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CER Daily Media Clips for August 26, 2021
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Aug 26, 2021 | Gallup | research |
National
As U.S. children head back to classrooms amid another COVID-19 surge, 73% of parents of school-aged children say they are satisfied with the quality of education their oldest child is receiving. Twenty-eight percent of parents are “completely” and 45% “somewhat” satisfied, which is essentially unchanged from one year ago when satisfaction fell after the pandemic forced schools to close to in-person instruction.
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Aug 26, 2021 | Washington Times | school choice |
National
Expanding school choice to every state should be a major issue in the next two elections, with parents and children — especially minorities — testifying to the difference the ability to choose a good school has made in their lives.
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Aug 26, 2021 | Washington Post | federal policy |
National
The Education Department is gathering data from a recent experiment that lets high school students enrolled in college courses pay for them using federal grants, but higher education experts worry that unresolved design flaws could undermine the initiative. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Policito | state policy |
National
The legal challenges argue that those state’s bans on universal masking in schools run afoul of federal anti-discrimination laws meant to protect children with disabilities. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | US News & World Report | other education issues |
National
Though their popularity has waxed and waned for more than a century, a full court press is underway from the White House, states and education officials to make community schools stick. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Education Week | technology |
National
Earlier this year, Congress approved more than $7 billion to help schools close the so-called homework gap. And it turns out that school districts in every state want a piece of that funding. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | other education issues |
States, West, California
So when Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered mask-wearing inside schools this year — it’s optional outdoors — he wasn’t doing anything California kids can’t handle. Yet the response was lawsuits, because what’s a COVID-19 policy without a lawsuit these days? But these court challenges reveal more than a lack of knowledge about the Delta variant of the coronavirus. They also display a somewhat hysterical attitude, growing more prevalent among parents of privilege in many arenas, that their children are incapable of suffering any discomfort. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | WJAR | school funding |
States, Northeast, Rhode Island
As another school year approaches, some Rhode Island school districts are figuring out what to spend big pots of COVID-19 relief money on. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Columbus Dispatch | school choice |
States, Midwest, Ohio
About 80% of Ohio's public school districts allow kids from outside their borders to fill their open seats. It's called open enrollment, and the schools that don't allow it are mostly affluent suburban districts that surround the state's eight largest cities. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | KVOA | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
Some New York teachers are pushing back against their own union over new vaccine mandates, coming after a COVID-19 vaccine was fully approved by the FDA. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Aspen Times | school funding |
States, West, Colorado
The LEAP program would be funded by a 5 percentage point sales-tax increase on recreational marijuana and by repurposing a portion of revenue derived from leases, rents and royalties paid for activities on state lands. In the details, the LEAP program enables parents to select as much as $1,500 of out-of-school learning opportunities from a menu of providers that are certified by a state authority.
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Aug 26, 2021 | NBC Miami | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Florida
About 112,000 students attend public charter schools in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, but there is no unifying mask policy among these schools.
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Aug 26, 2021 | The Advocate | accountability |
Towns, States, South, Louisiana
On the 10th day of the new school year, 2,000 of the nearly 41,000 students enrolled in Baton Rouge public schools were no-shows. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | WTVD-TV | charter schools |
States, South, North Carolina
Charter schools are supposed to make efforts to mirror the demographics of nearby school districts but that may not be happening.
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Aug 26, 2021 | Greenville Journal | private schools |
Towns, States, South, South Carolina
At Thales, there is one school administrator, one assistant administrator and then teachers. That’s it. The teachers run their classrooms, Luddy said, which allows for more autonomy depending upon the needs of each specific class. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | KIFI | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Idaho
The former Sears store in the Grand Teton Mall has been remodeled into a new charter school. Alturas Preparatory Academy will open for classes on Monday. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | My News LA | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, California
Several San Diego-area charter schools were among the subjects of a study released Wednesday which found students attending diverse-by-design charter schools are 12% more likely to learn among peers of different racial or socio-economic backgrounds than students in other schools. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | ABC15 | microschools |
States, West, Arizona
The pandemic has disrupted traditional education all over the country, leading to an increase in microschools. A Mesa company is the reason behind the boom in Arizona. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | WVLT | private schools |
Towns, States, South, Tennessee
The enrollment director with Sacred Heart Cathedral School told WVLT News it has had an eight percent increase since 2019 and added an extra class to just about each grade in 2021. She believed the COVID-19 response from public schools exacerbated the school’s growth. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Nashville Tennessean | school funding |
States, South, Tennessee
Education spending in Tennessee continues to increase year over year, but the amount of taxpayer dollars making it to the classroom hasn't, a new report out Wednesday concludes. Instead, it has decreased. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Spectrum 1 | online learning |
States, Midwest, Wisconsin
With their still being uncertainty with the coronavirus pandemic, O’Hagan said giving families choices for their child’s education, whether choosing traditional learning or virtual, is extremely important. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Chalkbeat | online learning |
States, South, Tennessee
Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday he has no plans to allow school systems to shift to virtual learning, despite another COVID surge and calls from district leaders wanting flexibility to manage the public health crisis. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | WTOP | online learning |
States, South, District of Columbia
Five days before the start of school in D.C., the District’s State Board of Education is urging Mayor Muriel Bowser to adjust the city’s fall plans, calling for increased testing, a vaccine mandate for all students 16 and older and the possibility for schools to add a hybrid or fully virtual option. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | WBUR | other education issues |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
Parents in the Boston area are preparing for our second fall during the COVID-19 pandemic. As parents of 4-year-old and 14-year-old boys, eagerly anticipating their first days of pre-kindergarten and high school, we are, too. Read More...
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Aug 26, 2021 | El Dorado News | school choice |
States, South, Arkansas
The JCSD and Hope, Camden Fairview and Lafayette County school districts had filed four separate but similar lawsuits against state officials arguing that Arkansas School Choice Act student transfers would result in white flight from their districts and hinder the districts in complying their previously issued federal school desegregation consent decrees and orders. Read More...
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