Cheers:
Amelia Pak-Harvey traces decades of education reform efforts in Indianapolis, where longstanding, bipartisan support for charter schools led to last month’s recommendation for a mayoral-appointed board that finally puts charters and district schools on the same level. —Chalkbeat
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The editorial boards of both the Wall Street Journal and the Colorado Springs Gazette praise Democrat governor Jared Polis’s decision to participate in the One Big Beautiful Bill’s tax credit scholarship program despite opposition from the left.
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Speaking of leadership, Gov. Mike DeWine continues to promote evidence-backed reading strategies for Ohio’s students. Last month, he announced results from an audit of teacher prep programs, calling out several universities that missed benchmarks meant to ensure compliance with the state’s science of reading law. —Avery Kreemer, Dayton Daily News
Jeers:
Meg Drennan reports on the troubling rise of sports betting among high schoolers—especially boys—and how legalized gambling combined with video game-style apps make it easy to get addicted and easy to hide from parents and teachers (even when they are placing bets from the classroom). —Bethesda Magazine
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Inglewood Unified School District, just east of Los Angeles, has been in receivership for years. The community’s ongoing struggles hold lessons for districts nationwide facing complicated decisions surrounding declining enrollment and gentrification, but the Guardian’s reporting cherry-picks evidence and sources to vilify charters and the state’s efforts to improve local schools. —Victoria Clayton, The Guardian
Editor's note: This was first published on Mike Petrilli's Substack, SCHOOLED, a twice-weekly free Substack and email newsletter restarting the education-reform conversation.
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