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CER Daily Media Clips for August 6, 2021
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Aug 6, 2021 | National Review | federal budget |
National
Congress’s unprecedented largesse on school COVID relief will prove to be a blunder. Taxpayers were told that these funds were necessary to get schools to reopen and recover from the pandemic. In fact, total ESSER funding, amounting to $1,475 per U.S. household, was likely at least $700 per household more than was needed. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Associated Press | teachers unions |
National
The head of a national teachers union visited New Mexico on Thursday as part of a nationwide campaign to convince parents that it’s safe to send their kids back to public school. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Washington Post | other education issues |
National
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona criticized two Republican governors Thursday for banning mask mandates in their states, arguing that their actions are preventing children from safely returning to school. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | New York Times | other education issues |
National
New laws or executive orders in a number of states across the United States ban school officials from imposing mask mandates, leaving it up to parents to decide whether their children will wear masks in class. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Idaho ED News | charter schools |
States, West, Idaho
On average, their students outperform their traditional school peers on nearly every measurable academic indicator. Yet in general, they underserve the state’s minority and poor populations — something critics point to in response to the schools’ higher overall performance. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Florida Daily | school choice |
States, South, Florida
Because of the back-and-forth COVID protocols that schools are following, more parents have moved towards school choice options for their children. COVOD restrictions aren’t the only reason why parents are looking for education alternatives. Another reason is the role of teachers’ unions. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Sarasota Herald-Tribune | school choice |
States, South, Florida
A week after Gov. Ron DeSantis promoted a tough policy banning mandatory masks at Florida schools, state education leaders Thursday looked poised to endorse a softer stand in the face of an uprising by some school districts. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | The College Fix | school choice |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s state legislature passed a bill that brings education savings accounts to New Hampshire students. That provision, folded into the state budget, was signed into law by Governor John Sununu on June 25. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Concord Monitor | microschools |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
Elementary and middle school students in Bow and Dunbarton school districts will have the opportunity to try a new type of learning this fall, in small group “pods,” run by a microschool company.
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Aug 6, 2021 | Chicago Sun-Times | accountability |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
Families and advocates have long complained that inadequate policies and ineffective management have led to poor educational experiences for the school system’s disabled children, and many aren’t buying that a teachers’ strike or the pandemic are solely to blame for the latest overdue fixes. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Dallas Morning News | innovation |
Towns, States, South, Texas
The career-focused, technical high school is trying to build a local pipeline to industry and create the next generation of Mesquite’s entrepreneurs. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | WFAA | online learning |
Towns, States, South, Texas
“A lot of parents are just stuck,” said Anne Miller, who has to decide whether to send her 5-year-old daughter to school, as COVID cases rise. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | KING 5 | online learning |
Towns, States, West, Washington
Seattle Public Schools (SPS) announced Thursday it would only offer online learning for a limited number of students in kindergarten through fifth grade for the 2021-22 school year, leaving students in grades sixth through 12th to look outside of the district. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | AZ Family | online learning |
States, West, Arizona
So what's a parent to do if they don't want their child back in the classroom? Several schools are offering an online option called AOIs, or Accredited Online Institutions. However, space in these online academies is limited and not all schools offer them. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | San Diego Union-Tribune | accountability |
States, West, California
High school families now have a chance to change last school year’s letter grades to “pass” or “no pass” grades — an opportunity meant to show grace to students who struggled during the pandemic and school closures. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | CBS21News | online learning |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
Taking out the unknowns and providing consistency are a huge part of the offering. Instead of worrying about health, masks, bussing, in or out of school, ExCEL students will have a consistent virtual schedule each day with the same teachers.
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Aug 6, 2021 | The Record | state policy |
States, Northeast, New Jersey
The governor announced in late June the state was planning not to have a statewide mandate for students and staff wear masks when the upcoming academic year begins and would instead leave it up to individual districts to determine their own rules on face coverings. He has been adamant that Garden State schools will resume full-day in-person instruction in the fall, with no virtual option. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle | online learning |
Towns, States, South, Tennessee
More than 1,000 Montgomery County students are set to become Virtual Voyagers as K-12 Virtual School starts next week. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | FirstCoast News | teachers unions |
Towns, States, South, Florida
The President of the Clay County Education Association says there are already teachers in quarantine before school has started. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Daily Journal | online learning |
Towns, States, South, Mississippi
When it comes to providing flexible virtual learning options for students during the 2021-22 school year, school districts like Tupelo’s have far fewer options than during the previous year. Read More...
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Aug 6, 2021 | The Advocate | other education issues |
Towns, States, South, Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent Sito Narcisse is urging the school board to require the district's 6,000 employees to either prove they are vaccinated or get weekly COVID tests. Read More...
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