CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for October, 6 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for October 6, 2021

Vaccines are here. School’s open. Some parents still agonize

Oct 6, 2021 |Associated Press | other education issues | National

There’s the exhaustion of worrying about the disease itself— made worse by the spread of the more infectious delta variant, particularly among people who refuse vaccinations, which has caused a big increase in infections in children.

Teachers union head Randi Weingarten thanked for unintentionally promoting school choice

Oct 6, 2021 |Fox News | teachers unions | National

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten was mocked for inadvertently making the case for school choice on Monday.

Editorial: Union labels

Oct 6, 2021 |Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | teachers unions | National

The Wall Street Journal reports that the National Education Association is spending millions in its own campaign, including paying some workers to go door-to-door in certain swing congressional districts to rally support. The American Federation of Teachers is paying for a phone campaign to push certain congress folks in the right direction.

Opinion: Parents Are Fed Up With School Boards Bowing Down to Teachers Union Politics

Oct 6, 2021 |Townhall | teachers unions | National

There’s no doubt that as teachers unions continue to show us their true colors, more and more parents will think twice about keeping their kids in traditional public schools. In states that give parents a choice, the number of students transferring out of public schools continues to rise.

Feds tell Ducey he can’t use COVID money for anti-mask grants

Oct 6, 2021 |Arizona Daily Star | federal policy | States, West, Arizona

COVID grant dollars cannot be used to penalize schools that impose mask mandates, a key federal official is telling Gov. Doug Ducey.

School choice programs among ballot initiatives filed for 2022 California election

Oct 6, 2021 |The Center Square | elections | States, West, California

The California Education Savings Accounts Initiative (#21-0006), known as the Educational Freedom Act, would create an education savings account program for parents whose children attend private or charter schools or who home-school.

The School That Aspires to Be a Basketball Factory (Not That Kind)

Oct 6, 2021 |New York Times | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School opened its doors in September in the Bronx with an unusual focus for a charter school: career paths related to the game.

Special ed questions on charter school apps violate federal law, complaints allege

Oct 6, 2021 |Chalkbeat | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Colorado

Advocates have filed civil rights complaints against more than two dozen Colorado charter schools alleging that questions on their application forms about whether prospective students receive special education services violate federal law.

Column: If only anti-mask parents would channel their energy into other aspects of education

Oct 6, 2021 |Kansas City Star | other education issues | States, Midwest, Missouri

If you have people with the time and money to form Limited Liability Companies, hire lawyers, organize rallies, and mobilize multiple social media campaigns, some with fundraising opportunities including Venmo, all related to masks in schools, that this would perhaps translate into these parents getting active at their child’s actual school.

Pittsburgh Public Schools officials ponder staff reductions, consolidations to address budget defici

Oct 6, 2021 |WESA | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The state’s second-largest school district is on track to deplete its reserves by 2023 as it continues to lose enrollment and charter school costs grow.

Monroe City Schools Board balks at adopting parents choice COVID-19 quarantine option

Oct 6, 2021 |KNOE | school districts | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

At a regular meeting on October 5th, the Monroe City School Board balked at adopting a policy allowing parents to decide if their child needs to isolate before returning to school if they are a close COVID-19 contact.

Some parents find a long-term solution in at-home learning

Oct 6, 2021 |Orange County Register | homeschooling | Towns, States, West, California

Because of the pandemic more families explore homeschooling options

Charter school appeals to go before new Tennessee commission for the first time

Oct 6, 2021 |Chalkbeat | charter schools | States, South, Tennessee

The leader of Tennessee’s new charter school commission is recommending the state overturn a Nashville school board decision that is preventing a successful charter operator from opening a second Nashville campus.

Hillsborough schools are in a $60M hole. They might ask for a tax increase.

Oct 6, 2021 |Tampa Bay Times | school districts | Towns, States, South, Florida

Hillsborough County public school leaders want to go the way of other Florida school districts and use a tax on real estate to plug persistent gaps in their budget.

Zeta Charter Schools achieve near 99% vaccination rate amongst staff

Oct 6, 2021 |Bronx Times | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Zeta Charter Schools – a charter school network serving pre-K through fourth grade across five campuses in the Bronx and upper Manhattan – announced Thursday that 98.5% of all Zeta teachers and staff have been fully vaccinated, with 1.5% submitting medical exemptions.

Charter Management Companies Scrutinized by the Legislature

Oct 6, 2021 |Oklahoma Watch | charter schools | States, South, Oklahoma

A legislative committee on Monday spent hours scrutinizing organizations that manage charter schools as lawmakers look to limit the organizations’ ability to profit off education tax dollars. The interim study, brought before the House common education committee by state House Rep. Sheila Dills, included presentations by leaders at each of the state’s online charter schools (video of the hearing can be found here).

Alabama wants a more diverse teacher workforce. It doesn’t know if efforts are working.

Oct 6, 2021 |AL.com | general teacher issues | States, South, Alabama

While Black students made up a third of Alabama’s public school population in 2018-19, less than 20% of Alabama’s teachers were Black, the researchers found.

Differences surface in Wyandanch over proposal for charter school

Oct 6, 2021 |Newsday | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The fast-growing Academy Charter School organization, with campuses in Hempstead and Uniondale, is seeking to open a third center — in Wyandanch, where its plan faces opposition from some educational and political leaders.

An Indiana charter school refused to follow a COVID-19 mask mandate. Here’s what happened.

Oct 6, 2021 |The Herald-Times | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana

Only one K-12 school in the county — Seven Oaks Classical School — did not require masks when they started school Aug. 11. Here's what happened.

DC Council passes emergency legislation expanding virtual learning

Oct 6, 2021 |WUSA 9 | virtual schools | States, South, District of Columbia

The DC Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pass emergency legislation that would give students with certain medical conditions the option to learn from home.

‘Count Day’ for Michigan schools starts Wednesday; schools to get about $8,700 per student

Oct 6, 2021 |WXYZ | school funding | States, Midwest, Michigan

Wednesday's count day represents 90% of state funding, while a second one in February represents about 10% of the state funding. Districts will get about $8,700 per student.

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