https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AHEfHPv7oiM/michael-petrilli RSS for Node Sat, 09 May 2026 18:00:56 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-05-09/half-time-high-school-may-be-all-that-students-need https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-05-09/half-time-high-school-may-be-all-that-students-need Sat, 09 May 2020 12:00:29 GMT SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 31: Signs outside Sir Francis Drake High School show that the school is closed because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 31, 2020 in San Anselmo, United States. California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said, “Due to the current safety concerns and needs for ongoing social distancing it currently appears that our students will not be able to return to school campuses before the end of the school year,” (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-11-03/disruptive-students-hurt-high-achievers-most https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-11-03/disruptive-students-hurt-high-achievers-most Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:01:03 GMT NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 16: Students in a 'community meeting' go over vocabulary words at Sylvanie Williams College Prep elementary school, on January 16, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. New principal Krystal Hardy spends most of her time out of her office mentoring teachers and staff and spending time with the children. She is the face of the new type of principal. Fifty percent of the children here started the year below grade level in reading and math. The goal is to help them catch up and keep making progress. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-30/use-facts-not-courts-to-fix-affirmative-action https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-30/use-facts-not-courts-to-fix-affirmative-action Thu, 30 May 2013 15:43:22 GMT