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Cheers and Jeers: January 11, 2024

The Education Gadfly
1.11.2024

Cheers

  • During her long and esteemed career, the late Linda Brown became one of the most influential educators in decades.—Richard Whitmire, The 74
  • Facing record-setting chronic absenteeism, some districts are getting serious again about enforcing truancy laws. —Alec MacGillis, ProPublica
  • The joy of reading out loud to students shouldn’t get lost in the reading wars. —Education Week
  • Bucking the anti-testing trend, 1,317 students at Success Academies will sit for AP Exams this year. —Wall Street Journal

Jeers

  • The Chicago Board of Education may vote to remove resource officers from schools this fall. —WBEZ Chicago
  • After dozens of selective colleges made the SAT and ACT optional for applicants, a growing number of experts are wondering if that switch was a mistake. —David Leonhardt, New York Times
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