Cheers
- The Center for Assessment breaks down the four major reasons that annual statewide tests are important and necessary. —The Center for Assessment
- Secretary of Education Linda McMahon makes her first school visit, to a charter in the Bronx, emphasizing the importance of school choice. —Chalkbeat
- Texas lawmakers and charter school leaders are pushing back against the $870,000 salary for the Valere Schools superintendent, citing it as excessive. —The Texas Tribune
- The Trump administration’s streamlining of the Department of Education laudably aims to cut bureaucracy and refocus federal efforts, but desperately needs more transparency. —Education Next
- London’s Michaela Community School is a highly disciplined and academically rigorous free school that deserves admiration for the exceptional achievement of its disadvantaged students s. —Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic
Jeers
- The Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the Department of Education have gutted its statistics and research division, leaving only three staffers to oversee national education data, raising concerns about security, oversight, and the future of the Nation’s Report Card. —The Hechinger Report
- AI-powered cheating is surging in schools, with students using tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to complete assignments. —The Wall Street Journal
