Cheers
- Schools are essential, and Omicron shouldn’t stop us from opening them. —Washington Post
- Virginia “teachers push back on equity proposal to abolish some grades, late homework penalties.” —ABC 7
- Houston’s school district is hiring hundreds of high schoolers and alumni to tutor elementary students and mitigate learning losses. —Houston Chronicle
- “Hundreds of parents step up to help Palo Alto schools during Covid-19 surge.” —NBC Bay Area
Jeers
- Philadelphia hasn’t approved a charter school in three years. Now charter waitlists are ballooning while enrollment in district schools is dropping. —Philadelphia Weekly
- “How violence shook a Newark high school, despite pleas for help.” —Chalkbeat