- “Cardona: Testing is important, but ‘I don’t think we need to be bringing students in just to test them.’” —Chalkbeat
- Though teacher unions want to deny the facts, children can return safely to classrooms—and for the sake of the most vulnerable. —David Brooks
- “Schools must resist destructive anti-racist demands.” —John McWhorter
- The Biden administration’s education spending proposals want to experiment with carrots and sticks to get schools to reopen in person, as many states and districts have done. —WSJ
- When public schools failed to reopen, families in some of the largest urban districts switched to Catholic schools that prioritized in-person learning. Will Biden take notice and support school choice? —WSJ
- This point and counterpoint make the case for and against whether students should take statewide assessments this year. —Education Next
- These five principles explain how we should think about testing and its usefulness during the pandemic and in the future. —Frederick M. Hess and Michael J. Petrilli
- At the Cleveland Breakthrough charter school network, they’re dedicating their yearly fundraising event to bonuses for the teachers and front-line staff that worked tirelessly through the pandemic. —WKYC
- “A partnership between the Rhode Island Department of Education and [online learning site] Schoolhouse.world will pair students with tutors around the globe.” —Providence Journal
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