WHAT WE’RE READING
New NWEA findings paint a grim picture of post-pandemic learning recovery: Only about one-third of schools recovered in reading or math and just one in seven in both, reports Naaz Modan. Schools serving high-poverty and historically marginalized students were less likely to have recovered—but showed the largest achievement gains, offering a chance to study what’s working in the places making the most progress. —K–12 Dive
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“What AI executives tell their own kids about the jobs of the future” —Lauren Weber, The Wall Street Journal
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“Blue states have long rejected school vouchers as bad for public schools and bad for taxpayers. Now the nation’s first federal program is making an offer that Democratic governors may find hard to refuse,” writes Laura Meckler for The Washington Post. She and Education Week‘s Matthew Stone report this week on the pressure campaigns for blue-state governors to opt in. EdWeek has the current count, noting that several Democrat governors are reconsidering their stances:
Editor's note: This was first published on Mike Petrilli's Substack, SCHOOLED, a twice-weekly free Substack and email newsletter restarting the education-reform conversation.
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Sharp analysis of the week’s biggest K–12 debates
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Curated commentary from across the ed-policy world
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Lively discussion—including reader reactions and pushback
