CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for September, 23 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for September 23, 2021

Editorial: COVID-19 led parents to vote with their feet — and choose charter schools for their

Sep 23, 2021 |New York Post | charter schools | National

When district public schools failed to meet the pandemic’s challenges last year, America’s parents did the logical thing: They switched their kids to public charter schools. In droves.

The Post-COVID Classical-Education Boom

Sep 23, 2021 |National Review | charter schools | National

As students return to school this fall, classical education is experiencing an historic boom. The classical-education model has a tradition — steeped in the great books, the liberal arts, and the natural sciences — that extends back millennia. The appeal is obvious, even if it had, until recently, lain somewhat dormant. So why the sudden resurgence? Simple: It is an unexpected outcome of COVID-19’s disruption of the American education system.

Column: Educational choice is a smart investment for all

Sep 23, 2021 |St. Cloud Times | school choice | National

Freidman’s ideas have caused numerous types of educational transformations across the country. Having choices assists parents in making the best educational decisions for their children even while challenging traditions and monopolies. Each choice involves accountability and transparency, but possibly in alternate forms. The focus shifts from how much money is spent to how well the funds are invested.

New state rule: If student is exposed to COVID, parents decide whether they quarantine

Sep 23, 2021 |Miami Herald | state policy | States, South, Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis doubled down Wednesday on his insistence that parents should decide whether their children wear masks at school and whether they should quarantine or attend school after being exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Enrollment gap between Portland and Deering prompts new look at high school choice

Sep 23, 2021 |Portland Press Herald | school choice | Towns, States, Northeast, Maine

School board members are considering whether to pursue options such as a 3-school lottery in future years to help even out the numbers.

Lawmakers, residents push top D.C. education leaders for more testing, transparency and virtual

Sep 23, 2021 |Washington Post | online learning | Towns, States, South, District of Columbia

City officials, teachers and parents depicted two vastly different versions of how schools are operating at full capacity during the pandemic at a seven-hour D.C. Council oversight hearing Tuesday.

Iowa charter schools’ enrollment has room for growth

Sep 23, 2021 |The Center Square | charter schools | States, Midwest, Iowa

While 39 states experienced increases in charter school enrollment during the 2020-2021 school year, Iowa was one of three states that did not. The numbers are from a report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released Wednesday.

Editorial: Education audit weaponizes state audits for political chess before an election year

Sep 23, 2021 |Tulsa World | elected officials | States, South, Oklahoma

If lawmakers want to know where every dollar in education goes, they need to look at the local school district budgets, not the state education department.

Some families frustrated over long-standing Oregon rule allowing districts to cap online charter

Sep 23, 2021 |KGW8 | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Oregon

Hundreds of families haven't been able to enroll in Oregon Charter Academy because of a law commonly referred to as “the three-percent rule,” said school officials.

OPINION: Florida’s scholarship programs empower parents and students

Sep 23, 2021 |Herald Tribune | school choice | States, South, Florida

In Florida, the winds of change in public education clearly are favoring parental choice – and it's not necessary to put a moist finger in the air to detect the trend.

“I feel like the public schools have let us down.”

Sep 23, 2021 |Tennessee Lookout | school districts | Towns, States, South, Tennessee

Few school options for kids with disabilities during COVID add stress for parents

Opinion: It’s time for out-of-the-box thinking about school reform

Sep 23, 2021 |San Bernardino Sun | school choice | States, West, California

Have you ever felt that repairing our dysfunctional public education system is like trying to transform a 100-year-old coal-fired power plant into a modern, clean energy facility? Moving forward can also start with a bulldozer. And sometimes I realize that I need to start from scratch.

Nearly 40 cents of every education dollar in Illinois goes to pensions

Sep 23, 2021 |Illinois Policy | teacher pay | States, Midwest, Illinois

Rapidly rising pension costs compete with classroom spending, reducing resources for teachers and students while driving up property taxes.

L.A. teachers to receive 5% raise, pandemic-related bonuses under tentative agreement

Sep 23, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | teacher pay | Towns, States, West, California

Teachers in the Los Angeles school district would receive a 5% raise and bonuses under a tentative agreement announced Wednesday by L.A. Unified and the teachers union.

Malden charter school suing Dept. of Ed. for ‘censoring&#8217

Sep 23, 2021 |Boston Herald | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

A Malden charter school is suing the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and its commissioner Jeff Riley for “censoring” its mission with new cultural performance criteria all charter schools must follow.

Spartanburg’s Green Charter School outperforms SC school report card state average

Sep 23, 2021 |Herald-Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, South, South Carolina

She found GREEN Charter School (GCSS) in Spartanburg. GCSS opened their doors in 2019 with just 250 students. Due to the school’s small class sizes, they were not operating on a hybrid schedule, but were face-to-face, 5 days a week, with the exception of a few weeks the school did have to go virtual due to the rising number of positive COVID-19 cases.

KIPP Texas rescinds mask mandate after Texas Attorney General Office threatens possible legal action

Sep 23, 2021 |Click 2 Houston | charter schools | States, South, Texas

KIPP Texas Public Schools rescinded its mask mandate Wednesday after the Texas Attorney General’s Office threatened possible legal action against the charter school network.

A look inside Harrisburg’s newest charter school: ‘It took a long time to get here

Sep 23, 2021 |The Patriot-News | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

A new charter school opened its doors in Harrisburg this fall, the first new facility of its kind to launch in the city in eight years.

Opinion: The Dallas City Council must stop using zoning to hurt charter schools

Sep 23, 2021 |Dallas Morning News | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Texas

In June, we encouraged the Dallas City Plan Commission to approve the zoning for a charter school called International Leadership Texas to open a campus in Southern Dallas. They went the other way. The City Council followed their lead. Now, IL Texas is suing. This is a fight that could have been avoided, and one that stands as a proxy for a wider conflict over school choice.

Norwich Free Academy Launches ‘Learning Labs’ to Address Pandemic Learning Impact

Sep 23, 2021 |NBC Connecticut | private schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Connecticut

With that goal of learning acceleration, NFA launched learning labs. The labs focus on math and English and are designed to help students who were doing well before the pandemic, but then began to struggle.

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