DAILYCALLER (Faith Miller) - Blue City’s Public Schools Light Money On Fire Only For Students To Keep Failing, Report Shows
‘What is missing is not money’
Almost half of New York City public schools have nearly half of their students failing, even though the Big Apple’s public school system spends more than double the national average per student, a new report shows. Fewer than half of the students passed math, reading, or both on state exams in over 900 of the city’s public schools in 2025, a report by the Success Academy charter school network reveals. The city spent $36,293 on each student in 2024, more than double the national average of $17,619 per student. These failing schools educate 43% of New York City’s public school students, according to Success Academy’s report. In over 500 of these public schools, a majority of students failed both math and reading on state exams…Open
THEFEDERALIST (Terry Stoops) - 5 Years Post-Covid, Public Middle Schoolers Still Can’t Read Or Do Math
Addressing the “middle school slump” requires a comprehensive strategy that refocuses on the fundamentals of education.
AMERICANTHINKER - Education Scorecard Ignores Common Core disaster
David Lisbona Education in America is a mess. Student achievement is abysmal and continues in decline. Without an honest assessment of what went wrong, we will never make the necessary changes to help children learn.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch live: Melania Trump honors student winners of White House AI challenge
First lady Melania Trump on Tuesday morning will unveil the winners of the Trump administration's first artificial intelligence (AI) competition for students at a White House ceremony. The challenge was first announced last August, when the first lady urged kids across the country to “unleash their imagination and showcase the spirit of American innovation” through the use of AI. It was open to students in kindergarten through 12th grade. President Trump also signed an executive order last year aimed at incorporating AI into classrooms. #melaniatrump #donaldtrump #ai
NPR (Cory Turner) - Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains
Remember those devastating learning losses that began during the pandemic? Turns out, they began years before COVID-19. Some states are finally turning things around.
THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Exclusive: Virginia School District Encourages Student Commitment To DEI As Major Achievement Metric
Despite having been sued for its ideological imposition, ACPS parents were unsuccessful in getting the Virginia Supreme Court to side with them.
NYTIMES (Dana Goldstein) - San Francisco Killed 8th-Grade Algebra. Now It’s Set to Come Back.
The San Francisco school board will vote on a plan to restore algebra as an option at all middle schools, more than a decade after it was removed over equity concerns.
DAILYCALLER (Jaryn Crouson) - Boston Schools Made It Impossible To Fail Then Took Victory Lap When No One Failed
'We didn’t get here by lowering any expectations'