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CER Daily Media Clips for April 8, 2021
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Apr 8, 2021 | Forbes | school choice |
States, South, Florida
Scholarship programs like Florida’s exist in 19 states and provide less advantaged students the opportunity to make decisions about their choice of education, among a diversity of offerings never before available to them.This is the future road for education. It should be celebrated and built upon, not condemned and distorted. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | New York Times | remote learning |
National
In the midst of the pandemic, in a year when almost nothing about school has been normal, administrators and teachers are grappling with a fresh layer of complexity: students accessing virtual classes from outside the United States. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Politico | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
The city’s teachers union put mayoral candidates Eric Adams and Andrew Yang in the hot seat during the final forum to determine its mayoral endorsement — and peppered them with questions about past statements on charter schools, teacher tenure and school reopenings. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Washington Post | school districts |
Towns, States, South, District of Columbia
The notices can be concerning, but city officials say they are more reflective of students bringing the virus into schools rather than the virus spreading in schools. School system officials say that when multiple people in the school test positive they are usually siblings in different classrooms at the school.
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Apr 8, 2021 | The 74 | teachers unions |
States, South, Kentucky
Three years ago, teachers in Kentucky joined the burgeoning #RedforEd movement by staging a protest against a pension reform bill that legislators rammed through in less than 24 hours. They followed up with a sickout that shut down some two dozen school districts. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | WFIU | teachers unions |
States, Midwest, Indiana
The Indiana House made a final vote of approval Tuesday on legislation directed at the Indiana State Teachers Association. Now, with a stroke of the governor’s pen, it would become a law critics say is an attempt to weaken the state’s largest teacher union. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Kansas City Star | accountability |
Towns, States, Midwest, Missouri
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy, Kansas City’s preeminent district school, is threatening to kick out about 100 students who failed to meet the academic threshold to stay there. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | WBEZ | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
As parents and students prepare to return to classrooms on April 19, the union is raising the alarm about rising COVID-19 cases. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Phoenix Business Journal | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Arizona
With a wait list of more than 8,000 students, a charter school is expanding in metro Phoenix. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Kokomo Tribune | charter schools |
States, Midwest, Indiana
In Indiana, some students are worth more than others. At least this is what our state policy says. This is unacceptable. The good news is that lawmakers are working toward equal funding for schools so all students have an opportunity to succeed. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | The Coast News | charter schools |
States, West, California
A class-action lawsuit filed by three local public charter schools fighting state defunding has been certified to represent more than 300 public charter schools throughout the state. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | KVVU-TV | microschools |
Towns, States, West, Nevada
According to Clark County School District, about 4,000 more letters of intent to homeschool have been submitted this school year, compared to the average number in years prior. Now, in FOX5’s continuing coverage, it appears that some of those students are learning in alternative group settings, rather than just at home. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Montana Public Radio | school choice |
States, West, Montana
Republicans in the Montana House of Representatives have advanced a bill to increase the tax credit residents can claim for donations that help pay student tuition at private schools. The proposal follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Montana can’t exclude religious schools from the tax credit program. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | The Center Square | school choice |
States, South, North Carolina
North Carolina lawmakers have filed a second bill this session aimed at expanding the state's private school voucher program for low-income students. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Philadelphia Inquirer | accountability |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
The Inquirer contacted more than 90 districts across Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey last month to ask if they had seen or measured learning loss this year and how they were responding to it. Of those that responded, more than two dozen said some students were struggling more so than in the past. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Portsmouth Herald | state policy |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
Gov. Chris Sununu’s office is pledging to work with school districts with “extenuating circumstances” that are unable to meet the governor’s mandate that all schools reopen five days a week for in-person-learning by April 19. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | WGGB | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
Students at Phoenix Charter Academy have the opportunity for flexible schedules. It’s something brought on by the pandemic and it’s made their lives a lot easier. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | WPDE | general teacher issues |
States, South, South Carolina
A bill that passed the South Carolina House on Tuesday will allow people without teacher certifications to teach in public schools across the state. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Washington Post | accountability |
States, South, District of Columbia
The Education Department has made an exception to its requirement that states administer annual exams this year and given the District’s public and charter schools permission to skip federally mandated standardized tests. It cited “specific circumstances” that make it impossible for the school district to administer the exams, according to a letter the department sent to city officials. Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | The Arizona Republic | school funding |
States, West, Arizona
From open enrollment to charter schools to vouchers for private schools, Arizona's school-choice movement has focused on expanding opportunities Read More...
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Apr 8, 2021 | Associated Press | school choice |
States, Midwest, Kansas
Conservative Republican lawmakers on Wednesday tied funding for Kansas’ public schools to a proposal that would allow parents of academically struggling students to use state dollars to pay for private schooling. Read More...
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