Wichita Falls ISD has entered into a partnership with Third Future Schools, a Colorado-based charter school operator, to manage three of its lowest-performing campuses. The collaboration began with Hirschi Middle School and expanded to two additional schools due to persistent hiring difficulties and ongoing academic struggles.

Patrice Wade, a teacher at Guilford Preparatory Academy in Greensboro, N.C., writes about transforming the school's technology lab into a place where middle-school students thrive. With the support of the school board, Wade says she launched the free Summer STEM and Career Accelerator Program to introduce students to STEM careers, build skills and confidence and foster social-emotional learning.

Oregon's public-school enrollment has been declining since the coronavirus pandemic, with nearly 22,000 students leaving in 2020-21. While some families may have opted for homeschooling or left the state, inconsistent data collection on private and homeschool enrollment creates uncertainty about the true whereabouts of these students.

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and attorneys representing the Legislature have argued before the Idaho Supreme Court for the constitutionality of the Parental Choice Tax Credit, which subsidizes private and home-schooling expenses. The Idaho Education Association and two advocacy groups are challenging the tax credit, saying that it violates the state constitution's mandate for a uniform public-school system and the public purpose doctrine.

Within Louisville's 48 Catholic schools, stewardship education is deeply embedded in the curriculum, emphasizing the responsibility to share one's gifts in accordance with Catholic teaching. Superintendent Amy Nall notes that stewardship is introduced as a core value, rooted in the mission of Catholic education and reinforced by papal guidance.

Supporters and critics are eagerly awaiting details of the first federally funded tax credit scholarship program, included in a Republican-led bill signed July 4 by President Donald Trump. The Treasury Department is expected to issue proposed rules for the program, which allows taxpayers to donate up to $1,700 to scholarship-granting organizations in exchange for a federal income tax credit.