Cheers

  • MIT brought back the SAT, and research shows that it “helps low-income students in an inequitable society.” —The Atlantic
  • In New Jersey, charter schools are key to desegregating education and helping disadvantaged communities whose district schools have been failing them for decades. —NJ.com
  • “Community college enrollment is down, but skilled-trades programs are booming.” —NPR
  • State boards of education must view themselves rightly: as regulators serving the public, not as teacher or school district advocates. —Eduwonk
  • “College Became the Default. Let’s Rethink That.” —John McWhorter

Jeers

  • The Sacramento teacher strike ends with an agreement that will push the district over a fiscal cliff. —Mike Antonucci
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