CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for April, 14 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for April 14, 2021

Commentary: Military Families Deserve Flexible Education Options

Apr 14, 2021 | Daily Signal | school choice | National

According to a Military Times survey, more than one-third of active-duty military personnel reported that dissatisfaction with their children’s education options was a prime factor in their decision on whether or not to remain in the military.

Education Secretary Cardona praises newly reopened school in Maryland during reopening tour

Apr 14, 2021 | Washington Post | school districts | States, South, Maryland

Four days into the reopening of schools in Prince George’s County, students paused during a lesson about opinion writing to hear a few opinions from visiting Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

Commentary: California educators should have listened to Netflix founder

Apr 14, 2021 | Mercury News | innovation | States, West, California

Silicon Valley hasn’t invented a time machine, so we’ll never know what would have happened if we returned to 2005 and reversed that decision to cast off Hastings and what he represented. But we do know that schools must transform themselves now.

New York City to Expand Summer School to Help With Covid-19 Learning Loss

Apr 14, 2021 | Wall Street Journal | accountability | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

New York City will offer an in-person summer enrichment program up to five days a week to K-12 public-school students to help with learning loss during the Covid-19 pandemic, city officials said Tuesday.

Erie RISE Charter School Recipient of Nearly $240K STEM Grant

Apr 14, 2021 | Erie News Now | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The Erie RISE Leadership Academy Charter School is the recipient of nearly $240,000 STEM grant, Wolf administration officials announced Tuesday.

Great Hearts Academies expanding with new Buckeye, Anthem campuses

Apr 14, 2021 | KTAR | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Arizona

Great Hearts Academies, an Arizona-based network of nonprofit public charter schools, recently announced plans to expand with new campuses in Buckeye and Anthem.

Tulsa-Area School Boards Approve Legal Action Against State Board Over Charter Funding Decision

Apr 14, 2021 | Tulsa Public Radio | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Oklahoma

The state board voted 4–3 last month to settle a lawsuit with the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association claiming charter schools are due an equal share of state revenues.

Students flocked to cyber charter schools this year.So did district revenue and federal relief funds

Apr 14, 2021 | Pennsylvania Capital-Star | charter schools | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

When the pandemic shuttered Pennsylvania’s classrooms last year, the state’s 14 cyber charter schools said they were uniquely qualified to help students thrive in their new world of online learning. Students and their families evidently agreed.

Why can’t my daughter return to high school? Three words: Chicago Teachers Union

Apr 14, 2021 | Chicago Sun Times | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

March 13, 2020. That was the last time my high school daughter walked into a school building. It’s been over a year now and I know I’m not the only Chicago parent wondering what her future will hold.

Charter schools could see more money under GOP-backed measure advancing in Missouri

Apr 14, 2021 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | charter schools | States, Midwest, Missouri

The Republican-controlled Missouri House gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a plan to shift millions of dollars from public schools to charter schools.

Op-Ed: Time to act on policy solutions for NJ students

Apr 14, 2021 | New Jersey Spotlight | innovation | States, Northeast, New Jersey

So many challenges and unknowns have been thrown at students, educators and families over this past year. What’s exciting about the current phase we’re embarking on is the opportunity to replicate the innovations and best practices that are working across the country and right here in New Jersey.

‘We owe them an opportunity’ | Bill would expand scholarship access to ‘retool’ Delaware’s post-COVI

Apr 14, 2021 | WDEL | higher education | States, South, Delaware

New legislation being introduced by state Sen. Nicole Poore looks to boost Delaware's workforce coming out of the pandemic by providing free college credits to Delaware Technical Community College to prepare job-seeking individuals for new careers in fields that are of high demand.

Group of CPS parents protest outside CTU headquarters over possible high school reopening delay

Apr 14, 2021 | WLS | parent power | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

A small group of Chicago Public Schools parents rallied outside the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters Tuesday, demanding the union not delay the reopening of high school in person learning.

Beyond charters, vouchers: The lesser-known WV education bills that did, and didn’t, pass this sessi

Apr 14, 2021 | West Virginia Gazette | school choice | States, South, West Virginia

In this year’s legislative session, Republican leaders used the first double-chamber GOP supermajority in 90 years to finally pass priorities that had eluded them. In education, that meant a law letting charter schools expand much faster, plus a non-public school vouchers program that school-choice advocates say is the country’s broadest.

NC House backs expanding school vouchers. Attack on public schools or more choice?

Apr 14, 2021 | News & Observer | school choice | States, South, North Carolina

North Carolina Republican lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to increase how much taxpayer money families can get to cover their private-school tuition costs.

Commentary: Vouchers could destroy WV’s good public schools

Apr 14, 2021 | The Logan Banner | school choice | States, South, West Virginia

Good-bye to West Virginia’s good public schools. Last week, Gov. Jim Justice signed into law the West Virginia Legislature’s plan to give this state the nation’s widest-ranging school voucher program. In my opinion, this will eventually decimate our state’s public school system.

No child is standard—this personalized education program is helping students through the pandemic

Apr 14, 2021 | FOX13 News | innovation | Towns, States, West, Utah

My Tech High is a personalized education program administered in partnership with innovative public school districts across the country. The My Tech High program is made possible thanks to forward-thinking public school district leaders who recognize the need for choice in education.

LAUSD’s slow, cautious reopening shows the influence of the teachers union, but it has critics

Apr 14, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | school districts | Towns, States, West, California

The Los Angeles school district is set to unfold a gradual and partial reopening plan on Tuesday, one that was heavily influenced by teachers union demands that led to a delayed start date and limited live instructional time — and also by strict safety imperatives shared by both the district and union.

Don’t want your kid back in the classroom next year? Here are some virtual school options

Apr 14, 2021 | Sun-Sentinel | online learning | Towns, States, South, Florida

Parent Carrie Blasi said her daughter, Emma, a sixth grader, got a great remote education this year from Don Estridge High Tech Middle School in Boca Raton and believes the school systems are making these decisions for next year too early.

Opinion: ESA expansion vital for kids in low-income families

Apr 14, 2021 | Arizona Capitol Times | school choice | States, West, Arizona

They keep saying they want to increase funding to schools, but we should care more about students rather than buildings — that’s why it’s called per-pupil funding, not per-school funding. We need to get out of the mindset that we need to prop up and support physical schools ahead of supporting kids.

Newcomer in Georgia General Assembly touts education choices for families

Apr 14, 2021 | Savannah Morning News | elected officials | States, South, Georgia

First-term Rep. Mesha Mainor is the rare Democrat who advocates for education scholarship accounts that can be used for private school tuition.

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