Cheers
- San Francisco residents voted by a large margin to return Algebra to middle school, after the district had staved it off until high school for a decade. —The 74
- More universities are re-adopting the ACT and SAT for admissions, which will improve educational equity. —David Deming, The Atlantic
- Don Shalvey helped to open the second charter school in the nation and to pioneer the concept of charter school systems. —Louis Freedberg, The 74
Jeers
- Helicopter parents, not students, pose the largest potential impediment to restrictive cellphone policies in schools. —Liz Shulman, Slate
- “Only pennies of new public-school dollars make it to teacher salaries.” —Christian Barnard, Education Next
- Complications with a streamlined FAFSA portal are making college admissions a confusing, chaotic mess this year. —Wall Street Journal
