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Cheers and Jeers: June 24, 2021

The Education Gadfly
6.24.2021

Cheers

  • “New Jersey’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state’s decision to allow the expansion of seven charter schools in Newark.” —AP News
  • Some anti-critical race theory bills are better than others. —Rick Hess
  • A new book, Districts That Succeed, explores remarkable student gains in five little-known-districts and Chicago. —Washington Post

Jeers

  • Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida has blocked a number of charter schools from opening because they wrongly think doing so helps fill the district’s coffers. —Patricia Levesque
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