Cheers
- New York’s Vertex charter school offers a better approach to addressing inequities, replacing DEI with renewed focus on student agency. —Robert Maranto, EdWeek
- Florida’s private school choice programs keep Catholic schools open; New Yorkers hoping to expand options and opportunities for low-income students should pay attention. —The New York Post
- Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools approved the literature-rich and research-based Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum for middle schools, expanding on its earlier approval of CKLA for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. —Bethesda Today
- Successful reforms in D.C. and Dallas show that linking teacher pay and evaluation to student performance can improve learning outcomes. —Eric A. Hanushek and Margaret E. Raymond, The Washington Post
Jeers
- Four-day school weeks are bad for student learning and don’t help with teacher recruitment or retention—but K–12 leaders still love them. —The 74
- Despite legislation intended to allow students to choose schools across district boundaries, students with disabilities across Nebraska face systemic rejection from traditional public schools. —The 74 Million
- D.C.’s chronic absenteeism problem, and failure by local government to combat it, led to a shocking increase in youth crime. —The Washington Post
