Cheers
- Massachusetts governor Maura Healey expressed opposition to the abolition of her state’s graduation exam. —Boston Globe
- The Montgomery County school board adopted knowledge-rich, phonics-focused English language arts curricula for elementary schools. —MoCo 360
- A newly proposed bill in California would require schools to use science-of-reading-based curriculum and instruction. —The 74
Jeers
- Stripped autonomy, increased workloads, and chaotic classrooms have created an unsustainable job for teachers that a few pay raises can’t fix. —Ben Stein, USA Today
- While other districts have recognized the importance of content knowledge to literacy, a Denver charter school cut science classes to focus on reading intervention. —Chalkbeat
