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CER Daily Media Clips for February 18, 2021
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Feb 18, 2021 | Associated Press | federal policy |
National
President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how and when to get more schools open during the coronavirus pandemic, with Republicans seizing on confusion surrounding Biden’s goal to reopen a majority of schools within his first 100 days to paint the president as beholden to teachers’ unions at the expense of American families. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | MSNBC | teachers unions |
National
CDC guidelines needed to reopen schools: “We absolutely need Congress to act so that we can provide for what they need. The question is not about whether this country has the wealth. It's a question about whether our country has the will to take care of all our babies. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | Courier Journal | accountability |
Towns, States, South, Kentucky
The goal of the article and the goal of reporters Mandy McLaren and Olivia Krauth and the editorial board of The Courier Journal has been integrated schools, regardless of improved educational outcomes. I already fought this battle and I won. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | San Mateo Daily Journal | school districts |
Towns, States, West, California
Officials and teachers in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District are nearing an agreement to bring students back to the classroom, but terms of the deal fall short of the expectations from some parents. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | Philadelphia Inquirer | school funding |
States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
When Pennsylvania passed a new formula to distribute money for public schools in 2016, it was hailed as a major step toward equity and away from an arbitrary system built on decades-old enrollment data.
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Feb 18, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | school districts |
Towns, States, West, California
The L.A. Unified School District doled out 100 vaccine doses Wednesday for school staff, but its leaders are demanding immunizations for at least 25,000 workers to reopen elementary campuses. Long Beach Unified presses ahead to reopen elementary campuses by early April.
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Feb 18, 2021 | Santa Fe New Mexican | technology |
States, West, New Mexico
Kimball Sekaquaptewa relayed a story that underscored the internet connectivity crisis many students in New Mexico have faced over the past year. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | Connecticut Public Radio | teachers unions |
States, Northeast, Connecticut
Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that states include teachers in their Phase 1B vaccination distribution. At least 28 states have made educators eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | KGW8 | federal policy |
States, West, Oregon
The CDC’s guidelines are similar to the guidelines in Oregon in that they emphasize things like wearing a mask, hand washing and social distancing. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | amNY | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
Mentorship is a vital aspect to the education of young people throughout their schooling and into their adult lives, one Bronx charter school principal says.
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Feb 18, 2021 | Idaho Ed News | charter schools |
States, West, Idaho
Idaho charter school enrollment increased this year, but not across the board. A number of charter schools are struggling with enrollment decreases that will immediately affect their share of state funding. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | WROC | enrollment |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
Some local superintendents say they’ve seen changes in enrollment during the pandemic. For example, in the Greece district, kindergarten numbers are down, home-schooling is up, and the migration to private schools has also increased. Private schools have certainly noticed this shift as well. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | Concord Monitor | school choice |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
Lawmakers clashed Wednesday over a bill creating “education freedom accounts” allowing parents to withdraw students from public schools and take state education money with them. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | KOAT | school districts |
Towns, States, West, New Mexico
The school board wants to stay in a remote learning setting for the remainder of the school year with the exception of bringing back small groups being implemented to help those students that need the extra help. The school district will identify those in need. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | Cecil Daily | school choice |
States, South, Maryland
After Maryland Democrats successfully pushed through a multi-billion dollar education reform bill last week, one Republican lawmaker has proposed pandemic-related education legislation of her own HB0939, introduced by Del. Lauren Arikan, R-Harford and Baltimore counties, would, under the condition that a school district fails to open in-person instruction by the fall, give parents the option to reallocate the public school funds of their child toward an alternative school. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | Metro News | school choice |
States, South, West Virginia
The House of Delegates is lined up to pass a bill allowing families to use public money for private education costs. The “Hope Scholarship” would be established through funds from the state Department of Education to pay for expenses like tuition, tutoring, fees for standardized tests or educational therapies. Read More...
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Feb 18, 2021 | News Tribune | school choice |
States, Midwest, Missouri
Now the top Republicans in the Missouri House and Senate have once again declared school choice a top priority, fast tracking bills that would expand charter schools statewide and establish scholarship accounts that could be used toward things like private school tuition. Opposition remains steadfast, but both sides of the debate agree COVID-19’s impact on education shook up the dynamic and exposed issues in Missouri’s public education system. Read More...
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