CER Daily Media Clips for September 2, 2021   Push To Reopen Schools Leaves Many Quarantined Students Without Remote Learning Options Sep 2, 2021 | The 74 | online learning | National “I really can’t believe our schools are as unprepared for remote learning as they seem to be,” said Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education. “It’s been clear for months that remote options would be necessary, at least as long as kids remain unvaccinated. Everyone had their heads in the sand, and kids will pay the price.”   Read More...     States That Pay Public School Teachers Most Sep 2, 2021 | Newsweek | teacher pay | National 50 million children attend public elementary and high schools in the U.S., with parents often highly invested in which schools offer the greatest improvement to the academic progress of their child. As everybody knows, an inspiring teacher is the beating heart of every excellent public school. Read More...     When Vaccines Aren’t an Option: Life for Families With Children Under 12 Sep 2, 2021 | New York Times | other education issues | National About 48 million American children are not eligible for a coronavirus shot. Their parents face difficult choices as school starts. Read More...     Concerned with delta surge, parents find ways to switch to virtual learning Sep 2, 2021 | WWMT | online learning | Towns, States, Midwest, Michigan Some parents, concerned with the COVID-19 surge brought on by the delta variant first detected in India, explored other options to switch to virtual learning for the 2021-2022 school year. Read More...     Chicago Teachers Union warns of ‘escalating actions’ unless COVID-19 safety improves in Sep 2, 2021 | Chicago Tribune | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois The Chicago Teachers Union said late Wednesday it intends to “step up resistance” if Chicago Public Schools doesn’t improve COVID-19 safety protections, calling current conditions “dangerous. Read More...     Texas lawmakers OK funding for virtual learning, but not for all students Sep 2, 2021 | Austin American-Statesman | online learning | States, South, Texas Legislation to fund virtual learning programs in Texas public schools, providing a pandemic lifeline for cash-strapped districts, is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk Read More...     State Test Results Chart Pandemic’s Toll on Learning Sep 2, 2021 | The Pilot | accountability | Towns, States, South, North Carolina Scores from year-end tests administered this past spring have confirmed educators’ and parents’ fears about how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected student learning. Read More...     Cardinal Academy opens doors to pregnant and parenting teens Sep 2, 2021 | Idaho Press | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Idaho Life for new parents is not easy, particularly for teen parents navigating school. On Sept. 13, Cardinal Academy, a new public charter school in Boise for pregnant and parenting teens, will open its doors to students. Students from both Ada and Canyon counties, ages 14-21, may enroll at any time. The school is open to both male and female students. Read More...     APS school board postponed proposed new charter school moratorium Sep 2, 2021 | KRQE | charter schools | Towns, States, West, New Mexico Albuquerque Public Schools wants the state to stop building more charter schools but at Wednesday night’s school board meeting, there was plenty of pushback on the idea. Read More...     Many families still opting to homeschool, but far less than COVID-19 year in Plymouth Sep 2, 2021 | Wicked Local | homeschooling | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts For the second year in a row, the elementary school girls will learn at home with their mother, who left the choice to her daughters this year, but is pleased with their decision. After seeing COVID-19 run through her house last spring despite isolating and taking all precautions, Jessica Fitzgibbons is fed up. Read More...     This Catholic school doesn’t charge tuition and all of its graduates have gone to college Sep 2, 2021 | Louisville Courier Journal | catholic schools | Towns, States, South, Kentucky For 30 years Father Tom Carroll has watched every graduate at The Piarist School go on to college. It’s an impressive statistic — even for a private school. But this tiny Catholic school in the mountains is a genuine anomaly in Eastern Kentucky's Johnson County, where U.S. Census data shows only about 16% of adults have earned a bachelor's degree. Read More...     Memphians demand district create more virtual learning options to stop the COVID spread in schools Sep 2, 2021 | Chalkbeat | online learning | Towns, States, South, Tennessee Four weeks into the school year, a growing chorus of Memphis parents are pressing Shelby County Schools to be more aggressive in creating a virtual learning option as safety concerns mount amid a surge in community COVID cases. Read More...     Virtual school is still available through Florida Virtual School Flex program Sep 2, 2021 | Action News Jax | online learning | States, South, Florida For many, virtual school enrollment has closed in Florida. However, there’s one program that is still available, The Florida Virtual School (FLVS) Flex program. Read More...     Donations to tax credit scholarships increase along with wait lists Sep 2, 2021 | Chicago Catholic | school choice | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois “The tax credit scholarships are very important to us,” Gabriella De Leon said in Spanish through an interpreter. “We couldn’t afford to send the girls to private schools otherwise.” Read More...     Alabama Connections Academy still enrolling students for 21-22 school year Sep 2, 2021 | WAFF | online learning | States, South, Alabama The Alabama Connections Academy is still enrolling students for the 2021-2022 school year. The tuition-free, online public school offers K-12 students a virtual, yet personalized education. Read More...     School leaders say steady funding, flexibility in remote learning and hiring needed with COVID-19 Sep 2, 2021 | WDRB | online learning | States, South, Kentucky Kentucky education groups say they need reliable funding and more flexibility in utilizing remote learning and hiring as lawmakers prepare for a special session in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More...     Substitute shortages so severe, some districts may have to temporarily close classrooms Sep 2, 2021 | Ed Source | general teacher issues | States, West, California California school districts, already struggling to find enough teachers for classrooms, are facing a substitute shortage so severe that officials at smaller districts fear temporary school closures. Read More...     Some schools look to hybrid schedules to stem COVID-19 spread in students Sep 2, 2021 | Mississippi Today | state policy | States, South, Mississippi As the delta variant of COVID-19 spreads rapidly in schools across Mississippi, the state board of education recently issued a directive to give school districts flexibility in how they teach their students. Read More...     Opinion: Control of MPS must be wrested from the school board and teachers union Sep 2, 2021 | Journal Sentinel | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin Memo to state legislators: We are at the start of another school year and Milwaukee Public Schools continues to founder. It is of the utmost urgency that you do two things. Dismantle the MPS School Board, which continues in the thrall of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association and is receiving $800 million additional federal dollars. And put the district in the hands of a proven educational leader free to implement real reform. Read More...     Nominees to Education Reform Oversight Panel Named Sep 2, 2021 | Maryland Matters | other education issues | States, South, Maryland A nominating committee announced nine nominees to an accountability board tasked with ensuring the success of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reforms on Wednesday, but one lawmaker contends that they do not fully represent the state of Maryland. Read More...     Competing School Choice Initiatives Planned for California’s 2022 Election Sep 2, 2021 | Epoch Times | fund families | States, West, California When an Orange County resident approached me in 2017 about doing another school choice ballot measure, I reminded him of these two prior efforts. But he had a different idea. Determine how much California spends on each student and allocate that amount to each of them, allowing the funding to follow the student. Read More...

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