CER Daily Media Clips for September 21, 2021   Commentary: The Failure of American Public Education Sep 21, 2021 |Foundation for Economic Education | accountability | National By any reasonable measure, America’s monopolistic, bureaucratic, over-regulated system of public schools is woefully unprepared to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. Political, business, and education leaders continue to talk about “reforming” the current public education system. They should, instead, be discussing how to replace it. Read More...     A New Covid Testing Model Aims to Spare Students From Quarantine Sep 21, 2021 |New York Times | other education issues | National More school districts are embracing “test-to-stay” protocols that allow uninfected close contacts to remain in the classroom. Read More...     Column: Homeschooling Is on the Rise. What Should That Teach Education Leaders About Families Sep 21, 2021 |The 74 | homeschooling | National That school systems have struggled to adapt to these unfamiliar conditions is understandable. But for millions of families, their willingness to tolerate institutional sclerosis in their children’s education is starting to wear thin. Read More...     Schools Are Getting Billions In COVID Relief Money. Here’s How They Plan To Spend It Sep 21, 2021 |WFDD | federal budget | National New staff, new tech and even new classrooms — that's just some of what school superintendents across the country are buying with the windfall of COVID-19 relief dollars Congress has sent their way since the pandemic began. Those are the findings of a new survey of hundreds of school leaders put together by the national School Superintendents Association, or AASA. Read More...     Local superintendents, charter leaders weigh in on Pa. Charter School Law Sep 21, 2021 |LebTown | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania The Charter School Law of 1997 ignited an ongoing clash between traditional public schools and charter schools for coveted tax dollars in Pennsylvania — and that dispute is heating up as the pandemic spurs enrollment increases in online charter schools. Read More...     DCPS Reporting Parents for ‘Educational Neglect’ After Kids Miss In-Person School Sep 21, 2021 |NBC Washington | other education issues | Towns, States, South, District of Columbia Some DC parents say they face an “impossible choice:” send their kids to school amid a COVID-19 spike or face a child services investigation. Read More...     ‘This literally scares the hell out of me’: Parents call on state officials to make remo Sep 21, 2021 |Boston.com | online learning | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts “I’ve had to choose between homeschooling my child working a full-time schedule or sending my kid into an essential death trap/” Read More...     Newark Church And Charter School Working Together To Provide Free, ‘High Dosage’ Tutorin Sep 21, 2021 |WLNY | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey A church and a charter school in New Jersey are teaming up to close the learning gap widened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More...     There’s a shortage of educators in New Hampshire – and COVID is only part of the reason Sep 21, 2021 |Concord Monitor | general teacher issues | States, Northeast, New Hampshire But the challenges are also structural. In an environment where every employer is competing for workers, school districts are sometimes at a disadvantage, Whaland said. Staff salaries can be locked in by hard-fought collective bargaining agreements, and administrations can’t always be as flexible as other employers when it comes to providing incentives for staff to stay. Read More...     Charter school group, spurned once, is back before Hillsborough board Sep 21, 2021 |Tampa Bay Times | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Florida Mater Academy, with 48 schools in Florida and Nevada, still wants to add two in Hillsborough. Read More...     Fairfield Long-Term Remote Learning Not Enough, Some Parents Say Sep 21, 2021 |Patch | online learning | Towns, States, Northeast, Connecticut Fairfield schools have introduced a remote learning option for students with immunocompromised family members, but some say it's not enough. Read More...     Parents in the Chicago area want distance learning options at school. Sep 21, 2021 |Illinois News Today | online learning | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois Some parents in Chicago and the suburbs are looking for distance learning options as some children return home to quarantine. A group of Chicago Public Schools students will protest outside Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home on Monday night. One of the things they are looking for is a distance learning option. Read More...     All DC public, private school staff must be vaccinated, Bowser says Sep 21, 2021 |WTOP | state policy | States, South, District of Columbia All D.C. schools workers will need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus by November, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday, removing the option to submit to regular testing. Read More...     Op-Ed: Private School Tax Credit Program at Odds With Kentucky’s Constitution Sep 21, 2021 |River City News | school choice | States, South, Kentucky The framers of Kentucky’s constitution made crystal clear the state’s responsibility to provide for a system of common, public schools across the commonwealth. And in 1989 the Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed that obligation and said funding inadequacies at the time meant the state had “fallen short in its duty” to provide a “proper and adequate education. Read More...     University Heights Charter School in Newark Continues to Expand Sep 21, 2021 |TAPinto.com | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey A sure sign that the growth of the University Heights Charter School continues to blossom took center stage on Saturday, Sept. 18, in downtown Newark. Read More...

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