CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for June, 2 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for June 2, 2021

Forbidding Remote Learning: Why Some Schools Won’t Offer a Virtual Option This Fall

Jun 2, 2021 | Education Week | online learning | National

School districts across the country are planning a full return to face-to-face instruction next year, a major milestone that reflects a rosier coronavirus picture. But some districts—and entire states—are going a step further, eliminating remote learning altogether, or severely restricting its use.

Opinion: Why schools should bet on tutors, not bots, to help students recover from learning loss

Jun 2, 2021 | USA Today | federal budget | National

Help is on its way with federal funding, but the choices we make on how to use it could have enormous implications for schools and communities.

An elections bill casualty: most schools won’t get funded for virtual learning next year

Jun 2, 2021 | Dallas Morning News | online learning | States, South, Texas

The fate of Texas’ virtual school programs lies in the hands of the state’s education commissioner after lawmakers failed to act on related legislation this session.

They Kept Schools Running as Covid Raged: ‘We Had to Be Here’

Jun 2, 2021 | New York Times | general teacher issues | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Last year, one million students and their teachers emptied out of New York City’s school buildings as the pandemic took hold of the city. These are the staff members who stayed.

Missouri high court again rejects GOP bid to weaken unions

Jun 2, 2021 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | teachers unions | States, Midwest, Missouri

For the second time in three weeks, Missouri judges have rejected attempts by the state’s Republican-led Legislature to weaken labor unions.

Arizona teachers’ union affiliate ripped for tone deaf ‘Game of Thrones’ tweet on Memorial Day

Jun 2, 2021 | Fox News | teachers unions | States, West, Arizona

Arizona Education Association-Retired, a statewide local affiliate of the Arizona Education Association, drew backlash over the weekend for posting a screenshot from a fiery scene from “Game of Thrones” along with the caption, “teachers at the end of 2021,” as critics reminded the union that many teachers slow walked the return of in-classroom learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

Florida governor bans transgender women from school sports

Jun 2, 2021 | WPEC | charter schools | States, South, Florida

The bill also includes provisions that would allow state colleges and universities to sponsor charter schools and permit parents of students in kindergarten through fifth grade to request that their child be retained in their current grade level.

Student posters push for Enterprise Charter School to remain open in Buffalo

Jun 2, 2021 | WKBW | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

They've designed posters, and they are hanging on display outside of the school on Oak Street in Buffalo. Some read “save our school,” while others say “ECS Strong.

Public charter schools, other laws now in effect in West Virginia

Jun 2, 2021 | WCHS | charter schools | States, South, West Virginia

House Bill 2012 was approved 68-31 and sent over to Gov. Jim Justice. The bill is in effect June 1. It allows for creation of 10 charter schools over the next three years. The bill would also add a professional charter school board as an authorizer.

A closer look at Alabama’s $7.7 billion education budget, largest in history

Jun 2, 2021 | al.com | state budget | States, South, Alabama

This year’s $7.7 billion education budget is the largest in Alabama history, good news for school officials beginning to recover from a school year like none other.

Feds warn GOP budget for Wisconsin puts $1.5 billion in federal education funds at risk

Jun 2, 2021 | Wisconsin State Journal | federal budget | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

The U.S. Department of Education on Friday warned Wisconsin that Republicans’ proposed $350 million for the state’s rainy day fund won’t help qualify it for $1.5 billion in federal stimulus funds for education the GOP budget already puts the state at risk of losing out on.

UFT tells NYC teachers not to rank Eric Adams, Andrew Yang on mayoral ballots

Jun 2, 2021 | New York Post | teachers unions | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The city’s teachers’ union is going all out to prevent leading New York mayoral candidates Eric Adams and Andrew Yang from being elected.

New Orleans schools leader Henderson Lewis Jr. to leave in 2022: ‘The time is right’

Jun 2, 2021 | Times-Picayune | school districts | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

Henderson Lewis Jr., the New Orleans public school superintendent who is credited with leading schools' return from state to local oversight, will step down from his post in 2022, he said Tuesday.

How much should Ohio pay to educate its kids? Senate, House have different ideas

Jun 2, 2021 | The Columbus Dispatch | school funding | States, Midwest, Ohio

The school funding formula was broken. They wanted the courts to force Ohio to fix it. And in March of 1997, that's what happened. The Ohio Supreme Court called the system unconstitutional and directed state lawmakers to write a new one. Twenty-four years later, Ohio is still working on it.

Editorial: A new super for a dysfunctional school board

Jun 2, 2021 | Denver Gazette | school boards | Towns, States, West, Colorado

Moreover, the district where he is taking the reins has in its own right been one of the most reform minded and charter friendly. Yet, the teachers union-backed board majority that took control in 2019, ran off his popular predecessor, Susana Cordova, and hired him represents a backlash.

NYC charter schools take different paths on vaccine mandates, remote learning for fall

Jun 2, 2021 | New York Daily News | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

As New York City public schools’ fall reopening plans come into focus, the city’s charter school networks are still sorting through thorny questions about virtual classes and COVID-19 vaccine requirements — and sometimes landing on solutions at odds with those of the Department of Education.

“Choice?” “Accountability?” Definitions vary on both sides of the charter sc

Jun 2, 2021 | WHTM | charter schools | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Governor Tom Wolf accused Republican leaders of refusing to move forward legislation that would “level the playing field” between charter schools and public school districts, despite bipartisan support to do so.

Illinois Senate passes elected school board for Chicago, over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot

Jun 2, 2021 | Chicago Tribune | school boards | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

Over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Democrats in the Illinois Senate voted Tuesday night to transition Chicago’s mayor-appointed school board to a fully elected, 21-member body by 2027.

Private virtual schools could be coming to Indiana for first time if state board gives OK

Jun 2, 2021 | Indianapolis Star | charter schools | States, Midwest, Indiana

But there’s something Indiana hasn’t had – until, possibly, now. The State Board of Education is set to vote on the creation of two new private, virtual schools Wednesday morning.

Charter school advocate says proposed charter school funding reforms are unfair cuts to charters

Jun 2, 2021 | Sounderton Independent | charter schools | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Proposals backed by school districts across the state and Gov. Tom Wolf to reform charter school funding would unfairly cut the funding going to the charter schools, the CEO of the largest organization advocating for Pennsylvania charter schools said during a May 26 visit to Souderton Charter School Collaborative.

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