CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for May 17, 2021

House passes bill to make key updates to charter school law (CER in the news)

May 17, 2021 | Carolina Journal | charter schools | States, South, North Carolina

Under current law, when a charter school dissolves, all net assets of the school go to the local school administrative unit overseeing the charter. Under H.B. 729, capital-sourced assets would be exempted from that requirement.

Commentary: Now Teachers Unions Face a Remote Threat

May 17, 2021 | Wall Street Journal | teachers unions | National

When Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers called last week to reopen public schools fully in the fall, she was like an arsonist seeking praise for extinguishing a fire she lit.

Newark Students, Including Special Needs and English Learners, Are Less Likely to Transfer

May 17, 2021 | The 74 | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey

Students who attend charter schools in Newark, including English learners and those with learning disabilities, are less likely to transfer out within two years than their peers at the district’s public schools, according to a new study. Children were also significantly more likely to shed their special-needs classification while enrolled at a Newark charter, the authors note.

Column: California is still failing its children — especially poor and nonwhite ones

May 17, 2021 | Deseret Sun | accountability | States, West, California

The traditional school year will soon end, but the maltreatment of California’s 6 million public school students — especially those from poor non-white families — shamefully continues.

Wealthy Texas schools didn’t receive much federal pandemic aid. But costs are mounting

May 17, 2021 | Dallas Morning News | federal budget | Towns, States, South, Texas

As a “perfect storm” put the squeeze on Lovejoy ISD’s upcoming budget, administrators kept telling the school board and the community not to have too much hope that federal COVID-19 relief funds would resolve the district’s financial woes.

Shasta County school districts grant COVID bonuses to teachers

May 17, 2021 | Record Searchlight | teacher pay | Towns, States, West, California

Manzanita Elementary School started with a hybrid schedule and by last October, transitioned to a full-time in-person schedule with a distance learning option.

Seven Kansas City charter schools losing sponsorship after UCM ends program

May 17, 2021 | FOX 4 | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Missouri

The University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg has partnered with the charter schools for years and is now ending the program, leaving schools scrambling.

Opinion: With Few Schools Truly Open, California’s Neediest Students Fall Further Behind

May 17, 2021 | Times of San Diego | accountability | States, West, California

The traditional school year will soon end, but the maltreatment of California’s 6 million public school students — especially those from poor non-white families — shamefully continues.

Charter school W.K. Jackson Leadership Academy opening in prominent Oklahoma City church

May 17, 2021 | The Oklahoman | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Oklahoma

As a longtime Oklahoma City private school closes, a new public charter school will offer free education in its place.

With Attendance Down And Hardship Up, One Principal Goes Out Looking For Students

May 17, 2021 | WBEZ | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

On a recent sunny morning, Miracle Moss, the principal at Chicago’s Rowe-Clark High School, climbs in her car to drive around the West Side looking for her students. She brings along laptops and homework packets for the seven to 10 teens on her list.

New Plan Will Give Top Educators $100,000 to Fight COVID Learning Loss at State’s Poorest Scho

May 17, 2021 | The 74 | teacher pay | States, South, Texas

In a move to create educational equity, Texas is set to offer some of its best teachers more than $100,000 annually, rewarding them for work in the state’s poorest schools where COVID-19 has devastated communities resulting in months, if not years, of learning loss.

What It Would Take for N.Y.C. Schools to Fully Reopen This Fall

May 17, 2021 | New York Times | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Though New York City is on the cusp of a major reopening — including of its bars and restaurants at full capacity, as well as 24/7 subway service — it cannot completely return to normal without restoring its school system, with roughly one million students, to its prepandemic state.

Column: Expanding education opportunities for Montana families

May 17, 2021 | Bozeman Daily Chronicle | school choice | States, West, Montana

Next school year as we come out of COVID, Montana families, students, and educators will have more opportunities than ever to succeed.

Editorial: Missouri voucher bill will hurt public education. Does that help low-income kids?

May 17, 2021 | Kansas City Star | school choice | States, Midwest, Missouri

Just when Kansas City Public Schools seemed ready to reclaim full state accreditation, Missouri lawmakers made reaching that goal harder by passing a bill that will divert students and dollars away from the system.

Metro Atlanta schools see a future in online education

May 17, 2021 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | online learning | Towns, States, South, Georgia

There are thousands of parents like her — families that tasted the flexibility that online study offers: freedom from wasted time on commutes to and from school, from classes that move too slowly or from distractions with fashion and other teen social pressures.

Will remote learning in Connecticut become the wave of the future, or a relic of the coronavirus pan

May 17, 2021 | Hartford Courant | online learning | States, Northeast, Connecticut

And while educators are celebrating the widespread return to the classroom planned for this fall, some are also asking: Are there pieces of virtual learning that could or should remain, even after COVID-19 ceases to be a significant factor?

The pandemic challenged traditional education. Now, more parents—and schools—are exploring new

May 17, 2021 | Sun Chronicle | online learning | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

But the last year challenged traditional education. When the coronavirus pandemic closed school buildings, it also brought classrooms into family homes — forcing parents to take a closer look at their children’s education, many times assuming the role of a quasi-teacher themselves.

Buffalo parents rally for education reform

May 17, 2021 | WGRZ | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

In the crowd were charter school students and their parents, who say the closing of institutions like Westminster Community Charter School will only lead to worse educational outcomes.

Editorial: Strengthen, rather than gut, a compromise that benefits all schoolchildren

May 17, 2021 | Chicago Tribune | school choice | States, Midwest, Illinois

Four years ago, Illinois lawmakers facing chronic complaints about inadequate funding for public schools negotiated a smart and reasonable bargain. Gov. J.B. Pritzker now wants to undercut a crucial part of that deal — a scholarship program that instead ought to be expanded. Legislators, don’t renege on your 2017 agreement that benefits schoolchildren statewide.

Virtual learning on ‘hold’ for handful of Arkansas school districts next year

May 17, 2021 | THV11 | online learning | States, South, Arkansas

The State Board of Education has already put a hold on some school districts' virtual learning plans for the upcoming school year. So far 150 districts have applied through the state for a virtual learning option for students.

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