- The breakout rookie season of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was anticipated by his stellar performance on the S2 Cognition test, one of two standardized tests taken by NFL draftees. —The Athletic
- Oklahoma’s newly-elected attorney general has reversed his predecessor’s legal opinion endorsing religious charter schools. —Tulsa World
- Politically liberal teens spend more time on social media than their conservative peers, which might account for those liberal students’ higher rates of depression. —Michelle Goldberg
- The “last in, first out” rule in teacher contracts means that many newly-hired teachers of color could be laid off, a situation that will be made worse by the looming fiscal cliff faced by schools. —USA Today
- Children were spared the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which makes the learning loss caused by school closures and remote learning all the more regrettable. —Vox
