Cheers
- Schools must follow researched-based approaches for recovering from pandemic learning losses. —Doug Lemov
- Northwestern University and Curriculum Associates have partnered to propose solutions to problems such as absenteeism and successful pathways to algebra. —Northwestern
- Meanwhile, NWEA, Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research, and CALDER have teamed up to help school districts gather real-time data and tackle pandemic recovery. —The 74
- “Furious parents at school board meetings have a right to speak. We should listen to them.” —Washington Post
Jeers
- Some schools are unwisely spending their Covid-19 aid on unnecessary athletic improvements, like building synthetic turf fields. —Associated Press
- In Rutherford County, Tennessee, Black children were arrested for a nonexistent crime. Those responsible have not been held accountable. —ProPublica
- School quarantine protocols are keeping kids out of classrooms, costing them learning time and the chance for healthy socialization, with little impact on contagion. —Washington Post
- “Philly overhauls selective admissions policy in bid to be antiracist.” —Chalkbeat Philadelphia
