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Your Daily News Clips for June, 10 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for June 10, 2021

Feds Seek Equity in Relief Funds for Schools

Jun 10, 2021 | US News & World Report | federal policy | National

The Education Department released requirements Wednesday for states and school districts to ensure that federal aid from the most recent coronavirus relief package is used to bolster districts and schools serving the highest percentages of low-income and otherwise marginalized students, including students of color, students with disabilities, English learners and those experiencing homelessness.

The State of Schools as the Pandemic Wanes

Jun 10, 2021 | New York Times | other education issues | National

The percentage of districts across the country that remain fully virtual is tiny, roughly 1 percent, according to this tracker from the American Enterprise Institute. Still, many students finished the year (or will soon) spending at least part of the week online.

Second Circuit Stops State from Discriminating against Parents’ Choice of Religious Schools

Jun 10, 2021 | National Review | school choice | National

A major federal court has ruled that Vermont was wrong to discriminate against families that chose to send their children to religious schools. This is great news for everyone who believes that parents should have a choice in their children’s education.

New RAND Survey Suggests Support for Continuing Remote Schooling This Fall is Limited — Among

Jun 10, 2021 | The 74 | remote learning | National

With just a few months to go until the start of the 2021-2022 school year, school districts nationwide are planning to offer families the option to keep their children learning remotely.

Op-Ed: Rural families need educational choice too

Jun 10, 2021 | The Center Square | school choice | National

With educational choice legislation at record levels, legislators should remember rural students when crafting their bills. Though any educational freedom program is a step in the right direction to giving parents a choice in their child's education, there are programs, such as Tennessee’s Educational Savings Account program passed in 2019, that only apply to certain areas of the state.

Column: Who asked the L.A. teachers union for its opinion on Israel and the Palestinians?

Jun 10, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | teachers unions | Towns, States, West, California

There are plenty of life-and-death issues in which L.A.'s heroic and hardworking teachers do have expertise, or at least a direct interest — those facing the schoolchildren of Los Angeles, including hunger, poverty, unequal health outcomes, racial disparities and underfunding.

Where have all the students gone?

Jun 10, 2021 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | enrollment | States, South, Georgia

A strong interest in summer school in Atlanta this year came from students in the lower elementary grades. A new national report suggests a possible explanation: Younger children missed an extraordinary amount of school during the pandemic.

‘Gamechanger for our school:’ Buffalo charter school gives students leg up on college wi

Jun 10, 2021 | WIVB | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

A charter school in Buffalo is giving students a leg up on college by allowing them to earn up to 55 free college credits before graduating high school.

Film Festival captures Charter School experiential learning

Jun 10, 2021 | Martha’s Vineyard Times | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

While the COVID-19 pandemic forced people apart, it also brought people together. For the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School, the difficulties of the pandemic created a unique opportunity for the school’s students to go use the Island as their classroom — one of the school’s missions.

Chicago charter strike ends with a tentative agreement and unanswered questions

Jun 10, 2021 | Chalkbeat | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

Teachers at three campuses of Urban Prep Academies agreed to a tentative contract with the charter division of the Chicago Teachers Union that would extend through June 2022. The agreement includes retroactive raises for the past three years that would put educators closer to a district-run salary schedule. During walkouts, union officials described an $11,000 pay gap between starting salaries at the Chicago charter and district-run schools.

Grand Valley State promises guaranteed admission, free tuition to 8th graders at Detroit charter sch

Jun 10, 2021 | Grand Rapids Press | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Michigan

The eighth grader at Detroit Achievement Academy has been guaranteed admission to Grand Valley State University when she goes to college in four years and will have her tuition costs fully covered by the university.

State school board places new charter school policy on public comment

Jun 10, 2021 | WV Gazette | charter schools | States, South, West Virginia

The West Virginia Board of Education has placed out for public comment major proposed changes to its charter school regulations.

The Milton Hershey School promises college but leaves some behind and in debt.

Jun 10, 2021 | Philadelphia Inquirer | private schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The Inquirer, Spotlight PA, and ProPublica set out to understand how well MHS is fulfilling its mission, laid out by chocolate company entrepreneur Milton S. Hershey and his wife, Catherine, when they founded the school 111 years ago. Reporters analyzed Hershey financial records; reviewed court documents; talked to state officials, education experts, and child care providers; and interviewed more than 50 former students who graduated between 1940 and 2020 about the school’s impact on their lives.

How Staten Island charter schools are planning for the 2021-2022 school year

Jun 10, 2021 | Staten Island Advance | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Some of the borough's charter schools are planning for full 100% in-person learning next school year, while others are considering a remote option.

Senate committee approves expansion of tax credits for school vouchers

Jun 10, 2021 | New Castle News | school choice | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The Senate Education Committee voted 6-5 Monday to almost double the amount of tax credits available to fund scholarships for students to attend private schools or transfer out of poorly-performing public schools.

