Cheers
- Chicago voters rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education agenda, electing only four of the ten school board candidates endorsed by the city’s teacher union. —Chicago Tribune
- Former charter school teacher Matt Meyer will serve as Delaware’s next governor and oversee the state’s reform of its Jim Crow-era school funding system. —The 74
- Oakland Unified School District is once again gearing up to shutter schools, but this time, activists like Azlinah Tambu understand why these closures are in students’ best interest. —San Francisco Chronicle
- L.A. Unified School District has scrapped its new relaxed admissions requirements for two of its most rigorous advanced programs after a rushed implementation and negative feedback from the community. —LA Times
Jeers
- After 30 years of gains in education, Massachusetts has voted to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement, reflecting a broader shift in education policy away from accountability and toward less rigorous standards. —Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute
- Financial crises are plaguing large urban school districts at the expense of young learners. —Marguerite Roza and Maggie Cicco, The 74
- States including Oklahoma and Wisconsin are making it easier for students to pass annual math and English assessments following a decade of declining test scores nationwide. —RealClearInvestigations
