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Your Daily News Clips for March, 22 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for March 22, 2021

Bureaucracy Has Conquered Schools. Joe Biden Won’t Fix It

Mar 22, 2021 | National Review Online | other education issues | National

The public-school system enjoys the status of being the most layered, centralized, and massive bureaucracies in America, and federal intervention has only made things worse.

If you like small classrooms, you should love learning pods

Mar 22, 2021 | The Hill | learning pods | National

Yet many families have taken the temperature of their schools’ plans and embraced a new normal. The prolonged resistance to reopening schools from many districts and union officials has helped to give education pods more staying power. State leaders should ensure families can choose this approach with minimal interference from regulators and offer some much-needed support.

Some Schools Have Been Open for Months. Here’s What They Learned.

Mar 22, 2021 | Wall Street Journal | other education issues | National

Principals favor air cleaners and lunchtime restrictions over deep cleaning and temperature checks; teachers likely are prime spreaders

Parents and school leaders celebrate new C.D.C. guidance lowering distance between students to 3 ft

Mar 22, 2021 | New York Times | federal policy | National

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the nation’s second-largest educators’ union, said in a statement that she would “reserve judgment” on the new guidelines pending further review of research on how the virus behaves in schools, especially those in cities or that are under-resourced.

Follow the science: Charter school expansion is a rising tide that lifts all boats

Mar 22, 2021 | The Hill | charter schools | National

But the science is increasingly clear: The claim that charter expansion hurts traditional public schools is simply false. Indeed, multiple studies, including a 2019 analysis from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, the think tank I lead, have found that charter expansion improves student outcomes at nearby district schools — or, at worst, does no harm. Competition from charter schools is a rising tide that lifts all boats.

Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina could help Houston schools through pandemicv

Mar 22, 2021 | Houston Chronicle | other education issues | National

Sixteen years later, local educators say lessons they learned during that recovery could provide insight for schools nationwide as the United States eventually comes out of the coronavirus pandemic. While there are obvious differences between a Category 5 hurricane and a pandemic, educators say the aftermath of the 2005 disaster bears some similarities to challenges now faced by schools across the country.

Opinion: Let’s keep civics education from splintering America

Mar 22, 2021 | The Virginian-Pilot | civics education | National

Educators and parents of school-aged children are once again engaged in a national debate about teaching civics in schools. Recently, though, there’s been more heat than light.

Slate of parents who want fully open schools try to unseat incumbents in District 214

Mar 22, 2021 | Chicago Daily Herald | parent power | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

Since forming in 2007, a slate of establishment candidates for the Northwest Suburban High School District 214 board of education has gone undefeated in local elections. But a group of parents, fueled by their desire to reopen schools since last summer, have formed a four-person slate of their own in hopes of upending the long streak of incumbency.

Only A Fraction Of CPS Students Are Returning For In-Person Class

Mar 22, 2021 | WBEZ | school districts | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

One reason why students might be staying at home is that, even in school, most of them are on a laptop being taught as though they are still remote. In the majority of cases, the teachers is in the room with them.

Providence sends displacement notices to 270 teachers; union fires back

Mar 22, 2021 | The Providence Journal | teachers unions | Towns, States, Northeast, Rhode Island

The school department has notified 270 employees, mostly teachers, that they will have to apply for different jobs this spring. The school district, in a release Friday, said the displacements are the result of ending one-year positions and failure to meet certification requirements.

‘Very concerned’: Failure rates up in Indianapolis schools, twice as high in some cases

Mar 22, 2021 | Indianapolis Star | accountability | Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana

Failure rates are up across Indianapolis schools as the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact instruction and classroom time.

Charter schools opening, expanding in Magic Valley

Mar 22, 2021 | Twin Falls Times-News | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Idaho

Enrollment periods remain open for the Magic Valley’s two newest charter schools, one of which opened last year, while the other plans to open this August.

OPSB supports legislation giving superintendent less power in state law

Mar 22, 2021 | The Lens | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

The Orleans Parish School Board unanimously approved a resolution expressing support for a suggested revision of a local lawmaker’s bill that would remove NOLA Public Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s unique power — given to him in state law — to close or renew charter schools without a board vote.

Make it easier to expand charter schools? Texas lawmakers will have that debate

Mar 22, 2021 | San Antonio Express-News | charter schools | States, South, Texas

Companion bills filed in the Texas House and Senate, seeking to do away with hurdles facing charter schools that try to open or expand, have bipartisan support but will move the sharp debate over their rapid growth into the legislative arena.

