Berg: Educators teach skills that every student in the room is ready for. There’s no guessing and no watering down instruction.

NCTQ finds many places lacking on how to teach core topics, leverage high-quality instructional material and rely on strong licensure tests.

Covington: For students who watched the viral social media response to a classmate’s death, news literacy is key.

DeMio: Scorching temperatures and cuts to government funding for cooling and ventilation systems are putting children's learning and lives at risk.