Cheers
- A Detroit school is taking a multi-levered approach, including mentorship programs, home visits, data tracking, and more, to tackle chronic absenteeism. —Chalkbeat
- A family finds community, hope, and academic success after enrolling their autistic child in a Catholic school. —Wall Street Journal
- A conservative and liberal columnist for the Washington Post come together to focus on common ground around policies to support families. —Marc Thiessen and Alyssa Rosenberg
- “Teachers college to ‘dissolve’ Lucy Calkins’s Reading and Writing Project.” —Education Week
Jeers
- A lack of political leadership and the dissolution of accountability has left students backsliding even after returning to in-class instruction. —Michael Petrilli
- A strike in Youngstown, Ohio, continues for the tenth day as the union and school board struggle to negotiate and agreement. —WFMJ
