Cheers
- In a review of Kamala Harris’s 2009 book, Matthew Yglesias finds a simple and effective solution for chronic absenteeism: enforce rules. —Slow Boring
- The CEO of Democrats for Education Reform takes his party to task for their shrinking support of charter schools and public-school choice. —USA Today
Jeers
- 1990s-era reforms brought two dozen school districts under direct mayoral control; now many localities are returning that power to school boards. —Alan Greenblatt
- A new study finds that charter schools receive 30 percent less funding than their traditional public-school counterparts. —K-12 Dive
- Address sharing, where parents enroll students in school citing addresses other than their own, remains illegal in at least twenty-four states. —USA Today
