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CER Daily Media Clips for August 5, 2021
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Aug 5, 2021 | Forbes | school choice |
National
The important thing, as reform-minded legislators see it and are proving with this actions this year, is that parents have multiple options for educating their children and that no child is resigned to one single school that is dictated by their zip code.
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Aug 5, 2021 | National Review | teachers unions |
National
What Weingarten, Psaki, and most commentators don’t mention is that figure is based upon a pair of voluntary surveys by the country’s two largest teachers’ unions. The percentage of American teachers who are vaccinated is probably high, but this is probably not the most reliable way to measure vaccination rates. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Philadelphia Inquirer | accountability |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
Plenty of experts have provided roadmaps for not only reopening schools safely but — and this part is critical — keeping them open if (when) case counts rise and exposures occur. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | The Morning Call | federal budget |
States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday released $1.6 billion for Pennsylvania schools after approving Pennsylvania’s plan for the federal COVID relief money. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | accountability |
Towns, States, West, California
To date, only about 4,000 students have signed up for remote lessons — around 1% of L.A. Unified’s total enrollment. That’s good news; if feasible, kids need to be in classrooms. Families have until Friday to notify the district of their intentions, and only those who have chosen at-home schooling in advance will be accommodated. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Savannah Morning News | school choice |
States, South, Georgia
It would be better, easier and quicker simply to let families choose the schools that best fit their children’s needs, whatever those needs may be Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | KTEN | charter schools |
States, South, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed school choice into law back in March. The measure lets parents choose any public school for their children based on their needs rather than what their zip code is. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | The State | online learning |
States, South, South Carolina
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in South Carolina, some Midlands parents will have to decide soon whether their children will be learning face-to-face this school year or go virtual. Other parents won’t have that option available at all. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Albany Times Union | federal budget |
States, Northeast, New York
Educators and parents are likely to breathe a big sigh of relief on Thursday with the release of historic levels of federal education funding to public K-12 schools. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Arizona Republic | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Arizona
On the first day of school at Academia del Pueblo, hugging was out, but cheering, elbow bumps and clapping were in.
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Aug 5, 2021 | WCCO | online learning |
States, Midwest, Minnesota
While teachers prepare their classrooms for in-student learning, some of the state’s largest districts — like St. Paul and Anoka-Hennepin — will also offer some sort of virtual learning option. But WCCO learned Wednesday that it’s not a state requirement to do so. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | WABI | online learning |
States, Northeast, Maine
The Maine Department of Education is awarding schools that are creating innovative pilot programs for remote learning. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Baltimore Sun | other education issues |
States, South, Maryland
Education officials say all Maryland public schools will be open five days a week for in-person classes next school year, despite currently rising coronavirus cases and changing federal guidance on masking. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Al.com | other education issues |
States, South, Alabama
It’s a version of August 2020 all over again: Parents feel frustrated and out of options. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | KDKA | parent power |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
She went to Pittsburgh Public Schools as a kid and returned to the city intending to have her children do the same. After the past year and a half of what she calls substandard education, Jen Murtazashvili said she has no choice but to pull her kids from the district. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | LEX 18 | microschools |
Towns, States, South, Kentucky
The micro-school, founded in 2013, is changing the game for gifted and twice exceptional students. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | teachers unions |
Towns, States, West, California
What does a teachers bargaining unit in Los Angeles have to do with Israeli policies and actions toward Palestinians? We’re still trying to figure that one out and so, apparently, are upset members within United Teachers Los Angeles. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | WCAX | homeschooling |
States, Northeast, Vermont
Vermont families are once again signing up in droves to home-school their children. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Savannah Morning News | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Georgia
While students, parents, teachers, administrators were expressing excitement Wednesday about the first day of in-person school for everyone in almost 18 months, Savannah-Chatham and Savannah Classical Academy are still working out details for special education student transportation. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | KDRV | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Oregon
Most kids in Oregon are still finishing up their summer break, but the same can't be said for hundreds of children enrolled in Kids Unlimited Academy public charter schools. Between the school's Medford and White City locations, almost 600 kids from 1st to 8th grade returned to school on Wednesday.
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Aug 5, 2021 | Chicago Tribune | state policy |
States, Midwest, Illinois
But the scenes are unfolding in real time across the Chicago suburbs, where concerned parents and beleaguered school district officials on Wednesday greeted Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mask mandate with everything from anger and sadness to relief and appreciation. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | NBC26 | homeschooling |
Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin
Along with over 30,000 other Wisconsinites, Heeg-Pieper's kids aren't learning in a traditional classroom. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | Houston Chronicle | private schools |
Towns, States, South, Texas
As many families prepare to send their kids back to school, one group of parents and educators in the Clear Lake area is looking to establish a different concept for learning in the region. Read More...
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Aug 5, 2021 | WSMV | online learning |
Towns, States, South, Tennessee
As schools prepare to go back to class this year, not all children are choosing in-person learning. Metro Schools parent Kelly Tipler’s children Ashlynn and Dylan have been learning through MNPS’s Virtual School for the last three years.
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