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CER Daily Media Clips for May 24, 2021
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May 24, 2021 | Real Clear Education | charter schools |
National
How can American public education reduce inequality and advance educational opportunity, a goal sought by policymakers on the political left and right? One of the least acknowledged but – oddly – controversial ways is to expand the number of quality public charter schools. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | National Review | federal policy |
National
In just four months, the Biden administration has remade the face of federal education policy. It has showered nearly $200 billion in new federal funds on schools and colleges, reversed a raft of Trump-era actions, launched new initiatives, and filled the Education Department with veteran loyalists and union staff.
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May 24, 2021 | Forbes | innovation |
National
The good news, such as it is after one of the hardest years in living memory, is that conditions are ripe for change. Funds from the American Rescue Plan make possible actions that couldn’t have happened a few years ago. And families want it to happen. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | The Washington Post | private schools |
National
Like most education writers, I don’t pay much attention to private schools. They teach only 10 percent of America’s kindergarten through 12th grade students. Only five percent of children from low-income families are enrolled in them. What’s happening in public schools seems more important. But perhaps I’m wrong. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | CBSLA | parent power |
Towns, States, West, California
Parents and students from around the southland gathered at Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters downtown on Sunday, claiming they are being left out of the conversation and decision making process in the district’s fall reopening Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | The Washington Post | general teacher issues |
States, South, District of Columbia
During a summer when both student needs and teacher shortages are high, Arlington and other school districts in the D.C. area are doing what they can to keep school going during the summer.
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May 24, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | school districts |
Towns, States, West, California
What schooling will look like in Los Angeles Unified in the fall will be settled over the next few weeks amid escalating demands from parents, advocacy groups and unions — all pressing their agendas for the educational recovery of some 465,000 students. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | Post and Courier | federal budget |
States, South, South Carolina
But now a deluge of federal COVID-19 relief money is giving local school boards a nearly $3 billion opportunity to change that. If they use it wisely, the historic cash flow could transform education as we know it in South Carolina. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | Los Angeles Daily News | teachers unions |
Towns, States, West, California
As the Los Angeles Unified School District and local teachers union continue to negotiate over what the school day will look like come fall, United Teachers Los Angeles this week presented the district with a proposal which the union president said would provide supports that students will need as they recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 24, 2021 | Associated Press | elected officials |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
The roughly 1 million students who attend traditional public schools will be in their classrooms with some version of the coronavirus protocols that have been in place in the current academic year, including mask wearing and COVID-19 testing, de Blasio said.
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May 24, 2021 | Spectrum News | accountability |
Towns, States, South, North Carolina
Forrest worries about how next year will be for him at West Charlotte High School. She believes the Title I school lacks access to the same resources as higher performing schools, such as Myers Park and Audrey Kell, which are in more affluent neighborhoods. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | Arkansas Times | charter schools |
States, South, Arkansas
The standards demanded of real school districts yesterday should be no different than those demanded of the all-virtual schools. Whatever the state Board eventually requires for the 152 applications, it should be no more rigorous than what is required of the two giant virtual charter schools.
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May 24, 2021 | Times Picayune | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Louisiana
NOLA Public Schools, the local district that authorizes 77 charter schools, announced this week more than 13,000 students are expected to attend some form of summer school, meaning nearly a third of the city's public school students will be in the classroom before the fall. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | Washington Post | charter schools |
States, South, District of Columbia
Thousands of D.C. children attend public charter schools that offer no in-person learning — even as city leaders have called on charter operators for months to open their doors alongside the traditional public system.
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May 24, 2021 | Escondido Times-Advocate | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, California
In a 5-0 vote, the members of San Diego County School Board last week denied the request of Escondido’s Epiphany Prep Charter School (725 Escondido Blvd.) for a two-year renewal of its operation, one board member saying the denial was forced by state rulemaking but “horrible. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | WYFF | enrollment |
Towns, States, South, South Carolina
WYFF News 4 Investigates found that parents are looking for other ways for their children to learn. One of those new ways is a new school for kindergarten and first grade girls in Greenville called Prosper Hall. It began in the back yard of a home in Greenville during the pandemic. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | The Gainesville Sun | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Florida
The county's first Waldorf education grade school — a curriculum that integrates the arts into academics — will be a charter school.
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May 24, 2021 | San Diego Union Tribune | online learning |
Towns, States, West, California
Some school districts are creating permanent online and independent study options to be more flexible for students Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | KFOX14 | accountability |
States, West, New Mexico
About 60% of New Mexico K-12 students will spend additional time in school next year based on preliminary reports of expected participation in the state’s two extended-learning-time programs. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | Orlando Sentinel | school choice |
States, South, Florida
Over 3 million students from prekindergarten to 12th grade call Florida home, and each of them has unique educational needs. If their families have the flexibility to meet those needs, students will have a much better chance at academic success and a bright future. This year, the Florida Legislature came together to make this happen — putting children and their individual needs first. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | Richmond County Daily Journal | school choice |
States, South, North Carolina
State Senator Tom McInnis (R) voted this month to expand the Opportunity Scholarship program which provides grants for students from lower-income families to attend private schools.
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May 24, 2021 | The State Journal | school choice |
States, South, Kentucky
That is the kind of perspective Kentucky desperately needs in any conversation about education spending. Lawmakers need to consider education reform policies like charter schools rather than throwing more dollars at the system. Because so far, our investments are not paying off. Read More...
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May 24, 2021 | MyChesCo.com | charter schools |
States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
The governor’s proposal would save school districts an estimated $395 million a year by better aligning charter school funding to actual costs. The savings include $185 million by funding special education in charter schools as the state does for all other public schools and $210 million a year by establishing a statewide cyber charter school tuition rate. Read More...
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