Cheers
- Under pressure from state officials, Hillsborough County reverses vote to close four high-performing charter schools. —Tampa Bay Times
- Texas’s annual STAAR exams revealed substantial learning losses caused by the pandemic, but it also produced useful data for teachers to help students get back on track. —Margaret Spellings
- Smart strategies for districts and schools to combat absenteeism this fall. —Education Week
- The parents of Fairfax County, Virginia flexed their political muscle by gathering over five thousand signatures to recall a school board member for her resistance to school reopenings. —Rory Cooper
- There’s hope for high school students who failed courses during the pandemic. Here’s how schools can support struggling students with quality credit recovery options. —Chalkbeat
Jeers
- Arizona Governor Doug Ducey says it’s against state law to require unvaccinated students to quarantine if they’re exposed to Covid-19. —CNN
- Encouraged by unions, some districts are spending stimulus funds on teacher bonuses instead of helping students recover unfinished learning. —Wall Street Journal
- “House Democrats call for cutting federal funding for charter schools.”—CNN
- The Los Angeles school district violated federal law when it “kept millions in Title I funds from LA Catholic schools.” —Angelus News
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