Cheers
- Affirmative action focused on the wrong end of the pipeline, ushering students into elite colleges without fixing the system that creates academic achievement gaps. —Jonathan Chait
- Houston Independent School District will cut 500 positions, largely from the central office, which the state-appointed superintendent calls “bloated” and “amorphous.” —The Texas Tribune
Jeers
- Students made less progress in reading and math last school year than their counterparts did in 2019, meaning learning loss is getting worse, not better.—The 74
- California’s move to de-track its math classes and make them more inclusive has only worsened the achievement gap. —Noahpinion
- Holdover policies from the pandemic that eased grading and passing standards are inflating New York City’s graduation rate. —Chalkbeat New York
