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CER Daily Media Clips for April 20, 2021
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Apr 20, 2021 | The 74 | parent power |
National
The fact that there might be another opportunity, a better opportunity, available in a different setting, is now on their radar. So, the idea of un-enrolling and enrolling someplace else is now available to them and all options are on the table. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | New York Daily News | accountability |
National
The field of education should seize on the widespread perception and sense of urgency that we need to do more and better for students. Start with reconnecting, relationships, activity, and inspiration. Build toward individualization and success plans. One size doesn’t fit all. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Newsweek | school choice |
National
Legislatures in more than 30 states are considering bills to either create new or expand existing educational choice programs, such as school vouchers, tax credit scholarships and K-12 education savings accounts (ESAs). So far this year, legislative chambers in more than a dozen states have already passed choice bills, and several more are expected to do so in the coming weeks. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Boston Globe | accountability |
National
The field of education should seize on the sense of urgency that we need to do more and better for our students in this moment of crisis. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | online learning |
Towns, States, South, Georgia
The DeKalb County School District recently said it will offer in-person learning five days a week for all students and expand its FLEX Academy to middle and high school students for the 2021-22 school year. The first day of classes is Aug. 2. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | New York Times | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
New York City’s influential teachers’ union endorsed the city comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, in the race for mayor on Monday, providing a much-needed boost to a campaign that has struggled to gain momentum thus far, despite Mr. Stringer’s deep experience in city politics. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Mercury News | parent power |
Towns, States, West, California
Dozens of parents pushing for schools to reopen for in-person instruction took to the sidewalks of Fremont Monday afternoon, holding a rally to keep up pressure on school district officials and teachers union leadership. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | other education issues |
Towns, States, West, California
Los Angeles County residents rate education among the worst of several factors affecting their quality of life, displaying one of the biggest drops in recent years among parents of children in public schools, according to a UCLA survey.
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Apr 20, 2021 | Corpus Christi Caller Times | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Texas
ResponsiveEd will open a tuition-free, mastery-based Premier High School campus on the corner of Kostoryz Road and South Padre Island Drive. ResponsiveEd is a nonprofit charter school network operating more than 75 tuition-free public charter schools throughout Texas and Arkansas. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | KOKH | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Oklahoma
The districts are taking action against the Oklahoma State Board of Education in response to their decision on March 25 to settle a lawsuit filed by the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association that would redistribute local revenue to charter schools. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Alabama Daily News | charter schools |
States, South, Alabama
As advocates for public charter schools push for more equal funding in the Alabama Legislature this year, an unlikely ally has emerged signaling potential bi-partisan support for the proposal. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Voice of San Diego | school funding |
Towns, States, West, California
San Diego County public schools used their first major wave of COVID-19 relief funds last year to make huge investments in distance learning and opted to spend far less on things like protective gear or coronavirus testing, a new Voice of San Diego analysis of state data shows. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Chicago Sun-Times | school districts |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
For the first time in 13 months, all 515 non-charter CPS schools were open for in-person learning Monday. High school students had been out the longest. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Mississippi Today | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Mississippi
Operators of a Jackson charter school say the board overseeing charter schools in the state did not take into account the most recent data and denied them due process when considering the school’s contract renewal. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | The Advocate | school districts |
Towns, States, South, Louisiana
The process, which is done every few years but is now being created with community input for the first time in recent history, will help schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. and the Orleans Parish School Board map out the school system's priorities through the next four years. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | The Center Square | charter schools |
States, Midwest, Missouri
The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee begins daily hearings this week on the $34.1 billion state Fiscal Year 2022 budget approved by the House last week. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | WLKY | higher education |
Towns, States, South, Kentucky
Every Jefferson County Public Schools senior is eligible to apply for the Evolve502 scholarship, which allows eligible students to begin tuition-free postsecondary studies at any Kentucky community and technical college or Simmons College of Kentucky to pursue an associate degree or career credential, or take 60 hours of credit before transferring to a four-year university. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Post-Gazette | homeschooling |
States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
Homeschool students could get more educational and co-curricular opportunities in public schools under a bill that is advancing in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Arizona Capitol Times | innovation |
States, West, Arizona
Secondly, we hear the word innovation constantly in education. Well innovation isn’t new to district schools, which is why as a parent you have so many options for your child – from STEM to dual emersion, from a fine arts path to traditional academies. But all of these models are tied to seat-time. What schools really need is the flexibility to continue to innovate. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Herald News | accountability |
States, Northeast, Massachusetts
It’s time for Massachusetts to make some serious choices when it comes to the path forward for our children: turn unprecedented challenges into the opportunity to support our children and embrace innovation—or regress back into the status quo that has been underperforming for too many of our kids for far too long. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | WGEM | school choice |
Towns, States, Midwest, Missouri
You could soon have more control over which school district your student attends. A bill making its way through the Missouri legislature would allow you to enroll you kids in other school districts. Read More...
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Apr 20, 2021 | Orlando Sentinel | school choice |
States, South, Florida
The Florida House is poised to “dramatically” expand the state’s school voucher programs so that more students qualify for scholarships designed to help those with disabilities and those living in low-income families pay for an education outside public schools. Read More...
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