CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for March, 31 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for March 31, 2021

Editorial:Time for Americans to Take Back Power from Teachers’ Unions

Mar 31, 2021 | National Review | teachers unions | National

This isn’t bare-knuckle labor politics — it’s political child abuse.

Civics Education Is Essential for Creating Engaged Citizens.

Mar 31, 2021 | EdSurge | civics education | National

In my experience of over two decades teaching civics, law and U.S. history in a traditional public rural high school and now in a public alternative school, I have learned that the most effective strategies for providing an authentic civics learning experience are rooted in knowledge and require learners to simulate a real-life phenomenon.

Education opportunity accounts have come to Kentucky: Here’s what to know

Mar 31, 2021 | Louisville Courier Journal | school choice | States, South, Kentucky

Legislation to increase school choice in Kentucky via tax credit-fueled donations to education expenses and private school tuition is now law.

Parents file lawsuit against Clarence Central School District

Mar 31, 2021 | WGRZ | parent power | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

A lawsuit has been filed against the Clarence Central School District by a group of parents who say the school district failed to “put the educational and emotional well-being of its students first.

Opinion: An opportunity for equitable education funding for all

Mar 31, 2021 | CT Mirror | school funding | States, Northeast, Connecticut

Passed out of the Education Committee by a wide bipartisan margin and now currently before the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, S.B. 948 is a straightforward yet comprehensive approach to education funding that helps address Connecticut’s educational inequities, fixes the state’s current complex and disjointed way of funding public schools, and makes significant strides in reducing the alarming funding disparities that currently exist between the state’s students of color and white students.

State preps to send Georgia schools $230 million for employee bonuses

Mar 31, 2021 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | teacher pay | States, South, Georgia

School systems across Georgia are expected to receive more than $230 million in the coming days to pass on to thousands of educators as one-time “retention bonuses.

‘Corporate Greed’ Driving Oklahoma Education Decisions, House Democrats Say

Mar 31, 2021 | Tulsa Public Radio | elected officials | States, South, Oklahoma

Democrats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday slammed several recent education policy proposals and actions they say will have negative impacts on the state's public school students.

Bill would give NC school systems financial incentive to pay charter schools on time

Mar 31, 2021 | Carolina Journal | charter schools | States, South, North Carolina

Some N.C. state lawmakers want local public school systems to pay a penalty if they drag their feet in sending money to charter schools. An amendment adopted in a House committee meeting could help win the proposal more support.

Where are the COVID tests?: Charter schools won suit, but still waiting

Mar 31, 2021 | New York Daily News | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

When the pandemic hit last year, schools quickly transitioned to distance learning to ensure students would continue to receive an education while keeping our community safe. Despite the historic challenges, our schools, students, educators and families stepped up and did their part. Now it’s time for the mayor to do his part.

For some Montclair families, the time to leave public schools has come

Mar 31, 2021 | Montclair Local | enrollment | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey

Only elementary students are expected to return April 12. No date has yet been set for their older peers in Montclair’s middle schools and high school, but Superintendent Jonathan Ponds has said more plans would be announced soon. And Sirota accuses the district of letting the MEA dictate how the reopening process should work.

Column: Myths undercut narrative of scholarship opportunities

Mar 31, 2021 | Journal Gazette | school choice | States, Midwest, Indiana

We need to shift our focus from what Choice is “taking away” from corporations and instead focus on how it might positively affect Hoosier families and students.

Pasco schools will end remote classes in the fall

Mar 31, 2021 | Tampa Bay Times | school districts | Towns, States, South, Florida

Pasco County Schools on Tuesday became the first Tampa Bay area district to announce a return this fall to the way classes were held before the pandemic.

Bill gives schools flexibility in meeting needs of each student

Mar 31, 2021 | Arizona Capitol Times | personalized learning | States, West, Arizona

A bill proposing changes to instructional time models for Arizona’s K-12 schools could reduce limitations that have prevented them from adopting non-traditional models more tailored to the needs of individual students.

Iowa schools see first enrollment decline in a decade with no way to account for where all students

Mar 31, 2021 | KCRG | enrollment | States, Midwest, Iowa

Public school enrollment in Iowa is down for the first time in a decade, with around 6,000 fewer students enrolled statewide this school year compared to last. Districts who are dealing with a decrease in enrollment and are trying to figure out where those students went, but there is no way to account for all of them.

McKee rejects moratorium, reaffirms support for charter schools

Mar 31, 2021 | The Providence Journal | charter schools | States, Northeast, Rhode Island

Surrounded by charter-school supporters, Gov. Dan McKee on Tuesday underscored his commitment to school choice by stressing his opposition to a proposed charter-school moratorium.

New teachers union announced after lawmakers override veto on controversial school choice bill

Mar 31, 2021 | WKYT | teachers unions | States, South, Kentucky

In the wake of lawmakers overriding Governor Beshear’s veto on the controversial school choice bill, some educators are banding together and forming a union. Member of Kentucky 120 made the announcement they are partnering with the American Federation of Teachers to create an educators union in the commonwealth.

WV governor approves what advocates say is the nations broadest non-public school vouchers program

Mar 31, 2021 | Herald Dispatch | school choice | States, South, West Virginia

Parents could use these vouchers for a nearly unlimited list of educational expenses, including online education programs, tutoring, books and private schooling, whether religious or secular. The vast majority of West Virginia private schools are Christian, but the bill doesn’t prohibit using the money for out-of-state boarding schools or other private, out-of-state education providers.

Legislators advance sweeping education package despite bipartisan concerns

Mar 31, 2021 | Topeka Capital-Journal | school choice | States, Midwest, Kansas

Legislators are forging ahead with a wide-reaching package to remake education policy in Kansas, including a major expansion of the state's school choice offerings and provisions restricting remote learning.

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