Cheers
- More high school students are participating in school-sponsored sports than ever before, driven in part by the increasing popularity of girls’ flag football. —K–12 Dive
- “Parents should ignore their children more often.” —Darby Saxbe, New York Times
- District leaders backed off of policy changes that would have altered admissions criteria and funding for selective enrollment, magnet, and charter schools in their five-year plan for Chicago Public Schools. —WBEZ
- “State superintendent doesn’t want Alabama students forced down one diploma path.” —The 74
Jeers
- A divided South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the state’s voucher program violates its constitution. —The State
- Test scores reveal that middle schoolers are still lagging months behind pre-pandemic achievement levels in science. —The 74
- Fewer teachers are assigning full-length novels to their students, likely due to “perceptions of shorter attention spans, pressure to prepare for standardized tests, and a sense that short-form content will prepare students for the modern, digital world.” —The Washington Post
