CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for August, 30 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for August 30, 2021

The Pandemic Broke a Fundamental Principle of TeachingThe Pandemic Broke a Fundamental Principle of

Aug 30, 2021 | The Atlantic | accountability | National

America’s schoolchildren spent less time in the classroom last year than ever before in modern history. Now teachers are scrambling to fill in the gaps.

Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates

Aug 30, 2021 | CNN | state policy | National

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in a stand-off with local school officials in the rural Cherokee Nation, with the school board insisting they can require that students wear masks in their Covid-ravaged community and the GOP governor claiming the board is in violation of state law.

Virtual schools saw little disruption, got equal virus aid

Aug 30, 2021 | Associated Press | online learning | National

While many schools scrambled to shift to online classes last year, the nation’s virtual charter schools faced little disruption. For them, online learning was already the norm. Most have few physical classrooms, or none at all.

Editorial: From recall candidates, no fresh ideas on California schools

Aug 30, 2021 | Los Angeles Times | elections | States, West, California

Considering that schools are among the biggest swords on which Gov. Gavin Newsom could fall come Sept. 14, you would expect the top candidates vying for the job to have robust plans for how they would improve education.

Op-ed: Illinois must tackle the widening higher education racial divide

Aug 30, 2021 | Chicago Tribune | higher education | States, Midwest, Illinois

It’s back-to-school season, and at many Illinois colleges and universities — including Chicago State University — students are returning to campus after more than a year of hybrid or remote learning. This return to in-person learning, with intentional precautions and adaptations to protect student and faculty safety, will support strong student outcomes.

Villages Charter School ready to support mental well-being in new year

Aug 30, 2021 | The Villages Daily Sun | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Florida

Educators are keeping an extra eye on students’ mental well-being following a school year filled with unknowns. Sharon Tatman, mental health coordinator of the Villages Charter School, is working to ensure students are cared for at every grade level.

LGBTQ Students Find Hope In New Affirming School: The Magic City Acceptance Academy

Aug 30, 2021 | WBHM | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Alabama

All public schools are supposed to provide a safe learning environment for children, but that doesn’t always happen for LGBTQ students. At his previous public school, Elliot started falling behind during virtual learning and didn’t get the academic help he needed. He was also outed to his school by someone close to him and didn’t feel safe,

Non-Classroom-Based Charters Performed Near Bottom in Test Score Analysis

Aug 30, 2021 | California News Times | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

Virtual charter schools – as well as other charters that don’t use traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms – performed among the worst in San Diego County in a new analysis of test scores that took each school’s poverty level into account.

Virtual school plans still tentative a week before school resumes

Aug 30, 2021 | Times Union | online learning | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Back-to-school planning this year presents a new puzzle for school officials, who aim to bring nearly all of their students back into the classroom full-time while still accommodating students and teachers with legitimate medical concerns.

Texas House advances expansion of virtual school beyond COVID-19

Aug 30, 2021 | Houston Chronicle | online learning | States, South, Texas

The House voted 115 to 3 to advance a bill Friday night to expand virtual learning programs for Texas schools beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arizona schools awash in federal virus cash, some flooded

Aug 30, 2021 | Associated Press | school funding | States, West, Arizona

Arizona K-12 schools have been sent nearly $4.3 billion through several federal coronavirus relief packages, with virtually every public charter school or traditional district receiving extra cash to help them endure shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and help students make up for lost classroom time.

This was supposed to be the return-to-normal school year. It’s going to be anything but.

Aug 30, 2021 | Philadelphia Inquirer | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Thousands of students across the region will return to classes over the next few weeks — some as soon as Monday — beginning a school year that everyone hoped would return to normalcy.

As Delta Surges, JCPS Virtual School Runs Out Of Room

Aug 30, 2021 | WFPL | online learning | Towns, States, South, Kentucky

Families worried about the health risks of sending their kids to in-person classes in Jefferson County Public Schools have few options now that the district has run out of room in JCPS’ only fully virtual school.

‘A lot of creative solutions’: Learning options for quarantined students vary widely across CT

Aug 30, 2021 | CT Post | online learning | States, Northeast, Connecticut

The end of remote learning in Connecticut could lead to significant variation across the state in how quarantined students learn from home.

Schools scramble to teach quarantined kids with online models gone

Aug 30, 2021 | Dayton Daily News | online learning | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

Most local schools do not have robust online and remote-learning structures in place for hundreds of children, like they did last year. Students who bounce in and out of quarantine for two weeks at a time this year might be more susceptible to falling behind academically.

NC bill would let school districts decide on remote learning due to COVID exposures

Aug 30, 2021 | WSOC-TV | remote learning | States, South, North Carolina

Several districts around North Carolina are having to quarantine groups of students and though districts are creating plans to support kids learning during that time, without the state allowing for remote instruction, their options are limited.

Portland Public Schools capped enrollment for its virtual academy at 500 students. Then the delta va

Aug 30, 2021 | The Oregonian | online learning | Towns, States, West, Oregon

As COVID-19 vaccinations were on the rise and restrictions on businesses and gatherings waned in the spring, Portland Public Schools officials took a bet on the number of families who would want their children to take classes virtually come fall.

In-person learning returns as enrollment ticks upward in Archdiocese of Baltimore schools

Aug 30, 2021 | Catholic Review | catholic schools | States, South, Maryland

Following an unprecedented academic year that challenged Catholic educators to embrace a hybrid approach to learning – partly in person and partly via videoconferencing – Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are returning to only in-person learning for the new academic year that begins Aug. 30.

Parents are changing their minds on in-person school. In most cases, there are no other options.

Aug 30, 2021 | Virginia Mercury | online learning | States, South, Virginia

Families with Richmond Public Schools had until June 1 to choose between enrolling virtually or attending classes in person. At that point in the summer, COVID-19 vaccines were widely available to adults, new cases had dropped to less than 200 a day, and almost no one had heard of delta, the highly transmissible variant that now accounts for virtually all new infections across the U.S.

Minnesota student reading and math scores suffer during COVID-19

Aug 30, 2021 | The Center Square | accountability | States, Midwest, Minnesota

Statewide assessment results for 2021 show declines in the number of students meeting or exceeding grade-level standards compared to 2019 after a year of virtual learning and disruptions from COVID-19.

Group calls on Gov. Bill Lee to implement a temporary mask requirement and virtual school option

Aug 30, 2021 | WATN-TV | online learning | States, South, Tennessee

A group of health and education leaders are calling out Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, saying he needs to step up and lead during the COVID-19 pandemic.They are calling on him to implement a temporary mask requirement and virtual school option. They penned an open letter to Lee.

Independent charters get twice as much federal COVID aid per student as school districts

Aug 30, 2021 | Wisconsin State Journal | charter schools | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s independent charter schools are getting twice as much federal COVID relief funding per student as public school districts, according to an analysis of data by the Wisconsin State Journal.

For Boston mayoral candidates, fixing the school system is personal

Aug 30, 2021 | Boston Globe | elections | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

The Boston public school system has stumped numerous mayors, who have failed through the years to provide students with everything they need to succeed.

Can my K-12 kid take a ‘gap year’ and skip school this year?

Aug 30, 2021 | New Jersey Advance | other education issues | States, Northeast, New Jersey

Mandatory masks. Crowded cafeterias. Classrooms full of unvaccinated elementary school students. Rising Delta variant cases. And no option for remote learning.

School Choice a Reality in NH As EFAs Come On Line

Aug 30, 2021 | New Hamshire Journal | school choice | States, Northeast, New Hampshire

Granite State parents now have more choices when it comes to education thanks to the Education Freedom Account program that opened up for applications on Friday

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