Cheers
- A Louisiana school district agreed to close two failing schools and implement reforms or face a state takeover. —KTBS
- After a new law in Nevada allows city and county governments to sponsor charter schools, two municipalities are set to open such institutions. —KTNV Las Vegas
- Houston ISD will begin auto-enrolling high achieving students into advanced classes. —Houston Chronicle
Jeers
- Kindergarten instruction is too often focused on low-level skills like counting and identifying basic shapes. —Hechinger Report
- A lawsuit challenging racial segregation in New York City schools could force the elimination of advanced education programming. —New York Times
