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Research by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrilli has demonstrated that red states are now much more active than blue states in adopting new education reform ideas. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Education , Politics

Simplified: Michael Petrilli's research shows red states are more active in education reform than blue states.

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Kamala Harris ran for president without anything like a robust education reform agenda. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Education

Simplified: Kamala Harris ran for president without a robust education reform agenda.

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Joe Biden didn’t devote much energy to education reform. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Education

Simplified: Joe Biden did not devote much energy to education reform.

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Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama angered core Democratic constituencies like teachers unions in order to expand opportunity down the income scale. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Education

Simplified: Bill Clinton and Barack Obama angered Democratic constituencies to expand opportunity.

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By college, according to a 2017 study led by Raj Chetty, children from the richest 1 percent of earners were 77 times as likely to go to Ivy League schools than children from families making $30,000 a... 0.900

👤 David Brooks 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Education , Social

Simplified: Richest 1 percent are 77 times as likely to go to Ivy League schools than families making $30000 or less by college according to 2017 Raj Chetty study

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In his 2019 book, “The Meritocracy Trap,” Daniel Markovits writes that the academic gap between the affluent and less affluent is greater today than the achievement gap between white Americans and Bla... 0.800

👤 David Brooks 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Education , Social

Simplified: Daniel Markovits writes academic gap between affluent and less affluent is greater than achievement gap between white and Black Americans in final day...

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By high school, richer kids’ average reading skills are five years ahead of poorer kids’. 0.800

👤 David Brooks 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Education , Social

Simplified: Richer kids' reading skills are five years ahead of poorer kids' by high school

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Before kindergarten, the children of the affluent are much more likely to be in preschool. 0.900

👤 David Brooks 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Social , Education

Simplified: Children of affluent are more likely to be in preschool before kindergarten

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By sixth grade, students in the richest school districts are four grade levels above children in the poorest school districts. 0.800

👤 David Brooks 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Education , Social

Simplified: Students in richest school districts are four grade levels above poorest districts by sixth grade

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They found that not only had nearly all of society’s power brokers gone to college, 54 percent of them went to the same 34 elite schools. 0.800

👤 David Brooks 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Social , Education

Simplified: Study found 54 percent of society's power brokers went to same 34 elite schools

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Back in 2003, Theda Skocpol of Harvard published a book called “Diminished Democracy.” 1.000

👤 David Brooks 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ History , Education

Simplified: Theda Skocpol of Harvard published book “Diminished Democracy” in 2003

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Not just racial segregation — which at least in schools is actually getting worse — but also class segregation. 0.800

👤 David Brooks 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Social , Education

Simplified: Racial segregation in schools is getting worse also class segregation

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Members of the National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the country, recently voted to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League over its conflation of Palestinian rights advocacy... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Education , Law

Simplified: National Education Association members voted to cut ties with Anti-Defamation League over conflation of Palestinian rights and antisemitism

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The California Teachers Association, one of the state’s most influential unions, has come out strongly against A.B. 715, warning that it would undermine academic freedom and chill honest discussions a... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Education , Law

Simplified: California Teachers Association opposes Assembly Bill 715 warning it would undermine academic freedom

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Across the country, students and educators have been investigated, disciplined and even fired under policies that adopt similar definitions of antisemitism as a standard. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Education , Law

Simplified: Students and educators have been investigated disciplined and fired under similar antisemitism definitions

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A.B. 715 endangers those students’ rights, along with those of their schools’ teachers, administrators and staff. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Education

Simplified: Assembly Bill 715 endangers rights of students teachers administrators and staff

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In the past year, high school students across the state have organized walkouts, teach-ins and vigils to call for a cease-fire and an end to U.S. support for the assault on Gaza. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Education , Activism

Simplified: California high school students organized walkouts teach-ins and vigils for Gaza cease-fire in past year

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A.B. 715 would require California’s K-12 public schools to adopt a definition that largely falls in line with the one developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Education

Simplified: Assembly Bill 715 would require California K-12 schools to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

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Assembly Bill 715 is framed as a measure to combat an “antisemitic learning environment.” 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law , Education

Simplified: Assembly Bill 715 is framed as measure to combat antisemitic learning environment

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there is some suggestive evidence for positive outcomes for boys attending single-sex public schools, like Eagle Academy in New York, for example. 0.700

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Schools , Boys , Education

Simplified: There is evidence for positive outcomes for boys attending single-sex public schools like Eagle Academy

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