CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for June, 3 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for June 3, 2021

How 11 States Are Using Emergency Federal Funds to Make Improvements in College and Career Access

Jun 3, 2021 | The 74 | federal budget | National

As of May 1, about $1.5 billion remained from GEER I and II; only eight states had used even a portion of their GEER II funds. And governors still have time to use new American Rescue Plan (ARP) dollars to invest in initiatives that prepare youth for the workforce, like Connecticut is doing through summer internships and college and career navigation tools. If governors act boldly and creatively, remaining GEER and ARP funds can lay the groundwork for closing opportunity gaps through education and workforce initiatives.

The History Behind the Next Landmark School Choice Case

Jun 3, 2021 | National Catholic Register | school choice | National

The state of Maine operates a tuition assistance program to help families pay for public or private schools, but religious schools have been excluded for more than 40 years. The case may soon head to the Supreme Court.

Court affirms tuition for students at religious school

Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press | school choice | States, Northeast, Vermont

A federal appeals court on Wednesday explained its decision to stop Vermont from excluding tuition funding for students who attend a religious school, saying a lower court ruling from earlier this year did not go far enough to accomplish that.

As New York Brings ‘Everyone Back’ to Schools in Fall, Observers Wonder Where That Leave

Jun 3, 2021 | The 74 | remote learning | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

When New York Mayor Bill de Blasio last month said he’s requiring all city students, teachers, and staff to show up to school this fall in-person, no exceptions, he stunned longtime observers of the nation’s largest public school system.

More San Diego Unified students missed classes, received poor grades during COVID

Jun 3, 2021 | San Diego Tribune | accountability | Towns, States, West, California

New data show chronic absenteeism, poor grades increased during school closures; district reveals broad plan to address issues

‘Fed up’ parents aim to recall 4 Fargo School Board members

Jun 3, 2021 | InForum | school boards | Towns, States, Midwest, North Dakota

Citing a list of grievances, a group of local parents and concerned citizens are launching a campaign to recall four members of the Fargo School Board.

Chances grow that Supreme Court will take up Maine’s ban on religious school funding

Jun 3, 2021 | Bangor Daily News | school choice | States, Northeast, Maine

A new federal court opinion in Vermont improves the chances that a Maine case challenging the state’s ban on public funding for religious schools could end up before the nation’s highest court, according to a constitutional law scholar.

Parents frustrated by pandemic education launch activist group to raise their voices

Jun 3, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | parent power | States, West, California

The group OpenSchoolsCA coalesced around parent anger over how long it was taking to reopen California campuses that were closed for a year or more amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Their discontent simmered for months when reopenings offered students much less than a full five-day-a-week school experience.

What Data On Race Gaps And Low-Performing Schools Say About Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Jun 3, 2021 | WFAE | accountability | Towns, States, South, North Carolina

Mecklenburg County commissioners have cited the large number of low-performing schools and persistent racial gaps on test scores as factors in Tuesday night's decision to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. They say they want to force CMS to produce a better school improvement plan.

Leaked documents show Baltimore high schoolers perform math, reading at grade school level

Jun 3, 2021 | FOX 45 News | accountability | Towns, States, South, Maryland

An alarming discovery out of Baltimore City Schools. Project Baltimore has obtained student assessment data that North Avenue does not release publicly. That data shows some students who could soon graduate, are performing at an elementary school level, academically.

Public policy group recommends that charter expansion continues

Jun 3, 2021 | The Providence Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Rhode Island

An independent policy group has called for the expansion of charter schools in Rhode Island while recommending that traditional public schools receive more money to make up for the loss in tuition dollars.

With 10 charter schools now allowed, West Virginia Academy aims to be state’s first

Jun 3, 2021 | WCHS | charter schools | States, South, West Virginia

West Virginia’s charter school law is now in effect and the state is now allowed to have up to 10 charters, two virtual charters and a professional charter school board. Three charter schools were permitted prior to the law.

Tulsa Public Schools to drop charter funding lawsuit

Jun 3, 2021 | Tulsa World | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Oklahoma

At a special meeting Wednesday afternoon, the board voted unanimously without debate or discussion to authorize its attorneys to file a motion to dismiss its claim in Tulsa County District Court against the State Board of Education for that board’s March 25 vote to settle a 2017 lawsuit over charter school funding.

DeKalb charter school opens new science, performing arts annex

Jun 3, 2021 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Georgia

Students at a DeKalb County charter school will have additional space to learn more about science, technology, engineering, arts and math when classes resume on Aug. 2.

