CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for September, 30 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for September 30, 2021

How civics education became a national security issue

Sep 30, 2021 |Politico | civics education | National

The former defense secretary, CIA director and higher education official spoke to POLITICO following a keynote discussion at the CivXNow Policy Summit.

Commentary: Anti‐school choice ‘history’ keeps getting the history wrong

Sep 30, 2021 |Washington Examiner | school choice | National

For several years, I tried to be understanding of people who tie school choice to racial segregation. After all, some people after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling did want to use choice to bypass integration. But just as the fact that the worst monsters in human history breathed air does not make air‐breathing evil, supporting freedom, even if some people have used it for ill, does not make freedom heinous. And frankly, I’m at my wits’ end with choice opponents who proclaim dastardly motives and ignore historical reality to smear choice proponents as monstrous.

Column: ‘If You’re Not Vaccinated, Don’t Come to Work’

Sep 30, 2021 |New York Times | teachers unions | States, Northeast, New York

How sad that many of these vaccine holdouts are supported by their unions. Talk about a lack of solidarity. For years, these unions defended the health and safety of their members.

Review & Outlook: A Brawl Over Schools in Virginia

Sep 30, 2021 |Wall Street Journal | elections | States, South, Virginia

Virginia’s race for Governor in November could be a bellwether for the national midterm elections next year, and one emerging fault line is over school choice and whether parents have a say in the public-school curriculum.

Why Does Michigan Law Still Discriminate against Religious Schools?

Sep 30, 2021 |National Review | school choice | States, Midwest, Michigan

The Supreme Court killed anti-Catholic ‘Blaine amendments’ nationwide, yet one persists in the Great Lakes State.

GaDOE launches ESSER funding dashboard to evaluate COVID-19 relief funds

Sep 30, 2021 |Valdosta Today | federal budget | States, South, Georgia

The Georgia Department of Education has developed an ESSER funding dashboard that will provide a simple, transparent way for the public to see Georgia school districts’ use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.

New chance for old idea: Senators push historic tax credits to renovate schools

Sep 30, 2021 |Richmond Times-Dispatch | facilities | States, South, Virginia

Now a U.S. senator, Kaine is delivering on the promise by reintroducing legislation with Sen. Mark Warner, a fellow Virginia Democrat, that would allow use of historic tax credits to renovate public school buildings. It would be part of a spending package of up to $3.5 trillion that President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are pushing to adopt under the budget reconciliation process over Republican opposition.

Providence sues state education commissioner over funding for schools

Sep 30, 2021 |The Providence Journal | school funding | Towns, States, Northeast, Rhode Island

Mayor Jorge Elorza is suing the state education commissioner and the Rhode Island Department of Education over whether the city owes $5 million more to pay for its schools.

Dallas ISD’s pay-for-performance teacher model raises questions about equity

Sep 30, 2021 |Dallas Morning News | performance pay | Towns, States, South, Texas

COVID-19 paused data collection on the Teacher Excellence Initiative, but a new analysis shows ‘best’ educators are often concentrated at magnet schools.

Huntington residents are trying to start a charter school in Nitro

Sep 30, 2021 |Gazette-Mail | school choice | Towns, States, South, West Virginia

A for-profit education company is seeking to open a charter school in the shadow of one of West Virginia’s three 2021 National Blue Ribbon Schools and draw students from a county that had the state’s second-highest math and English standardized test scores last school year.

San Diego Unified, state’s 2nd largest district, mandates vaccination for students, staff

Sep 30, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | other education issues | Towns, States, West, California

The San Diego school district, the second-largest school system in the state, has ordered all staff and students ages 16 and older to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 20.

Homeschooling increased during the pandemic and now families continue to stay the course

Sep 30, 2021 |WXYZ News | homeschooling | States, Midwest, Michigan

The Michigan Department of Education says 290 home schools were on its radar in the academic year that began in 2019. By the time the pandemic hit in 2020, that number had more than doubled to 794.

Louisiana offers school districts new ‘parents choice’ quarantine option for COVID cases

Sep 30, 2021 |Monroe News-Star | other education issues | States, South, Louisiana

The Louisiana Department of Education has announced a new quarantine option for school districts in the state that would allow parents to decide whether students in close contact with COVID-19 quarantine at home or stay in school.

Opinion: Pennsylvania Parliamentarians can end the educational turmoil by passing through HB 1

Sep 30, 2021 |Pennsylvania News Today | school choice | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

In the suggestions, HB1 helps most parents. This will increase existing tax-deductible scholarship programs, reform the Pennsylvania charter school system, provide EOA to Pennsylvania students, and protect entrepreneurship education efforts such as pod learning from over-regulation. Will be done.

What’s next for the new charter school proposed for New Bedford or Fall River?

Sep 30, 2021 |The Herald News | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

A new regional charter school is hoping to open in either New Bedford or Fall River next year, but a lot has to happen between now and then in order for the proposed Innovators Charter School to get off the ground.

Pa. House GOP splits, votes down vouchers for closed schools, mask requirements

Sep 30, 2021 |Pennsylvania Capital Star | school choice | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Another vote on the measure could be coming in the future, but Republican leadership hasn’t said when

Parents getting refunds for busing costs after N.J. district cuts back on who can get a ride

Sep 30, 2021 |NJ.com | transportation | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey

There is no rubric to deal with the national bus driver shortage plaguing many school districts across New Jersey. So, they’re trying different tactics.

