The new state guidance seems to directly contradict the city Education Department’s policy which requires all students in first grade and above to get tested for in-person learning, unless they have a valid medical exemption.
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Lee Cheng graduated from San Francisco’s Lowell High School in 1985. He counts himself one of the lucky ones. Lowell High, which was the only local public school specifically for high-performing students, had a strict racial-quota admissions policy when he applied. No racial or ethnic group could comprise more than 40 percent of the school’s student body. The rule was aimed at desegregating the district, but even as a teenager, Cheng found it unfair. It meant that Asian students had to score higher on the entrance exam than white students, who in turn had to score higher on the exam than Black and Hispanic applicants. Cheng’s friend his orchestra partner was not admitted, though if he had been of a different race he might have earned a seat. The boy’s parents were poor immigrants his father a waiter and his mother a seamstress. “He would have gotten in, but for being Chine
Chicago's teachers union was reviewing a compromise COVID-19 safety proposal on Monday that could allow in-person classes to resume this week, as Philadelphia agreed to let a mediator decide when school buildings could safely reopen.