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Cheers and Jeers: December 22, 2022

The Education Gadfly
12.22.2022

Cheers

  • There’s a lack of intellectual rigor and job preparedness in America’s ed school programs. —Robert Pondiscio
  • “Alabama charter school enrollment soars as more schools open.” —AL.com
  • Color-blindness is neither racist nor backwards. It’s “the belief that we should strive to treat people without regard to race in our personal lives and in our public policy.” —Free Press
  • School districts are using learning pods and federal funds to better accommodate student learning. —Hechinger Report

Jeers

  • A grand jury report reveals how former Loudon County superintendent Scott Ziegler grossly mishandled multiple sexual assaults against students and a teacher in his district. —The 74
  • Black and Hispanic children have a much harder time accessing services for dyslexia and other reading problems. —Hechinger Report
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