Cheers
- “How a Texas district extended the school year to improve achievement.” —K–12 Dive
- Schools should dramatically restrict students’ cell phone use during class and extracurricular activities to protect their wellbeing. —Doug Lemov
- North Carolina celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1996 Charter School Act, which authorized the first charter schools in the state. —Axios
Jeers
- A parent advocacy group is suing education leaders in Tennessee to block the state’s implementation of a popular English language arts curriculum. —Education Week
- With 72 percent of schools making college entrance exams optional next year, essays may now play a larger role—including those with bizarre prompts like “What advice would a wisdom tooth have?” —Wall Street Journal
