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CER Daily Media Clips for September 27, 2021
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Sep 27, 2021 |ABC News | other education issues |
National
Six months after President Joe Biden offered states $10 billion so schools could routinely test students and staff to prevent asymptomatic cases, the school year is being hindered by the virus. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |The 74 | school districts |
National
This fall, districts across the country are pivoting to create remote options for families facing complicated health decisions and those not yet comfortable sending their unvaccinated children back to school. Still, these options are not available to all students.
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Sep 27, 2021 |New York Daily News | remote learning |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
As hundreds of thousands of children and 75,000 teachers return to New York City schools, families’ resilience is being put to yet another test, particularly as COVID-19 cases emerge in schools with no proper remote learning option available. While criticisms of the de Blasio administration abound, the mayor shows no signs of deviating from his plan to mandate in-person learning for all but a sliver of children with a prescribed list of serious medical conditions. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Axios | school choice |
States, West, Arizona
Arizona Gov. Greg Ducey (R) is offering $7,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds to parents whose children's school requires them to wear masks, KJZZ reports. Read More...
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Two prominent Georgia Tech computer scientists maintain online classes can be as effective as face-to-face instruction and urge expansion of opportunities that liberate students from the confines of a classroom and an 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily schedule. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |The Detroit News | school choice |
States, Midwest, Michigan
A group of Michigan parents are suing the state in federal court over a constitutional amendment that prevents them from using tax-incentivized education savings to send their kids to private schools. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Auburn Citizen | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
After previously withdrawing a state application to establish a charter school within the Auburn school district, the group behind the proposed institution is working to resubmit early next year in the hopes of opening in 2023. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |WBEZ | enrollment |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
Chicago Public Schools enrollment is down by at least 10,000 students this fall. It has dropped by more than 24,000 since the pandemic began.
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Sep 27, 2021 |Union Leader | accountability |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
A program pitched as a way to help students catch up from pandemic learning loss has been slow to get off the ground after the governor approved a $6 million contract with an education company earlier this year. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Brunswick News | school choice |
States, South, Georgia
For too long, money has been an excuse not to give more options to more families. The notion we would defund public education by extending options was never true: In the case of charters, we’re still talking about public schools; in the case of private choice, the data clearly show schools save more in forgone expenses than they lose in revenue when a child leaves for another type of education. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | school boards |
States, West, California
Judging by the number of recall campaigns against school boards this year, there are some very angry parents out there. According to Ballotpedia, a nonpartisan election tracker, there have been 67 school recall efforts launched nationwide in 2021, targeting 174 board members. That’s dozens more than in any year dating back to at least 2009; in fact, it’s more than twice as many officials under the gun than in any of those years. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Des Moines Register | school choice |
States, Midwest, Iowa
If policymakers want to reform education and let mothers and fathers decide what is best for their students, then it is time to break the public-school monopoly and allow greater parental choice in education. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Albuquerque Journal | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, New Mexico
A 25-year teacher, school psychologist and administrator who has taught elementary school, worked as a principal in public schools and at a juvenile detention facility, and tutored inmates in a maximum security prison in New York, Mitchell nine years ago founded the Mission Achievement and Success Charter School in Albuquerque with the goal of educating kids from underserved communities. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |CBSNewYork | remote learning |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
Parents and educators rallied at New York City Hall on Saturday, pushing for a remote option in schools. They’re concerned about the safety of students and staff with in-person instruction mandatory and a rise in COVID cases. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |WPLG | enrollment |
Towns, States, South, Florida
School board members in Broward County continued their search for missing students on Sunday. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |News Herald | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, North Carolina
“New Dimensions recognizes the importance of family in the lives of our students,” school director David Burleson said. “I know, from first-hand experience, how important grandparents are in a child's life. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |WBTV | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, North Carolina
COVID-19 is affected school districts left and right, but one local school says they’ve been thankful to avoid an outbreak. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | remote learning |
Towns, States, West, California
A surge of parents seeking remote learning for their children has overwhelmed public school programs in Los Angeles, causing teacher shortages, administrative snafus and enrollment delays that in some cases have kept students out of school for weeks. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |KOAT | accountability |
States, West, New Mexico
On average, at-risk New Mexico students were already over half a year behind in learning before COVID-19. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Philadelphia Inquirer | school districts |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
Many students went hungry Thursday at Mitchell Elementary in Southwest Philadelphia. Teachers at the school, short on staff and food to feed 400-plus children that day, say multiple Philadelphia School District systems have failed this year and that the latest crisis is just one in a series of breakdowns. Read More...
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Sep 27, 2021 |Dallas Morning News | accountability |
Towns, States, South, Texas
The Wafford family is among thousands across Dallas grappling with the fallout from the pandemic and its disruptions to education. State officials estimate COVID-19 erased a decade of academic gains in math and five years of progress in reading. Read More...
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