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<title><![CDATA[Neetu Arnold - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/50282.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Neetu Arnold]]></description><category domain="50282">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Would New York Dump Its High School Exit Exam?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-regents-exam-high-school-graduation?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eliminating the Regents requirement for graduation will harm students and weaken accountability for schools.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Some States, Disparate-Impact Policies Hanging On]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/disparate-impact-discrimination-school-discipline?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is pushing to eliminate the approach at the federal level, but states like Maryland continue to pursue]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is the University of Michigan Hiding Grades?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/university-of-michigan-grades-admissions-gpas?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Why don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t we blow up the transcript?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Angela Dillard, vice provost for undergraduate education at the University of Michigan,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' asked'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in a 2024 seminar on the future of undergraduate education at the university. Two years later, U-M is moving in that direction.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has the University of Wisconsin Really Abandoned DEI?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/has-the-university-of-wisconsin-really-abandoned-dei?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The names change; the agenda remains the same.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New York Should Stop Hiding Stats on Unsafe Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/opinion/how-state-bureaucrats-conspired-to-conceal-the-violence-in-new-yorks-schools/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Students enrolled in unsafe schools have effectively lost their federally guaranteed right to transfer out of them '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' all because of a quiet change in reporting rules.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Pushing College for All]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/higher-education-college-cost-students?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Making higher education less expensive includes expanding alternatives to it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Southern States Outperform Others in Education. Why?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/mississippi-louisiana-alabama-education-schools-southern-states?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Students need orderly classrooms to learn.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How School Accountability Keeps Kids Out of Prison]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/public-school-performance-ratings-accountability-students-prison?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new study shows that public school performance ratings encourage reforms that benefit students and parents.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harvard Isn't Ready To Stop Inflating Grades]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/harvard-university-grade-inflation?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The university finally admits that it awards too many A's, but its proposed solutions aren't enough.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vanderbilt's Chancellor Sees the Problem--Can He Fix It?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/vanderbilt-university-chancellor-daniel-diermeier?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid controversy in higher ed, Daniel Diermeier steers a different course.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Grow Your Own' Means 'Discriminate by Race']]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/grow-your-own-means-discriminate-by-race-f7f4bb3b?st=wwn4aY</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department sues over a program that attempts to recruit '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'teachers of color.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The High Costs of Classroom Disorder]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/classroom-disorder-student-learning-schools-discipline?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since at least 2022, the education world has been preoccupied with the]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flimsy Research Behind Native American Mascot Bans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-public-schools-native-american-mascot-bans?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York State uses weak evidence to impose costly mascot bans on schools.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blue States Used To Lead in Education. Not Anymore]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/education-reform-students-reading-math-republican-states?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, blue states typically outperformed red ones when it came to education. That is changing. Blue states like Oregon and Washington experienced significant drops in reading and math scores for both fourth- and eighth-graders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' between 2015 and 2024, worse than the national...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Houston Is Holding Teachers Accountable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/houston-schools-merit-pay-teachers-salaries-students?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The school district is setting salaries based on quality of instruction and student academic outcomes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Houston Is Turning Around Struggling Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/houston-independent-school-district-superintendent-mike-miles-student-performance?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike Miles is proving that traditional methods'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'not trendy educational fads'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'can improve academic performance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Left-Wing Activism Corrupted America's Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-department-of-education-contracts-left-activism?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump was right to slash education contracts. He should keep going.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ramaswamy Identified a Problem, Despite Poor Messaging]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/01/06/vivek-ramaswamy-parenting-tiger-mom-education/77431001007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vivek Ramaswamy identified a real problem, despite the poor messaging. Reading and math scores among American students have been declining for years.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s Why Asian Americans Shifted Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/19/heres_why_asian_americans_shifted_right_151965.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2024 election season featured an unprecedented number of Asian Americans, from Vivek Ramaswamy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rise in the Republican primary to soon-to-be second lady Usha Vance, to the Democratic candidate herself, Kamala Harris. Just a few years ago, this would have been a cause for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Divisive, Extreme and Intolerant--Why DEI Failed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/10/25/dei-university-michigan-ford-lowes/75808534007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Neetu Arnold</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York Times uncovered that the University of Michigan's programs to promote supposed diversity and inclusion instead fueled campus discord.]]></description>
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