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The article focuses on bills proposed by 15 U.S. states including Florida, Ohio, and Arizona in the 2021-22 legislative session that would restrict instruction, curriculum, and books featuring LGBTQ themes or people in schools. Topics discussed include restricting the way in which racism and race are discussed in schools, the views of Arizona State Representative John Kavanagh, and Tennessee bill that would restrict the adoption of textbooks normalizing LGBT issues.

The article profiles three U.S. states including Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts at various stages of revising civics education requirements in their states and what they've learned along the way. Topics include emphasis on civics at the middle school level in Florida, addition of a brand-new requirement for a semester of high school civics in Illinois and with Massachusetts being the first state to require each middle and high school to include at least one student-led civics project.

The article explores what happened to students left behind as Florida expanded its voucher program which include the nation's largest tax-credit scholarship program, and also discusses student outcomes against different measures, and alternative explanations for the results.

The article discusses a new policy in Arizona and Florida that no need of bachelor's degree to for being a teacher.