Cheers
- This fall, schools should be open for in-person learning, restrictions like mask mandates and quarantining should be eased or eliminated, and K–12 education should look like it did pre-pandemic. —Joseph G. Allen
- A new policy in Washington State would allow high school students to earn class credit for work at afterschool jobs. —Seattle Times
- Summer kindergarten camps in Pittsburgh are catching up young students who missed out on preschool during the pandemic. —NEXT Pittsburg
Jeers
- California—where 37% of fourth grade students are unable to read at a basic level—has been far too slow to develop strategies to identify and support students with dyslexia. —LAist
- In Texas, an initiative to expand school choice is finding opposition in rural parts of the state. —The Texas Tribune
- “L.A. teachers union demands withdrawal of extra school days in first clash under Carvalho.” —Los Angeles Times
