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What we're reading this week: July 29, 2021

The Education Gadfly
7.29.2021
  • Americans used to flock to California to find opportunity, but now residents are leaving the state. It must reform its education system, especially by empowering parents and expanding choice for disadvantaged students, to keep the California Dream alive. —The Atlantic
  • The University of California is lying. Considering SAT and ACT scores in admission does not harm disadvantaged students’ prospects, research finds. —The Atlantic
  • “Bob Moses, crusader for civil rights and math education, dies at eighty-six.” —New York Times
  • The data suggest that the government stimulus may have triggered a small baby boom. —Institute for Family Studies
  • The pandemic led to a rise in homeschooling. Now, many families that have historically preferred public schooling are sticking with their shifts. —AP
  • “Social studies knowledge map™: abbreviated sample report.” —JHU Institute for Education Policy
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