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Cheers and Jeers: June 2, 2022

The Education Gadfly
6.2.2022

Cheers

  • “After mastering English, bilingual students ace tests, including the MCAS.” —Boston Globe
  • GEO Academies in Indiana are preparing underprivileged students for college. —Good Morning America
  • Training teens to drive big trucks is both vocational training and a supply-chain solution. —New Yorker

Jeers

  • “Oregon risks wasting money for schools due to lack of accountability, tracking, auditors warn.” —The Oregonian/OregonLive
  • This piece wants students who are already behind academically to refuse to go to school to protest for gun control. —The Atlantic
  • Since lowering the bar for admissions, San Francisco’s Lowell High, formerly an exam-admissions school, has seen higher course-failure rates. —San Francisco Chronicle
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