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Your Daily News Clips for August, 25 2021
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Commentary: The problem with public schools

Aug 25, 2021 | Washington Times | accountability | National

From March 2020 to March 2021, upwards of $201.2 billion were poured into K-12 public schools despite the number of students declining by one and a half million. The three percent enrollment drop, the largest in decades, resulted from parents’ pulling students from schools that refused to provide on-campus education.

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Opinion: Back to School With No Idea What to Expect

Aug 25, 2021 | Wall Street Journal | other education issues | National

The officials in charge of running the nation’s public schools had all summer—and $122 billion in Covid relief funds from Congress—to plan for the first day of school, so naturally chaos has ensued as students begin heading back to the classroom.

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Opinion: Organized teachers dreamed up charter schools — but their vision got hijacked

Aug 25, 2021 | Washington Post | charter schools | National

Finally embracing teachers’ original vision could help us rethink education after covid.

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It’s governors versus the White House this school year. And no one is winning.

Aug 25, 2021 | Politico | other education issues | National

A turf war between Republican governors and the White House over masking in schools is testing the limits of local control.

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School Choice Should Be More Than an Escape Hatch from Failing Public Schools.

Aug 25, 2021 | The 74 | school choice | National

To build on the momentum of recent legislative efforts, education choice advocates should update their vision for school choice. It is time they move beyond seeing it as primarily an escape hatch that enables kids to leave underperforming neighborhood schools.

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It’s Time For A New Accountability Model For Alternative And Virtual K–12 Schools

Aug 25, 2021 | Forbes | accountability | National

Concerns about different forms of schooling aren’t new. The skepticism has long extended to alternative schools of a variety of forms, but chiefly those that serve students who have dropped out or transferred from traditional schools and often serve as schools of last resort.

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Arizona Vouchers Bypass School Mask Mandates

Aug 25, 2021 | US News & World Report | school choice | States, West, Arizona

Families in Arizona whose children are enrolled in school districts defying state law by requiring masks or temporarily closing due to COVID-19 outbreaks can tap into a new $10 million school voucher program – one funded with federal aid from the most recent coronavirus relief package.

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Virginia lawmakers say their law was not intended to mandate masks, contradicting Northam’s or

Aug 25, 2021 | Washington Post | state policy | States, South, Virginia

Sens. Siobhan S. Dunnavant (R-Henrico) and Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax City) sent the letter on Aug. 18 to superintendents and school boards, arguing that a law the two had sponsored earlier this year on the return to in-person learning had been misrepresented by Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to implement a mask mandate.

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Cooper vetoes bill tweaking charter school oversight

Aug 25, 2021 | Carolina Coast | charter schools | States, South, North Carolina

Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest veto targets a bill that would have tweaked oversight of public charter schools in North Carolina. Cooper’s rejection of House Bill 729 marks his fifth veto this year and 58th veto since he took office in 2017.

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Facing Limited Virtual Options, Some D.C. Parents Are Torn About Sending Their Children To School

Aug 25, 2021 | The DCist | school districts | Towns, States, South, District of Columbia

An increasingly vocal contingent of parents are raising issues with the District’s reopening plans and have demanded the city broaden virtual options to children under 12 until that age group is eligible for coronavirus vaccines. They say the delta variant, a highly contagious strain of the virus that is driving most new infections in the country, should change the calculus on bringing students back to buildings.

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Newton schools to use testing protocol to keep quarantined students in schools

Aug 25, 2021 | The Kansan | school districts | Towns, States, Midwest, Kansas

Law changes by the state Legislature have hamstrung the district in the area of online education — which the district used last year. Some students only entered classrooms for state assessment testing. In addition, for some periods the school buildings were closed to all students.

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NYC still deciding how to teach quarantined kids this school year

Aug 25, 2021 | New York Post | online learning | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The city is still devising an instructional plan for quarantined kids this upcoming school year with weeks to spare — a delay that has heightened calls for a remote learning option.

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Online options limited for Central Georgia parents sending students back to school

Aug 25, 2021 | WMAZ-TV | online learning | Towns, States, South, Georgia

Right now, Superintendent Curtis Jones says the district doesn't allow parents to choose individual virtual learning.

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Maine parents face tough decision to send students back to school or find virtual option

Aug 25, 2021 | WGME | other education issues | States, Northeast, Maine

Families feeling unsafe about their kids returning to in-person learning are finding few alternatives in Maine.

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With a full plate of controversial bills to go, Texas House committee OKs funding for virtual learni

Aug 25, 2021 | Texas Tribune | online learning | States, South, Texas

However, the bill as approved by the committee would allow remote learning to be offered only in schools that received a C grade or higher in the most recent round of state accountability testing. No more than 10% of the district's student population could be enrolled online, and schools could require students to return to in-classroom learning if they do not meet academic standards.

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Local families look to homeschooling as virtual options become unavailable

Aug 25, 2021 | WRIC | homeschooling | Towns, States, South, Virginia

As the number of COVID-19 cases rise across Virginia and children under 12 remain unvaccinated, some parents are walking back on their initial decision to send their students to school for in-person instruction for the 2021-22 academic year. But with selections for virtual or face-to-face learning due earlier this summer, in many cases, students are stuck where they are.

 

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Marshalltown school district launches virtual academy, joining 22 other Iowa districts

Aug 25, 2021 | WOI-TV | online learning | Towns, States, Midwest, Iowa

On the first day of school at Anson Elementary in Marshalltown, kids are scurrying through hallways and filling up classrooms. This year, teachers can look forward to welcoming students in person year-round.

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Lawmakers concerned about extended learning time

Aug 25, 2021 | Santa Fe New Mexican | accountability | States, West, New Mexico

State lawmakers expressed concern Tuesday about a large number of public schools that aren’t participating in programs extending classroom time to help improve outcomes for students and address the 2018 ruling in the landmark Yazzie/Martinez education lawsuit.

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