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Cheers and Jeers: October 26, 2023

The Education Gadfly
10.26.2023

Cheers

  • An Ohio court allows an overhaul of the state’s education system to continue even as the law faces a lawsuit. —AP News
  • Grade inflation increases apace, which complicates college admissions and the messages GPAs should communicate. —Tim Donahue, New York Times
  • Teachers created a popular comedy show in the Pacific Northwest. —Oregon Public Broadcasting
  • Under fire from left—and now the right, too—Shakespeare remains our premiere author and good fun to boot, and should remain in schools’ English curricula. —Eliot Cohen, The Atlantic

Jeers

  • American education’s “everybody wins” mentality is lowering standards in our schools. —Doug Lemov, Education Next
  • In an interview, Secretary of education Miguel Cardona attacks No Child Left Behind while arguing that more money is the answer. —Education Week
  • No, detracking will not help racial gaps in math. —Hechinger Report
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