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Cheers and Jeers: August 3, 2023

The Education Gadfly
8.3.2023

Cheers

  • The College Board held its first annual AP conference since the pandemic and shared strategies for how to make Advanced Placement courses accessible to all. —Ed Week

Jeers

  • Teachers in Montgomery County Public Schools  say that lenient grading policies are leading to higher rates of student absenteeism. —MoCo 360
  • Indianapolis Public Schools claims that two buildings, which the district is set to close and sell, are exempt from a law that requires the district to sell such buildings to charter schools for $1. —Chalkbeat
  • The California Department of Education has threatened to sue two professors, who had access to student data, to prevent them from testifying against the department. —EdSource
  • “Remote learning has left young people unprepared to join the workforce.” —Wall Street Journal
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