CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for June 7, 2021

Racial allegations thrown over provision given to one Philadelphia Black-led charter school (CER)

Jun 7, 2021 | Chalkbeat | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

More than a month ago, the African American Charter Schools Coalition accused the School District of Philadelphia of discriminating against Black-led charter schools by targeting them for closure at a disproportionate rate.

After a tough year, schools are axing virtual learning. Some families want to stay online.

Jun 7, 2021 | USA Today | online learning | National

During the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents, weary of monitoring their children's online classes, yearned for schools to reopen.

Opinion: Teachers’ unions don’t speak for all teachers

Jun 7, 2021 | Erie Times-News | teachers unions | National

Teachers rank near the top of any list of most trusted professions — and for good reason. Educating our children is noble work that benefits individuals and society. But Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and other teachers’ union officials have done their best to drive a wedge between teachers and the public this year with their overtly political COVID-19 response.

Graduation Rate Expected to Stall This Year at Some High Schools

Jun 7, 2021 | Wall Street Journal | accountability | National

School districts changed grading policies, eliminated assessments in order to help seniors graduate, but many might still require summer school

Opinion: A school year lost, and a solution found

Jun 7, 2021 | The Hill | school choice | National

If there is any silver lining of this pandemic year, let it be that our legislators and leaders will finally join the struggle and ultimately win the battle for school choice and ultimately, for the future of America.

Opinion: Schools Let a Yearlong Crisis Go to Waste

Jun 7, 2021 | Bloomberg | innovation | National

Kids may learn exactly the wrong lesson about education from their schools’ failure to innovate during the pandemic.

Opinion: Don’t Kill Remote Learning. Black and Brown Families Need It.

Jun 7, 2021 | New York Times | remote learning | National

Remote instruction. Virtual learning. School-by-Zoom. Whatever you want to call it, it has kept this Black man — along with my wife and 7-year-old son — safe from Covid over the last year, even if it hasn’t been easy on anyone.

For some former college students, the pandemic opened a door to finish their degrees

Jun 7, 2021 | Washington Post | higher education | National

The shift to virtual learning during the pandemic made college more accessible to millions of students who juggle school with full-time jobs, caregiving responsibilities or health issues.

Editorial: You shouldn’t need a college degree to have a decent life in America

Jun 7, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | higher education | States, West, California

What we’re doing now — trying to push kids into all-college-prep courses that they may not want, divorcing education from their adult futures, and raising costs — isn’t working well. Time to stop doubling down on the same model.

Judge temporarily bars closure of two Buffalo charter schools

Jun 7, 2021 | Buffalo News | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

A State Supreme Court justice ordered a temporary restraining order Friday barring the Buffalo Board of Education from closing two charter schools and set a preliminary hearing for June 23 on the matter.

Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship holds 8th grade graduation outside

Jun 7, 2021 | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship graduating eighth graders were able to have a proper send-off under the sun at graduation on Friday, June 4.

Southside charter school delays opening to 2022; seeks investors to support construction

Jun 7, 2021 | Savannah Morning News | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Georgia

For one, it gives the start-up charter school time to raise funds and build permanent structures instead of depending upon leased portables for its first year.

More charter schools want to open in Nevada

Jun 7, 2021 | Las Vegas Review-Journal | |

A Salt Lake City-area public charter school with two campuses is ready to expand and has an eye on Las Vegas.

Bridger Charter graduates celebrate overcoming obstacles

Jun 7, 2021 | Bozeman Daily Chronicle | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Montana

The commencement speaker at the Bridger Charter Academy graduation on Saturday didn’t feel the need to give the graduates much advice. The 15 students, former academy secretary Lynn Powers said, had already tackled enough challenges that they could each give their own speech.

‘Targeted tutoring’ can help Savannah public school students catch up in classroom

Jun 7, 2021 | Savannah Morning News | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Georgia

During the 12 years I spent at Oglethorpe Charter School, one of the most effective practices we developed for catching up students who were behind was what I’ll call “targeted tutoring.

Opinion: We need to talk about the Boston Teachers Union contract

Jun 7, 2021 | The Boston Globe | teachers unions | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

The contract is about many things: money, of course, but also power — who calls the shots about job security, how many consecutive minutes educators can teach, class size, teacher staffing requirements, and many other workplace stipulations that may seem arcane but in aggregate reflect the clout of the BTU. The union, with its 7,500 active members, is a force to be reckoned with. It could tip the scale in a close mayoral election.

N.C. A&T, N.C. Virtual Public Schools collaboration grows first-ever virtual nutrition, animal scien

Jun 7, 2021 | News & Record | online learning | States, South, North Carolina

In a leading agricultural state such as North Carolina, where the $95.9 billion industry employs one fifth of the population, it stands to reason that students would have plenty of opportunities to take courses dealing with food and nutrition, animal science and other aspects of agriculture as early as sixth or seventh grade.

Summer school? Parents and teachers are just saying no, despite COVID-19 learning loss

Jun 7, 2021 | Chicago Tribune | accountability | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

But despite the chance to tap into the roughly $8 billion in COVID-19 funds heading to Illinois schools, officials at the south suburban district — where more than 99% of students are from low-income families — are finding it tough to recruit exhausted teachers and students after a grueling school year like no other.

NJ schools have big bucks to spend. Will they blow it? | Editorial

Jun 7, 2021 | The Record | federal budget | States, Northeast, New Jersey

New Jersey school districts daunted by the expenses of the pandemic now face a new dilemma: How to spend a huge windfall of federal aid.

As more students fail during pandemic, MN schools look to protect GPAs, get teens on track to gradua

Jun 7, 2021 | Pioneer Press | accountability | States, Midwest, Minnesota

With students struggling to learn from home during the coronavirus pandemic, many schools in Minnesota and elsewhere removed D’s and F’s from report cards in favor of pass-fail grades that don’t hurt grade-point averages. For some school districts, there may be no turning back.

$6.4 million savings with PA charter school reform: Here is what your district would save

Jun 7, 2021 | Erie Times-News | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Proposed legislation to hold charter schools more accountable to Pennsylvania students and taxpayers could save Erie County school districts an estimated $6.4 million annually.

Education group says it will sue over KY school choice law

Jun 7, 2021 | Lexington Herald Leader | school choice | States, South, Kentucky

A Kentucky coalition of school districts announced Friday it has voted to file a lawsuit to challenge the scholarship tax credit component of a controversial new school choice law.

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