Cheers
- “The debate over how best to teach children to read lends itself to a conclusive answer. That’s phonics.” —Washington Post
- “We’re going to be tough on our students in terms of their behavior,” said Anthony Smith, the interim district superintendent in Clayton County, Georgia. “Teaching and learning is at the core of what we do. We are not a social services organization.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- The Hidden Figures Revealed workshop teaches STEM lessons to middle school students by highlighting the stories of Black Ohio State University mathematicians. —Columbus Dispatch
- Virginia launches a large-scale effort to address learning loss: “We are on the cusp of losing an entire generation of students,” said Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera. —The 74
Jeers
- A tutoring program designed to fight learning loss is serving just 800 Philadelphia students. —Chalkbeat
- A new book dismisses the notion that people—particularly students from underprivileged backgrounds—have agency over their lives. —Atlantic
- Journalists are fanning the culture-war flames rather than focusing on learning loss. —Alexander Russo
