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Your Daily News Clips for June, 9 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for June 9, 2021

Opinion: We need to create choice in K-12 education

Jun 9, 2021 | Washington Examiner | fund families | National

As the school year comes to a close, children are looking forward to getting out of the classroom and into camps, vacations, and summer activities. Parents are reflecting on the past year and preparing for the one ahead — especially in light of the problems that the pandemic exposed in schooling.

Rich Schools, Poor Schools and a Biden Plan

Jun 9, 2021 | New York Times | federal policy | National

The way U.S. education is funded can widen disparities. A proposed $20 billion program seeks to even things out.

More students than ever will attend summer school this year. That might not be enough

Jun 9, 2021 | USA Today | accountability | National

Millions of children this summer will participate in what's expected to be the largest summer school program in history, powered by more than $1.2 billion in targeted federal post-pandemic assistance from the American Rescue Plan.

70 Graduate from Pasadena ‘Second Chance’ Charter High School

Jun 9, 2021 | PasadenaNow | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

Pasadena’s 2021 graduation season continued as Learning Works Charter School, an educational collaboration with Homeboy Industries in Boyle Heights, held commencement ceremonies Tuesday for 70 graduates.

Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on

Jun 9, 2021 | CNYCentral | federal budget | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.

Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on

Jun 9, 2021 | CNYCentral | federal budget | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.

Some Horry Co. parents upset over plexiglass in elementary schools

Jun 9, 2021 | WPDE | school districts | Towns, States, South, South Carolina

The plexiglass barriers that were put in Horry County Schools (HCS) cost the South Carolina Dept. of Education (SCDE) $5 million to buy and install.

These Mississippi schools never returned to in-person learning. Here’s what happened.

Jun 9, 2021 | Mississippi Today | school districts | States, South, Mississippi

But the longer his school stayed exclusively virtual, the more his grades suffered. By this spring, the end of a full academic year of distance learning, he had failed the second grade despite attempts by his mom to get him help along the way. The principal recently informed Williams her son is reading on a preschool level.

Opinion: The AEA strikes back

Jun 9, 2021 | al.com | teachers unions | States, South, Alabama

After a decade in the political wilderness, the AEA is back as a major political player in Alabama.

Opinion: LAUSD must finally own its mistakes and fix them

Jun 9, 2021 | Los Angeles Daily News | school districts | Towns, States, West, California

Recently, Superintendent Austin Beutner finally made it official: LAUSD will be returning to five full days of in-person education in the fall. While various details of that return continue to be negotiated with the teachers’ union (UTLA), it appears that finally, our school system will do what so many other schools have done for months and provide in-person education to its students.

Opinion: Students of color in Iowa face barriers to achievement

Jun 9, 2021 | The Gazette | accountability | States, Midwest, Iowa

To write this achievement gap off as another outcome of poverty without acknowledging the role of systemic barriers to economic advancement is to do a disservice to the work of equity.

Students at alternative high schools ‘dig deep’ to graduate

Jun 9, 2021 | The Bakersfield Californian | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

The students graduated from Kern Workforce 2000 Charter Academy as well as the district's continuation schools: Central Valley High School, Nueva Continuation, Tierra Del Sol Continuation, Vista Continuation and Vista West Continuation.

Check out Port Arthur ISD’s plan to address attendance drain, limited English-speaking student

Jun 9, 2021 | Port Arthur News | school districts | Towns, States, South, Texas

Port Arthur Independent School District is looking to recover the hundreds of students who have not returned following the pandemic.

How one teacher empowers Albany students of color

Jun 9, 2021 | Albany Times Unions | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

His technique is simple, yet original: At a South End-based school where 98 percent of the students are Black or Latino, Lajas works to empower young people in an education system that too often marginalizes their perspectives and experiences.

NC charter school closes after ‘financial irregularities’ found

Jun 9, 2021 | WRAL | charter schools | Towns, States, South, North Carolina

A North Carolina charter school has closed, just days after suddenly canceling its summer program and as the State Bureau of Investigations is looking into its finances.

Parents give public schools high grades for instruction during covid pandemic

Jun 9, 2021 | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | school districts | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

English urged families that support public education to urge their local representatives to back public schools. Public schools have to pay for students within their district who opt to attend charter schools — an expense that can be difficult for public schools that already don’t receive as much public funding as they’d like.

State plan for $35 million to make up for learning loss submitted to feds

Jun 9, 2021 | New Hampshire Union Leader | federal budget | States, Northeast, New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Department of Education submitted its statement of priorities for the state’s portion of the $350 million coming to Granite State schools from the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion stimulus package Congress passed in March.

Pharrell is introducing a ‘micro-school’ to Norfolk. Here’s who’s eligible and how you can apply.

Jun 9, 2021 | WVEC | microschools | Towns, States, South, Virginia

Coming September 7 is the YELLOWHAB initiative from Pharrell's non-profit YELLOW. It's defined as a “micro-school” that offers a more personalized and hands-on approach to traditional learning.

More than $38 million in emergency assistance to go to private schools in the state

Jun 9, 2021 | WOLO | private schools | States, South, South Carolina

Private schools in the state are getting some aid to help them recover from losses sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuesday afternoon, State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced more than $38 million in emergency assistance will go to the state’s 111 private schools through the Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools program created by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.

Ohio Senate school funding proposal needs to be more equitable: editorial

Jun 9, 2021 | Cleveland Plain Dealer | school funding | States, Midwest, Ohio

The Ohio Senate is poised to pass a two-year state budget plan that fails to fully address Ohio’s school funding mess—but there’s still time to make it fairer.

Commentary: Maine legislators out of touch with what teachers and students need

Jun 9, 2021 | Press Herald | innovation | States, Northeast, Maine

Despite a year of learning from the pandemic, Augusta has stifled education innovation in order to steamroll party orthodoxy.

NYC will end controversial absent teacher pool, placing hundreds of sidelined teachers in permanent

Jun 9, 2021 | New York Daily News | general teacher issues | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The city’s controversial Absent Teacher Reserve pool — a holding ground for hundreds of city educators without permanent teaching assignments — is winding down for good.

Court Scraps Vermont Ban on Sending Tax Dollars to Religious Schools

Jun 9, 2021 | The 74 | school choice | States, Northeast, Vermont

In Vermont, where the state constitution enshrines a centuries-old prohibition against using tax dollars for religious purposes, a federal appeals court ruled last week that students in school choice districts may use their town’s tuition assistance at a local Catholic school.

Commentary: Maine families deserve school choice, and the pandemic underscores its necessity

Jun 9, 2021 | The Maine Wire | school choice | States, Northeast, Maine

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new light and perspectives to many issues we may never look at the same: politics, science, public health, going out to dinner, even getting our cocktails to-go. Among these is the debate over school choice.

WCPS named key plaintiff in school-choice lawsuit

Jun 9, 2021 | Bowling Green Daily News | school choice | States, South, Kentucky

“The Warren Schools, like all public schools, will be harmed by the diversion of funds under HB 563 that will cause students to leave public school(s),” the lawsuit said.

Gov. Wolf, Democrats make a pitch for $1 billion-plus investment in Pa. schools

Jun 9, 2021 | Patriot-News | school funding | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Saying this was their biggest priority in the 2021-22 budget discussions that are heating up this month, they said this is the year Pennsylvania can afford to do it.

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