CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for September, 28 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for September 28, 2021

Pandemic relief battle resumes

Sep 28, 2021 |Washington Examiner | federal budget | National

As Republican lawmakers again try to wrest control over how Wisconsin’s Democratic governor spends the state’s share of federal pandemic relief funds, the Assembly will vote Tuesday on a bill demanding reports on how those funds are spent.

Here Are the Upcoming Supreme Court Cases That Matter for Schools

Sep 28, 2021 |Education Week | other education issues | National

A wide-ranging array of cases of interest to educators, including significant ones about religious-school choice and school boards’ authority to censure their own “rogue” members, are on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket as it opens its new term Oct 4.

Column: How civil rights activist Howard Fuller became a devout champion of school choice

Sep 28, 2021 |St. Louis Post-Dispatch | school choice | National

But unlike those figures, Fuller’s support for school choice is not rooted in a conservative agenda to privatize public schools. Rather, it is grounded in his ongoing quest to provide Black students a quality education by any means necessary.

Education-Technology Startup Multiverse Raises $130 Million

Sep 28, 2021 |Wall Street Journal | technology | National

Multiverse, an education technology company co-founded by the oldest son of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has raised $130 million on a bet that apprenticeships can help level the economic playing field.

Empower Parents, Not Union Leaders

Sep 28, 2021 |Real Clear Education | parent power | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

This degree of influence on our politicians by a special-interest group and campaign donor should be shocking and unacceptable. Unfortunately, the control of teachers’ unions over politicians is equally pervasive at the state level. The recent bending of Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf to union demands is a key example.

Should Public Funds Go To Vt. Independent Schools?

Sep 28, 2021 |Vermont Public Radio | school choice | States, Northeast, Vermont

When it comes to education, should public money go to non-public schools? A school board in Rutland County recently posed this question, and it’s not the first time — or the last — this issue has been debated in Vermont or elsewhere. It’s come up in communities and courts at the local, state, and federal levels.

Critics Blast Arizona’s School Voucher Offer As A Way To Avoid Mask Mandates

Sep 28, 2021 |NPR | school choice | States, West, Arizona

Arizona's governor is promising families who want to opt out of school mask or vaccine mandates vouchers to cover private school tuition. That money is coming from federal COVID-19 relief funds.

New York City can proceed with vaccine mandate for educators and staff, judges ruled.

Sep 28, 2021 |New York Times | general teacher issues | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

New York City’s vaccine mandate for nearly all adults working in its public schools can proceed as scheduled, a federal appeals panel ruled on Monday, reversing a decision made over the weekend that paused enforcement of the mandate until later this week at the earliest.

Column: City should hire superintendent who is open to new ‘innovation’ schools

Sep 28, 2021 |Telegram & Gazette | accountability | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

But the more fundamental problem with their comments is a failure to address the substantive problem that has plagued Worcester public schools for many years: poor overall educational outcomes (as signified, among other measures, by MCAS results), including (but not limited to) the failure to close the educational gap between white and minority, or upper- and lower-income students.Read More...

L.A. Unified enrollment drops by more than 27,000 students, steepest decline in years

Sep 28, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | enrollment | Towns, States, West, California

Enrollment in the Los Angeles Unified School District has dropped by more than 27,000 students since last year, a decline of close to 6% — a much steeper slide than in any recent year.

Philly Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. says he’s leaving at the end of the school year

Sep 28, 2021 |Philadelphia Inquirer | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

William R. Hite Jr., for nearly a decade the superintendent of city schools, announced his tenure in Philadelphia is coming to a close.

Kids fell behind amid COVID. Here’s what Dallas ISD learned from a signature effort to help

Sep 28, 2021 |Dallas Morning News | accountability | Towns, States, South, Texas

Since 2015, DISD has relied on the Accelerating Campus Excellence model, known as ACE, to intervene when students at a school are chronically struggling. It temporarily provides longer days, extra tutoring and additional student support. The district offers stipends to encourage Dallas’ best educators to work at and lead ACE campuses.

Livestreaming option for quarantined students begins in Fairfax County

Sep 28, 2021 |WUSA 9 | remote learning | Towns, States, South, Virginia

The virtual learning option doesn't give students the opportunity to participate during class.

Local Catholic schools see their enrollment rise during the pandemic

Sep 28, 2021 |The Berkshire Eagle | catholic schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

The three local Catholic schools are growing, with a recent boost in enrollment and a near return to pre-pandemic normal.

Petition submitted for new Napa charter middle school

Sep 28, 2021 |Napa Valley Register | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

The Napa Foundation for Options in Education, “a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding high-quality educational options for Napa Valley students,” announced that it submitted a petition to the Napa Valley Unified School District to open Mayacamas Charter Middle School.

Our View: Racial achievement gaps a reality in Maine

Sep 28, 2021 |Kennebec Journal | accountability | States, Northeast, Maine

While some people disagree with Chong on the reason why Portland Public Schools students of color and those from low-income families score below better-off white students on standardized tests, no one denies that these gaps exist, not just in Portland, but around the state as well.

Wisconsin Assembly voting on requiring civics education

Sep 28, 2021 |Associated Press | civics education | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

A statewide civics curriculum would be created that all Wisconsin public and private schools would have to follow under a Republican-authored bill up for approval Tuesday in the state Assembly.

Baton Rouge is trying to get more kids non-college job training. But demand is lower than hoped.

Sep 28, 2021 |The Advocate | workforce development | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

Baton Rouge students can get job experience in high school for free. Why aren't more doing so?

‘We’re just normal kids’: Homeschooling sees rise in numbers during pandemic

Sep 28, 2021 |Eagle Times | homeschooling | States, Northeast, New Hampshire

For the past couple years homeschooling in the United States has taken off. Not coincidentally it mirrors the start of the pandemic when in-person schooling was in flux and many parents felt they had little choice but to take over their children’s education.

Property taxes could jump 11% for average St. Paul homeowner

Sep 28, 2021 |Pioneer Press | school funding | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

Superintendent Joe Gothard said the district must “ensure that we have the investments necessary for us to continue to do our work.

SC public online schools say interest in virtual programs likely to remain high after pandemic

Sep 28, 2021 |WSPA | online learning | States, South, South Carolina

Officials say interest in online virtual schools in South Carolina hit new highs at the start of the 2020-21 school year.

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