Private school voucher program enrollments increase after DeSantis signs bill

Sep 30, 2021 |WEAR-TV | private schools | States, South, Florida

Several of the private schools Channel 3 spoke to say they've seen a significant increase in the number of students coming to their private schools with vouchers. To the point that some of them currently have a waitlist.

Catholic school enrollment jumps following pandemic year

Sep 30, 2021 |Arkansas Catholic | catholic schools | States, South, Arkansas

For the first time in the past nine years, Catholic school enrollment throughout the state increased, with 177 more students enrolled for the 2021-22 school year, totaling 6,320.

Governor McMaster speaks at conference honoring charter school partners

Sep 30, 2021 |WOLO | elected officials | States, South, South Carolina

Governor Henry McMaster joined multiple motivating speakers at the first Kids First Conference Wednesday afternoon. The conference was created partly by the South Carolina Public Charter School District to honor and support school partners who put kids first in charter schools around the state.

Kentucky test scores wobble after pandemic-stricken school year. Here’s why

Sep 30, 2021 |Louisville Courier Journal | accountability | States, South, Kentucky

When they sat down in schools last May, masked up and more or less prepared for the test in front of them, Louisville’s students had lived through dual crises — a global pandemic and a homegrown racial reckoning — since the last time they took state standardized tests.

Demands for Virtual Learning Options Grow Louder

Sep 30, 2021 |Washington Informer | online learning | States, South, District of Columbia

In the weeks since schools fully relaunched in-person learning, parents and teachers have pressed District leaders for an expansion of virtual options.

Arkansas charter schools continue to see growth during pandemic

Sep 30, 2021 |THV-11 | charter schools | States, South, Arkansas

“Those smaller environments may have felt a little bit more comfortable for students and their parents, during the pandemic.”

First month of classes in Detroit sees virtual school challenges, demand for hourly employees contin

Sep 30, 2021 |Chalkbeat | school districts | Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana

Three weeks into the school year, Detroit Public Schools Community District officials still are fielding complaints from parents about its new virtual school.

Some Elmwood Park residents against Clear Dot Charter School development plans

Sep 30, 2021 |WLTX-TV | charter schools | Towns, States, South, South Carolina

Many Elmwood Park residents are upset and against the Clear Dot Charter School development proposal; the main reason for opposition is traffic.

Minneapolis Teachers To Picket Thursday, Call For More Support Amid Pandemic

Sep 30, 2021 |WCCO | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

Greta Callahan, the president of the union’s teacher chapter, said that the federal American Rescue Plan is providing the district with nearly $160 million, which she believes is more than enough for the district to provide safe and efficient schools for all students. Yet, she says Superintendent Ed Graff’s plan for the money will put it in the wrong places.

DC Council draft bill could expand virtual learning, require vaccination for students

Sep 30, 2021 |WTOP | online learning | Towns, States, South, District of Columbia

Weeks into the school year, D.C. Council members are drafting emergency legislation that could make virtual learning more accessible and require COVID-19 vaccinations for students who are eligible to receive them.

Column: Good news about 6 nationally recognized Minnesota Blue Ribbon Public Schools

Sep 30, 2021 |Union Times | accountability | States, Midwest, Minnesota

Six Minnesota public schools and, actually, the whole state received terrific news on Sept. 21, when the U.S. Department of Education named them Blue Ribbon Schools. These six were among 325 nationally that were recognized either for “exemplary achievement gap closing” in reading and math or “exemplary high performing” in reading, math and high school graduation rates.

Charter school student becomes leader through charity project | Kids Who Make SA Great

Sep 30, 2021 |KENS 5 | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Texas

Maddox Thompson's community service project at school helped our troops, and changed his perspective.

National teachers union president joins CTU to lay out COVID safety demands

Sep 30, 2021 |FOX 32 News | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

The crowd continued to demand more testing, vaccines and more staffing for all CPS schools. They say along with more COVID protocols, the extra staff members will help keep children safer.

During pandemic, number of high school seniors taking key step toward enrolling in college plummets

Sep 30, 2021 |Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | higher education | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

In a troubling sign of the pandemic’s impact on students' plans for higher education, a report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows less than half the state’s public high school seniors last year filled out federal paperwork for college financial aid.

Local charter school sees enrollment jump amid pandemic

Sep 30, 2021 |WSOC-TV | charter schools | Towns, States, South, South Carolina

Mountain Island Charter School is growing, just like a host of charter schools across the country — many of which have experienced their biggest enrollment jumps in years during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Opinion | Gaps in literacy between Black and white students need to be addressed

Sep 30, 2021 |The Daily Iowan | accountability | States, Midwest, Iowa

Literacy continues to be a privilege that many Black and Brown students are not given the opportunity or resources to obtain. Schools have tried to address the achievement gap between their white and Black student populations with minimal success, prompting initiatives like the 1619 Freedom School.

Coronavirus: As NYC classrooms shutter, Staten Island family pushes for remote learning option

Sep 30, 2021 |Staten Island Advance | remote learning | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shut down schools across the country in March 2020, members of the Gagliardo family have been taking every precaution they can to stay safe — such as keeping their kids fully remote during the last school year, buying air purifiers, and constantly cleaning and disinfecting.

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