CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for October, 7 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for October 7, 2021

Biden admin keeps giving teachers unions political victories

Oct 7, 2021 |Fox News | teachers unions | National

Candidate Biden was the clear favorite among teachers unions during the 2020 election cycle — and so far into his presidency, teachers unions have scored several political victories.

Research Heavyweights Team Up to Help Districts Use Real-Time Data to Aid Recovery

Oct 7, 2021 |The 74 | accountability | National

Three education research organizations are joining forces to help school systems use data to aid student recovery from pandemic learning disruptions.

Want school choice? Here’s where to live in Maine to get it

Oct 7, 2021 |The Maine Wire | school choice | States, Northeast, Maine

Today, Maine Policy Institute released a new analysis on the scope of educational options available for Maine families based on residency. Accompanying the report is an interactive map visualization of localities across the state and the options available to resident students and their families.

Plan would give every Ohio K-12 student a voucher to attend private school

Oct 7, 2021 |The Columbus Dispatch | school choice | States, Midwest, Ohio

Every school-aged kid in Ohio would be eligible for a voucher to pay for private education under a plan unveiled by House Republicans Wednesday.

Commentary: MPS must wake up to this reality: Parents are making a choice

Oct 7, 2021 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | school choice | Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Turning our backs on MPS is not the answer, nor is sitting quietly on the sidelines and hoping for a better outcome. Preparing all students to reach their potential is an indelible mark of a successful community. This city and region will continue to fall short of this mark, if MPS continues to ignore the permanence of parent choice and the growth of quality school options outside of the district while it perpetuates a status quo response.

Parents sue state alleging Black and Latinx students are harmed by disciplinary practices

Oct 7, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | accountability | States, West, California

Black and Latinx students are disproportionately harmed by the state’s failure to exert oversight and take action against some school district disciplinary practices, including transferring students to alternative and often inferior programs, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by parents and an advocacy group.

Chicago had a long list of disengaged students. Did efforts to reel them in pay off?

Oct 7, 2021 |Chalkbeat | school districts | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

The school’s campaign was part of a broader push by Chicago Public Schools to re-engage tens of thousands of students who either tuned out remote learning last year or logged on only intermittently. The district flagged about 70,000 students as at risk of disconnecting from learning — and directed schools to track them down. It paid almost $2 million in federal pandemic relief dollars to nonprofits and churches to help with home visits and canvassing, though some schools such as Richards opted to handle the outreach in-house.

North Dakota teacher’s union urges school districts to provide paid COVID-19 leave for educators

Oct 7, 2021 |Grand Forks Herald | teachers unions | States, Midwest, North Dakota

For the majority of North Dakota teachers this school year, if they become infected with the virus or are identified as a close contact, they need to use their annual paid days off, such as sick days, vacation days or bereavement, or take the time off without pay to isolate.

Teachers union chief says NYC is ‘hiding’ student in-person attendance

Oct 7, 2021 |New York Post | teachers unions | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The head of the city teachers’ union on Wednesday said the Department of Education is “hiding” the number of students showing up to school to avoid political embarrassment.

Broward ‘bleeding’ money to charter school vouchers, legislative delegation hears

Oct 7, 2021 |Florida Politics | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Florida

Broward lawmakers learned that $60 million in state funding that would otherwise go to the Broward County public schools will be going to charter schools instead.

In East Texas, Cleveland ISD Needed Money. The State Sent Charter Schools Instead.

Oct 7, 2021 |Texas Monthly | charter schools | States, South, Texas

In many of Texas’s rapidly growing exurbs, such schools have been fast-tracked to keep pace with exploding student populations.

Collegiate Charter School of Lowell continues growth

Oct 7, 2021 |Lowell Sun | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

When the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell opened — operating in borrowed spaces — school leaders likely couldn’t have envisioned it being where it is today, and where it will be in the near future.

‘Time is of the essence’: San Francisco’s school district faces possible state tak

Oct 7, 2021 |San Francisco Examiner | state takeover | Towns, States, West, California

Over the past year and a half, the San Francisco Unified School District has confronted a pandemic and wrangled a serious recall effort. And now, the district faces a dire new problem: a possible takeover by the state.

96% of Indiana school districts report teacher shortages

Oct 7, 2021 |Kokomo Tribune | general teacher issues | States, Midwest, Indiana

According to an annual survey, 96.5% of participating Indiana school districts reported teacher shortages, the highest in the seven years of surveying school corporations.

‘Win for some families’ — What emergency schools bill means for parents, students

Oct 7, 2021 |WTOP | online learning | States, South, District of Columbia

In response to concerns about testing, quarantine guidelines, building maintenance and lack of a virtual option, the legislation will offer virtual learning more broadly, increase testing and require schools to notify parents of a coronavirus exposure at the classroom level.

Reading proficiency has tumbled in the early grades. Here’s the DPI report, with steps to refo

Oct 7, 2021 |EdNC | accountability | States, South, North Carolina

For the first time in at least five school years, a majority of the state’s first, second, and third-grade students did not demonstrate reading proficiency, according to a report of 2020-21 testing from the Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Early Learning. The data were presented Wednesday to the State Board of Education.

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