CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for October, 15 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for October 15, 2021

And Now It’s A School: The Case For Turning After-School Programs Into Real Schools

Oct 15, 2021 |Forbes | innovation | National

The result was the realization by many community leaders and philanthropists that successful after-school programs could become the school for students, and actually be better for them than the large education bureaucracies that continue to fail a majority of them year after year.

What is the NSBA, and why is it trying to shut down parents?

Oct 15, 2021 |Washington Examiner | other education issues | National

A special interest group unfamiliar to many outside education circles has prompted Washington to investigate parents who attend school board meetings.

Editorial: Kids aren’t making progress on national tests — and that’s from before the pandemic

Oct 15, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | accountability | National

The results from the latest nationwide tests of student proficiency are grim. Downright depressing. For the first time in the 50-year history of these tests, the scores of 13-year-olds fell in both reading and math. Scores for 9-year-olds showed no improvement compared with 2012.

Opinion: Facts don’t mesh with myth

Oct 15, 2021 |News Graphic | accountability | States, South, Kentucky

Proponents of spending even more tax dollars on the public education system hardly ever address the fact that our increasingly expensive public schools offer a mediocre or outright-defective experience for far too many students.

Editorial: Education is not one size fits all

Oct 15, 2021 |News Leader | other education issues | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

Our current system runs as a one-size-fits-all program. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out this is not a good system. However, far too often it’s the teachers who are getting blamed when a student isn’t progressing at the level that has been mandated for a certain age group. Maybe we need to stop pointing fingers at our teachers and take a closer look at how we’re educating students and more importantly, why we are continuing with a process that doesn’t seem to be working anymore.

Special Ed Students Have Been ‘Left Out’ From Distance Learning in Hawaii

Oct 15, 2021 |Civil Beat | online learning | States, West, Hawaii

Advocates say the statewide distance learning program does not adequately provide services for students enrolled in special education.

School choice would allow parents to transfer kids over mask policies

Oct 15, 2021 |The Center Square | school choice | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

The Senate Committee on Education on Thursday heard from lawmakers on Senate Bill 587, which would give parents the ability to send their kids to a new school based solely on a school district's coronavirus policy.

United Federation of Teachers urging New York City Council to elect female speaker

Oct 15, 2021 |amNY | teachers unions | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Over 85% of the union’s 2,000 person delegate assembly voted to pass the resolution, according to UFT President Michael Mulgrew, to make it clear that they would prefer a woman take on the role of speaker next year when the majority of the City Council’s 51 members will be women. “They think it says a lot about the city if we don’t,” Mulgrew told amNewYork Metro.

95% of teachers meet COVID-19 vaccination deadline, union says

Oct 15, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | general teacher issues | Towns, States, West, California

About 95% of Los Angeles teachers union members have met the school district’s Friday deadline to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the union announced Thursday evening.

Large crowd turns out to support the biggest expansion in charter school history

Oct 15, 2021 |Riverhead Local | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

A proposal for the Riverhead Charter School to undergo the largest expansion in its history garnered both large praise and sharp opposition during a public hearing at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday.

Generosity grows hillside orchard at Alta Vista School in Auburn

Oct 15, 2021 |Auburn Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

Thanks to a Raley’s Extra Credit Grant, donations from Green Acres Nursery and the hard work of a team of volunteers, an on-campus orchard was planted and school garden improvements are underway. The goal of these efforts is to support the health and wellness of students.

Editorial: Growing efforts to reform school system

Oct 15, 2021 |Daily Breeze | elections | States, West, California

Californians have been dissatisfied with the state’s public schools for decades, but to quote a famous entertainer of the 20th century, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”

Online learning resolution opens door to state funding for Frisco ISD

Oct 15, 2021 |Frisco Enterprise | online learning | Towns, States, South, Texas

On Tuesday, the Frisco ISD board of trustees approved a resolution to operate a local remote learning program as allowed under state law. After Texas Senate Bill 15 was passed during the second session of the Texas Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, school districts found themselves with a way to provide online schooling this school year with secured attendance-based funding from the state, an option that wasn’t on the table when the school year began.

State settles ends long-running court fight on school funding

Oct 15, 2021 |WRVO | school funding | States, Northeast, New York

Gov. Kathy Hochul says the state has ended its opposition to a 2006 ruling from New York's highest court that required billions more to be allocated each year to schools to address inequities in the education system.

Virtual field trips could be the new normal for schools

Oct 15, 2021 |WHAM | technology | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Mulligan Farms found a way to make field trips fun even if it can't be in person. The farm in Avon invited students and teachers from across Western New York for a virtual visit. This way, thousands of students could take part without traveling to the farm.

New lease signed for charter school aiming to open in downtown Bakersfield

Oct 15, 2021 |The Californian | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

On Thursday, the nonprofit behind the charter, LinkEd, took a big step in signing a lease for the school. If the charter petition is successful, it plans to serve transitional kindergartners through high school students at Old Church Plaza at 1200 Truxtun Ave.

Report card shows large drop in school scores statewide

Oct 15, 2021 |Springfield News-Sun | accountability | States, Midwest, Ohio

Ohio K-12 students’ performance on state tests in spring 2021 was notably worse than the last test cycle two years ago, as expected after 12 months of COVID-related disruption.

Homeschoolers and horseback riding, perfect together

Oct 15, 2021 |Times Herald-Record | homeschooling | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

As schools have opened for full-time classroom learning this school year, some parents chose to continue homeschooling. Flexibility, individual attention, hands-on learning experiences and close bonding between parents and children are among the reasons that they homeschool for a second year in a row.

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