Cheers and Jeers: January 6, 2022

Cheers

• At UChicago Charter School Woodlawn Campus, educators collaborated with fourteen Black high schoolers to create an initiative that helped them raise their GPA by a full point. —Chalkbeat Chicago
• Maryland Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury vows to do what it takes to keep school open. —Baltimore Sun
• “Long disparaged, education for the skilled trades is slowly coming into fashion.” —Hechinger Report
• In Florida, Pasco County School District is collaborating with charters to keep up with growing enrollment. —Tampa Bay Times

Jeers

• Chicago’s teacher union voted to go virtual, forcing the district to cancel classes suddenly on Wednesday. —CNN
• Several large districts across the country, such as Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Newark, are returning to remote learning. —PBS