In Pencil Down’s inaugural episode we welcome University of Chicago graduate student and former teacher Taylor Ortiz for Study Hall, our main interview about academic differentiation, tracking, and special admission/gifted programs; in School Days we speak with Shanel Singh about her experiences growing up and attending school in Hayward, CA; and at the Chicago Policy Review Review we talk with staff writer Rukmini Bhugra about a new law passed in Illinois that will mandates comprehensive sex education in all IL public schools.