Cheers
- After years deconstructing their discipline structures, many No Excuses schools are rediscovering the need for strict behavioral codes. —RealClearInvestigations
- A school nurse meets parents in the parking lot to determine whether their kids are healthy enough to attend school—curbing absenteeism. —NPR
- Louisiana is piloting a new standardized reading test that prioritizes content knowledge and specifies which books and content it will include ahead of time. —Chad Aldeman, The 74
- More and more schools are banning phones and seeing the benefit. —Kate Cohen, Washington Post
Jeers
- Street Data, a book that is skeptical of using data to analyze schools, reflects a broader distrust of evidence-based decision making. —Steve Rees, Education Next
- Last-in, first-out policies are inequitable and bad for kids. —Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report
- Analysts continue to suggest that NCLB-era reforms failed despite clear evidence that they boosted student scores. —Jack Jennings, Education Week
- A proposed policy in Denver would prohibit the superintendent from using low enrollment or poor test scores as conditions for school closures or consolidations. —Chalkbeat
