CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for June 8, 2021

America’s Lingering Problem With School Segregation

Jun 8, 2021 | US News & World Report | accountability | National

As the Biden administration takes aim at systemic racism and manages a pandemic that exposed racial fault lines in education, some see a chance to attack an intractable problem: school segregation.

Black homeschool families quintuple during pandemic,

Jun 8, 2021 | homeschooling | National

Homeschooling in the 1980s typically called to mind white, middle class families who opted out of traditional district or private schools to focus on teaching their children through the lens of their religious faith.

Schools forge ahead without CDC guidance, some leaning away from masks

Jun 8, 2021 | ABC News | federal policy | National

The CDC has pledged to update its school guidance after the school year is over.

To keep kids engaged in this pandemic year, one North Philly school went all in for families.

Jun 8, 2021 | Philadelphia Inquirer | remote learning | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

This pandemic year has been tough for educators and students alike. But for many Philadelphia schools, which function as lifelines in their communities and largely have not had children back inside buildings for most of the year, keeping connections with families has been especially crucial.

Some Black parents see less bullying, racism with online learning and are keeping kids home

Jun 8, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | online learning | Towns, States, West, California

Some parents of Black Los Angeles school students opted to keep their children in distance learning after schools reopened in April because they wanted to shield them from inequitable and sometimes harsh treatment on campus, according to a report from a local advocacy group.

Opinion: Schools with declining enrollment shouldn’t hire more staff with stimulus money

Jun 8, 2021 | Orange County Register | enrollment | States, West, California

Despite having 160,000 fewer students enrolled this school year, California’s public schools will soon be flush with federal funds from COVID-19-related stimulus spending. If the education-related hiring surge of recent years continues, many school districts will likely be caught looking over a fiscal cliff when the federal stimulus dollars dry up.

Teachers walk off the job at Chicago’s Urban Prep, the groundbreaking all-boys charter high sc

Jun 8, 2021 | Chicago Tribune | |

With just two weeks left to the school year, teachers at the city’s Urban Prep Academies’ three charter high schools hit the picket line Monday, striking over what educators say is a lack of support for special education students.

Son of Success Academy chief graduates from school she founded

Jun 8, 2021 | New York Post | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Moskowitz said she doesn’t begrudge parents making decisions that best suit their needs — but argued that all city families, especially low-income New Yorkers with grim public schooling prospects, should have a choice.

Opinion: Baton Rouge needs more high-quality charter options for great schools

Jun 8, 2021 | The Advocate | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

Great schools are the foundation of strong communities. Over the last nine years, New Schools for Baton Rouge has helped scale two dozen public charter schools that today serve nearly 10,000 students. These schools demonstrate that when high expectations combine with empowered educators, students are able to unlock their enormous potential, regardless of their background or the obstacles they face.

York City school board approves Lincoln Charter School expansion up to eighth grade

Jun 8, 2021 | The York Dispatch | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Ending a year of discussion, the York City school board approved Lincoln Charter School's plan to expand its program to offer grades six, seven and eight.

Tuition-free Toledo charter school set to open this fall with emphasis on STEM learning

Jun 8, 2021 | WTOL | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

Toledo parents will soon be able to send their kids to a new school, with a heavy focus on STEM.

Belmont Charter High celebrates its first graduating class

Jun 8, 2021 | Philadelphia Tribune | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Eighty-three percent of Belmont’s graduating class have been accepted into post-secondary opportunities including college, the military and trade schools. The remaining students are currently working or will enter the workforce.

Council for Better Education challenging constitutionality of new school choice law in Kentucky

Jun 8, 2021 | WDRB | school choice | States, South, Kentucky

The Council for Better Education is challenging part of a new Kentucky law creating state tax credits for donors to groups that can help families living in the state's most populous counties pay for private school tuition.

Brewer: It’s not the Legislature’s money

Jun 8, 2021 | North Platte Telegram | school choice | States, Midwest, Nebraska

I was very disappointed to see senators who have their own children enrolled in private schools voting against this bill. It showed their hypocrisy.

Opinion: Charter review and Providence schools

Jun 8, 2021 | The Providence Journal | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, Rhode Island

By impaneling a Charter Review Commission with a focus on student success and welfare, Providence has a chance to embrace “transformative change.” The state would benefit, the city would benefit and, most importantly, the students would benefit. We can't afford to fail another generation of Providence students.

CA Legislator takes charter school reform bill off the table

Jun 8, 2021 | San Diego Union Tribune | charter schools | States, West, California

A controversial charter school bill that was meant to prevent the kind of fraud highlighted by the A3 charter school scandal is temporarily dead in the state legislature.

Pa. lawmakers clash over bill expanding school choice and other reforms

Jun 8, 2021 | The Patriot News | school choice | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The Senate Education Committee on Monday narrowly passed by a 6-5 vote a measure that would nearly double the amount of tax credits the state makes available to businesses who donate money to scholarship funds for private, parochial and other schools. The measure would expand the tax credit by tens of millions of dollars.

Editorial: In Iowa, anything qualifies as a school

Jun 8, 2021 | The Waterloo Courier | charter schools | States, Midwest, Iowa

We don’t yet know what exactly such charter schools will look like. We do know the children who attend will take with them almost $8,000 in taxpayer dollars. That money will not go to a traditional public school.

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