Cheers
- Adults are turning public education into a political battlefield. But for our democracy’s sake, we need to make this about the kids. —George Packer
- Here’s an agenda to make post-pandemic schooling “rigorous, challenging, engaging, and joyous.” —Rick Hess
- “Chicago’s stellar selective enrollment schools must be protected from attack.” —Chicago Tribune
- Denver public schools are using pandemic relief funds to roll out high-dosage—and for the first time, outcomes-based—tutoring programs. —Chalkbeat Colorado
- Joshua Ojo, engineer and alum of Bronx’s KIPP Academy Middle School, was proud to give back to his community by helping his company build a new facility for KIPP. —News12 Connecticut
Jeers
- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, blocked almost two-thirds of requests to expand charter schools in his first term, and is continuing to stifle their growth in his second. —Jason L. Riley
- “Alabama officials consider suspending Praxis teacher test requirement.” —AL.com
