- In Newark, New Jersey, newly opened public schools dedicated to fashion, data science, and international studies are raising criticisms over their strict admission criteria. —Chalkbeat Newark
- Children with dyslexia and who were receiving special literacy supports were severely set back by school closures. —Boston Globe
- Men were already falling behind women in college enrollment. The pandemic made this even worse. —Hechinger Report
- Replacing exam-based admission to elite high schools with lotteries for equity’s sake might actually lower low-income students’ odds of attending a selective college. —Max Eden
- Matt Yglesias believes curricula can be culturally relevant without choosing between traditional literary works and diverse authors. “Only culture warriors want to force that choice...” —Eduwonk
- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is backing education bills to address pandemic learning losses and to improve literacy rates in a special state assembly session. —Tennessean
- Biden made good on his promise to nominate educators to the Department of Education: nominee for Deputy Secretary, Cindy Marten, was serving as San Diego Unified’s superintendent and has over a decade of teaching experience. —EdSource
- “How can we, as [education] researchers, inform debates about highly charged issues without becoming partisans ourselves?” —Jon Valant
- This survey finds that “in-person instruction is both least common where it is most likely to be safe, and vice versa,” raising concerns about the decision-making process around school reopenings. —Education Next
- Experts worry about the babies and toddlers with disabilities who aren’t being referred to for special services, since referral rates fell during pandemic daycare closures. —Chalkbeat New York
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