Cheers
- Rochester schools to reintroduce F’s after lenient grading policies encouraged many students to slack off. —Star Tribune
- Where previous reformers saw their policies rolled back, Superintendent Mike Miles is hoping to implement long-lasting improvements in Houston ISD. —Robert Pondiscio, Education Next
- Charter schools now make up the majority of the most rigorous high schools in the nation, as measured by the number students to take college-level exams. —Jay Mathews, Washington Post
- Young people should foster and follow their talents, not their passions. —Scott Galloway, Time
- “NY students banned from using phones first hated, then loved it.” —Bloomberg
Jeers
- Dubious questions about how the science of reading informs English language instruction have stymied the movement in California, Massachusetts, and New York City. —The Grade
- Once the leader in education, Massachusetts has placed its much-lauded graduation exam on the ballot this fall. —The 74
- Despite paying lip service to vouchers during his campaign, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro let a school choice bill die for the second year in a row. —Wall Street Journal