McKee says he’ll veto RI charter school moratorium if it passes

Mar 22, 2021 | The Providence Journal | charter schools | States, Northeast, Rhode Island

Gov. Dan McKee will veto a moratorium on new charter schools and charter school expansions if the General Assembly passes one, his office said Friday.

Lawton Christian School students find stability in charter school

Mar 22, 2021 | KSWO | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Oklahoma

She says several students that planned on going to Lawton Christian’s high school, including Weary, enrolled in the charter school and began meeting daily for class at Trinity Christian Academy. While the students have an online teacher through the charter school, Hilliard serves as their learning coach, a sort of liaison, she says, between school, teacher and student.

Column: Providence’s Education Reforms Have Failed Over and Over Again

Mar 22, 2021 | Go Local Prov | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Rhode Island

Today, thousands of students, having been denied any kind of effective education, have asked, they have begged for an alternative. That has been charter schools. It has been such a better alternative that thousands more want to go then there is room. people vote with their feet.

4 new charter schools for Baton Rouge focus on aviation, college prep, legal profession

Mar 22, 2021 | The Advocate | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

After slowing down during the coronavirus pandemic, the charter school movement in Baton Rouge will resume its prior fast growth this fall when four new charter schools open their doors for students.

Choosing my educational path helped me succeed as a Black college student | Opinion

Mar 22, 2021 | The Tennessean | school choice | Towns, States, South, Tennessee

I attended private school, and I know that my education is what enabled me to be fully prepared for college. I want to share my perspective as a current Black college student and how access to a private school education has impacted me.

San Diego County schools to get more than $908 million from American Rescue Plan

Mar 22, 2021 | San Diego Union Tribune | federal budget | Towns, States, West, California

Some San Diego districts that remain closed have plans to open next month, but others are waiting as long as until May or July.

Opinion: D.C. public school students like our kids pay an immeasurable price without in-person class

Mar 22, 2021 | Washington Post | accountability | States, South, District of Columbia

There has been a lot of spin coming from D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee that DCPS has “reopened strong.” This is a farce at best, an insult at worse. From where we sit, it’s a baldfaced lie. Our eighth-grade daughters have zero opportunities for in-person instruction.

CPS parents, kids rally in Millennium Park to demand reopening of high schools

Mar 22, 2021 | WGN9 | parent power | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

As the back-and-forth war between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union lengthens, the latest to weigh in is city parents and their children.

New Mexico legislative session reshapes education spending

Mar 22, 2021 | The New Mexican | school funding | States, West, New Mexico

New Mexico lawmakers approved short-term measures to help schools recover from the pandemic and finalized sweeping educational funding reforms that could affect child development for decades to come.

Editorial: De Blasio’s pathetic school reopenings fail the parent test

Mar 22, 2021 | New York Post | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s so-called “gold standard” school-reopening performance is a bitter joke to many angry city parents who’ve panned his effort as a “farce” and a failure.

Assembly committee considers bill to allow ‘microschools’

Mar 22, 2021 | The Capital Times | school choice | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

AB 122 would add microschools to the options available to families as alternatives to public or private schools. Microschools gained popularity amid schools remaining virtual-only this year, with families hiring a tutor or teacher to privately work with a group of children in some cases.

N.C. families would get $1,000 tax credit for each homeschooled child under new bill

Mar 22, 2021 | Carolina Journal | school choice | States, South, North Carolina

Interest in homeschooling has surged in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Republican lawmakers in the state Senate want to give these families tax relief to help meet expenses.

Another try for charter schools

Mar 22, 2021 | Sidney Herald | charter schools | States, West, Montana

The Montana Legislature once more took up the issue of school choice during a lengthy hearing on a bill that would open the door to public charter schools in Montana.

Opinion: As the pandemic takes its toll, school choice is more important than ever

Mar 22, 2021 | Dallas Morning News | school choice | States, South, Texas

Few people will feel the long-term negative impact of the global pandemic more than Texas children. With most schools opting for virtual learning, at least in the early days of COVID-19, our children are now in a position where they are at risk of being left behind.

Struggling to meet goal, SC private school choice program moves on without director

Mar 22, 2021 | The State | school choice | States, South, South Carolina

The state’s private school choice program that has struggled to meet its target donation goals for private school scholarships for special needs students ended the contract with its director, in place since 2017.

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