Cheers
- “Final Ohio education budget expands vouchers, limits board of ed powers.” —Ohio Capital Journal
- All eighth-graders at Success Academy charter schools took the New York State standardized tests designed for eleventh and twelfth graders. “Some 99.8 percent passed the algebra [exam]; 47 percent scored a 5, the highest mark. In English, 94.6 percent passed; in biology, 96 percent.” —New York Post
- “Build feeder schools (and make Yale and Harvard fund them).” —Roland Fryer
- Michigan’s new K–12 budget will increase funding for the students who need it the most. —Chalkbeat Detroit
Jeers
- Within a single heartbreaking school year, one D.C. school lost four students to gun violence. —The Washington Post