Home schooling up in Worcester; private, public school enrollment down, state data shows

Jun 3, 2021 | Telegram & Gazette | enrollment | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

Home schooling was up and public school enrollment was down this school year in the city, new school-attending children data released by the state shows, giving a glimpse into how families responded to the pandemic.

S.F. schools see enrollment drop as families flee the district

Jun 3, 2021 | San Francisco Chronicle | enrollment | Towns, States, West, California

More than 1,700 San Francisco students left the city’s public schools over the past year, a decline in enrollment that could get worse in the fall, resulting in an estimated $20 million loss in state funding.

Senate Democrats to force votes on controversial GOP amendment to state budget

Jun 3, 2021 | WMUR | school choice | States, Northeast, New Hampshire

The Democrats are expected to present floor amendments to try to strip away provisions of a 215-page Senate Finance Committee Republican majority amendment that would:—Establish an “education freedom account,” or school voucher, program

State superintendent’s new power to fire school board members faces pushback

Jun 3, 2021 | WCSC | state takeover | States, South, South Carolina

Gov. Henry McMaster’s signature on Senate Bill 201 expanded the powers of South Carolina’s superintendent of education. The new act allows Superintendent Molly Spearman to fire entire school boards in underperforming districts.

Opinion: CTA and Democratic allies move to torpedo charter schools

Jun 3, 2021 | Press Telegram | charter schools | States, West, California

While many California school districts have floundered during the COVID-19 pandemic, Democrats in the California Legislature are taking aim again at charter schools, which are among the few remaining school-choice options available for parents dissatisfied with the regular public schools.

Anne Arundel schools winnow hybrid waitlist by thousands, halts virtual testimony

Jun 3, 2021 | Capital Gazette | school districts | Towns, States, South, Maryland

A month ago more than 19,000 students were in limbo, waiting to hear from Anne Arundel County Public Schools about whether they could attend hybrid learning either four or two days a week. Wednesday, Superintendent George Arlotto said that there are now roughly 400 students on that list.

Opinion: California parents need a seat at the education reform table

Jun 3, 2021 | EdSource | parent power | States, West, California

The harm to children as a result of being locked out of their school buildings for over a year has been documented again and again and again. It is hard to find any silver linings in the policy responses to this pandemic.

Elorza calls state to reform city teachers’ union contract

Jun 3, 2021 | WJAR | teachers unions | Towns, States, Northeast, Rhode Island

“It's been a waste of time being at the negotiation table,” said Elorza. “There is no way the teachers' union is going to agree to the kinds of transformational change that we need.”

Poll: California parents sour on public schools after pandemic

Jun 3, 2021 | The Center Square | other education issues | States, West, California

More than a year of remote-only learning has left a bad impression on voters, many of which are parents of California public school students. The results of a poll released Wednesday by the California Policy Center, a free-market think tank, show opinions of public schools staying closed resulted in a drop in voters’ opinions of them.

Private virtual schools coming to Indiana for first time after state board gives OK

Jun 3, 2021 | Indianapolis Star | online learning | States, Midwest, Indiana

For years, Indiana has been a leader in the school choice movement with a veritable buffet of educational options for its families. But there’s something Indiana hasn’t had – until now. The Indiana State Board of Education awarded probationary accreditation to two virtual private schools during Wednesday's meeting.

A charter school comeback? Top NYC candidates support the alternative schools

Jun 3, 2021 | Politico | elections | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

After years in the wilderness of the de Blasio administration and waning influence in Albany, charter schools are gaining a foothold in the city again — if the race for mayor is any barometer.

Tennessee Supreme Court to hear arguments Thursday on school-choice program

Jun 3, 2021 | The Center Square | school choice | States, South, Tennessee

Tennessee’s Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on the legality of a state school-choice pilot program, 16 months after two school districts filed a lawsuit to shut the program down.

Columbus City Schools joins brewing lawsuit against Ohio’s school choice vouchers

Jun 3, 2021 | The Columbus Dispatch | school choice | States, Midwest, Ohio

The program, which allows families to use public funds to send children to private schools, violates the Ohio Constitution, the group Vouchers Hurt Ohio contends. It argues that elected officials are failing to meet their constitutional duty to fund a “thorough and adequate” system of public schools.

Missouri lawmakers passed a tax credit program to fund school choice. How will it work?

Jun 3, 2021 | Missouri Independent | school choice | States, Midwest, Missouri

Missouri is on the cusp of creating a program that directs donations funded by tax credits to help parents offset the cost of sending their kids to private school.

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