Competition makes public schools better, new study suggests

The Gazette
Experts estimate that one in five children have dyslexia, a neurological disability that affects a person’s aptitude for reading, writing and spelling — and presents greater challenges for success in school.

Chalkbeat
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to steer large amounts of federal money away from public schools and toward private-school vouchers and other “educational alternatives.”

CCM
Colorado has long been a pioneer in school choice, offering families various educational options, including public, charter, private and magnet schools, as well as open enrollment across district boundaries since 1994.

Chalkbeat
Colorado students continue to perform better than students in many other states and showed slight improvements on national math and reading tests, but they’re still scoring below pre-pandemic levels.

The 74
A new District of Columbia Council bill mandating training for public charter school boards, while well-meaning, fails to address the real problem in D.C.’s public schools: the city’s large, growing racial student achievement gap.

Fordham Institute
The education world was greeted with encouraging news over the weekend when President Trump announced that former Tennessee education commissioner Penny Schwinn would serve as the next Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.