Cheers
- Virginia’s new math acceleration indicator balances access and success, encouraging schools to enroll more students in advanced classes—but only if they’re ready to handle the material. —EduProgress
- The massive restructuring of Denver Public Schools in the 2010s to expand school choice, close low-performing schools, and intensify accountability dramatically improved student learning in math and English. —CPR News
Jeers
- “Responding to post-pandemic norms, more states are lowering test standards.” —The 74
- Many colleges across the country have eliminated remedial courses, in hopes of removing barriers to graduation. But a new analysis of Tennessee colleges suggests that doing so actually has not increased graduation rates. —Hechinger Report
- Bloomberg Philanthropies invested $140 million to get more low-income students into top colleges—but they’re now saying the money has had little impact as recruitment efforts have largely failed to reach students. —Wall Street Journal
