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Apr 22, 2021 | Washington Post | accountability |
National
As schools approach the end of a full year of pandemic learning, however, summer school is being reimagined and broadened into what is likely to be the most expansive — and expensive — summer programming in modern history, funded in large part by the recently passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. Education leaders see it as a desperately needed remedy for a calamitous school year that left many students across the country struggling and falling behind. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Washington Post | federal budget |
National
Plan aims to reduce inequities by infusing hundreds of billions of dollars into virtually every level of the education system. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Politico | accountability |
National
Thousands, if not millions, of parents across the U.S. are now wrestling with the question: Does my child need to repeat a grade? But in 18 states, including Tennessee, this decision will be made not by parents and their children, but by state officials. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Wisconsin Examiner | private schools |
States, Midwest, Wisconsin
Should the Milwaukee public schools be required to retroactively reimburse private school parents for the cost of driving their kids to school for in-person classes during the pandemic?
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Apr 22, 2021 | Chicago Sun-Times | school districts |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
The district revealed its fall plans at the same time it released next year’s school-level budgets, which feature funding to address pandemic impacts. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | San Francisco Chronicle | general teacher issues |
Towns, States, West, California
Thousands of San Francisco students heading back to their classrooms this month will be carrying their computers to school each day and sitting in front of a screen to learn from their teachers — who will remain at home. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Columbia Missourian | remote learning |
States, Midwest, Missouri
Over the past year, Victor Bell and many other parents like him got a taste of what it was like to be on the front lines of their children’s education. Dining rooms became classrooms, and parents became teachers. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | KRQE | other education issues |
States, West, New Mexico
More than half of New Mexico public school students are back in the classroom according to the New Mexico Public Education Department. Albuquerque Public Schools reports some campuses are in the 30% range and all the way up to 100% participation in at least one. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | North State Journal | charter schools |
States, South, North Carolina
At a meeting of the N.C. Charter School Advisory Board (CSAB), the draft report compiled for the General Assembly reported that 126,000 students were enrolled in North Carolina’s 200 charter schools, as of Oct. 1, 2020 — an increase of almost 7.7% over the 117,000 students enrolled during the prior school year. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Ed Source | school districts |
Towns, States, West, California
After leading Los Angeles Unified for three years and through a year of school closures forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, the superintendent of the nation’s second-largest school district announced that he will be stepping down in June. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Delaware Valley Journal | parent power |
States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
There's been a drop in kindergarten registrations for Pennsylvania schools, and one observer thinks it points to something very basic. “Parents should be empowered to make the best decisions for their kids,” says Colleen Hroncich of the Harrisburg-based Commonwealth Foundation. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Post & Courier | private schools |
States, South, South Carolina
The coalition of South Carolina religious and independent colleges suing the state for access to public funds is asking a federal judge to force the distribution of tens of millions of dollars in coronavirus relief aid before a looming deadline. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | school choice |
States, South, Arkansas
The Arkansas House on Wednesday voted narrowly to send a bill establishing a $2 million state income tax credit program that would fund private school scholarships to Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
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Apr 22, 2021 | KSNV | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Nevada
The past year of distance learning across the Clark County School District helped drive more parents and students to explore public charter schools as an in-person education option. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | KBOE | school choice |
States, Midwest, Iowa
House Republicans have sent the governor a bill that immediately forbids five Iowa school districts from using voluntary diversity plans to deny student transfers. It’s one in a group of “school choice” bills Republican Representative Dustin Hite of New Sharon has guided through the House this year. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | The 74 | charter schools |
States, Northeast, Rhode Island
The multi-pronged conflict has already scrambled traditional partisan allegiances in one of the bluest states in the country. Democrats in the legislature, including members of the leadership, overwhelmingly passed a three-year moratorium on new charter schools out of the state Senate in February. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | Miami Herald | federal budget |
States, South, Florida
A dispute over how to use $12 billion in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds earmarked for education has led to an impasse in budget negotiations as Florida lawmakers work to piece together a near-$100 billion fiscal plan for 2021-22.
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Apr 22, 2021 | VT Digger | school choice |
States, Northeast, Vermont
The State Board of Education on Wednesday ordered three Vermont school districts to reimburse families who live in “choice” towns for the tuition they paid out of pocket this year for their children to attend religious schools. Read More...
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Apr 22, 2021 | The Center Square | fund families |
States, South, Texas
A Texas Senate committee heard testimony this week on legislation that would extend a micro-grant program for special education students in public schools.
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