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Cheers and Jeers: September 16, 2021

The Education Gadfly
9.16.2021

Cheers

  • Bainbridge Island, Washington’s memorial to the horrid experience of Japanese Americans in internment camps, is a testament to America’s willingness to confront its past wrongs. —George F. Will
  • Excusing illiteracy, innumeracy, and ignorance by lowering standards and rejecting excellence isn’t antiracism. It’s nihilism. —Rick Hess
  • “Covid is hard on everyone. Please don’t take your frustrations out on teachers.” —Washington Post
  • Contra Ibram Kendi, the real way to improve young, Black lives is with high expectations, access to free test prep, and supports for gifted programs—not by calling those things “White.” —John McWhorter
  • For two decades, South-Western City Schools in Ohio has partnered with the YMCA to create an alternative to suspension or expulsion that provides academic and mental health support. —Columbus Dispatch

Jeers

  • An article in the New Republic makes it sound like all Democrats are giving up on charters, when that’s only the case for White progressives.
  • "Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show." —Wall Street Journal
Tags: COVID-19 Democratic Party George Will Ohio The New Republic
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