NC bill would give school stimulus funds to low- and middle-income families

Jun 10, 2021 | WRAL | fund families | States, South, North Carolina

Up to 10,000 schoolchildren could be eligible for a $1,000 payment to their parents, under a new version of a bill approved by the state House on Wednesday evening.

Licking Heights joins brewing lawsuit against Ohio’s school choice vouchers

Jun 10, 2021 | Newark Advocate | school choice | Towns, 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 to meet their constitutional duty to fund a “thorough and adequate” system of public schools.

Matos: It’s too soon to end state takeover of Providence schools

Jun 10, 2021 | Boston Globe | state takeover | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, a former Providence City Council president, says it’s too soon to end the state takeover of the capital city’s troubled public school district.

Opinion: This California bill is a threat to the future of students enrolled in public charter

Jun 10, 2021 | San Diego Union Tribune | charter schools | States, West, California

But Assembly Bill 1316 by Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach, would unjustifiably take parents out of the decision-making process and push the educational system back to a “one size fits all” structure that has resulted in many students being left behind.

School Board says no to new charter school

Jun 10, 2021 | American Press | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

“In my district, I still have D and F schools and I know each administrator has tried their best. But bottom line is it has not been successful…These people, your group has a right to say, ‘We haven’t been successful here but we’ll try another way.”

How one new Indianapolis group wants to turn parents into education advocates

Jun 10, 2021 | Chalkbeat | parent power | Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana

She’s one of eight Black and Latina parent leaders with a newly created group called EmpowerED Families, which hopes to equip families with the knowledge and tools to ensure that their children have the best education possible.

GOP wants private school option; Walz, DFL push back

Jun 10, 2021 | MPR News | school choice | States, Midwest, Minnesota

The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate and DFL-led House are at odds over how best to educate kids.

Opinion: Maintaining flexible education options vital to state’s students

Jun 10, 2021 | Albany Herald | learning pods | States, South, Georgia

As the past year has shown us, educational flexibility and autonomy benefits children, parents and teachers. I will always support parents in making the best decisions for their children. I will continue to stand behind and empower our hard-working teachers as they work to educate the next generation of Georgians.

Lansing School District to allow remote learning indefinitely

Jun 10, 2021 | Lansing State Journal | remote learning | Towns, States, Midwest, Michigan

Students in Lansing public schools spent the entire 2020-2021 school year learning online, and they'll have the option to do the same when classes resume next fall.

‘It needs to be broken’: Pharrell Williams launching Norfolk private school

Jun 10, 2021 | Virginia Mercury | private schools | Towns, States, South, Virginia

It will be called Yellowhab and provide tuition-free education for the original 40 to 50 students, at least for the first year. The micro-school, opening this fall in as-yet undisclosed location, will offer “highly personalized education that knits together transformative learning opportunities at school, at home, online and in the community,” according to a news release.

Independent school enrollment up, many students plan to stay, official says

Jun 10, 2021 | WYFF | private schools | States, South, South Carolina

WYFF News 4 Investigates found enrollment in the more than 140 members of the South Carolina Independent School Association rose by more than 15% from the 2018-19 school year to the 2020-21 school year.

CA teachers union votes to back Gavin Newsom in recall

Jun 10, 2021 | The Sacramento Bee | teachers unions | States, West, California

California’s largest teachers union voted Saturday to throw its weight behind Gov. Gavin Newsom, pledging to defend the Democratic governor in an upcoming recall election.

Pueblo D60 educators will see ‘significant’ raises over next 2 years

Jun 10, 2021 | The Pueblo Chieftain | teacher pay | Towns, States, West, Colorado

Educators in Pueblo School District 60 will receive a 10% salary increase over the next two years, an agreement that was reached after negotiations between district leadership and the union.

Teachers union leaders file lawsuit against Madison School District over contracts

Jun 10, 2021 | Wisconsin State Journal | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Leaders of local teachers union Madison Teachers Inc. filed a class-action complaint Wednesday with the Dane County Circuit Court against the Madison School District, the latest development in a dispute over teacher contracts.

Some education policy experts are calling for more school choice in Mississippi

Jun 10, 2021 | Mississippi Public Broadcasting | school choice | States, South, Mississippi

Empower Mississippi conducted a survey of families statewide. Elyse Marcellino, director of New Schools, says 50% of those respondents say they're dissatisfied with the state of education. She believes families should have more control over the decision about what's best for their child.

Voucher expansion to help families afford private ed

Jun 10, 2021 | Dubois County Herald | school choice | States, Midwest, Indiana

More families in Dubois County will soon have an opportunity to send their children to private schools without financial burden. The Indiana Legislature recently expanded income eligibility guidelines for the School Choice Scholarship, or voucher program. The program helps families pay tuition for private education.

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