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Your Daily News Clips for October, 18 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for October 18, 2021

13-year-olds’ reading, math scores decline for first time in national test’s history

Oct 18, 2021 |Fox News | accountability | National

Math and reading test scores for the nation's 13-year-old students fell between 2012 and 2020 for the first time in the nearly 50-year history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend (LTT) assessment, according to results released Thursday by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Survey: pandemic took a toll on kids’ learning and grades

Oct 18, 2021 |Associated Press | accountability | National

The latest American Family Survey, released Tuesday in Washington, D.C., indicates more than half of respondents whose children did not attend school in person chose not to return to the classroom when they had the option. This was the case for more than 6 in 10 Democrats as well as just under half of Republicans, the survey found.

Kids Left Schools Last Year Because of the Switch to Remote Classes

Oct 18, 2021 |The 74 | enrollment | National

With the release of new data in recent months, a clearer picture is emerging of how K-12 enrollment has responded to the pandemic. Studying figures from hundreds of school districts, researchers at Stanford have found that roughly one-quarter of the decrease in students is directly attributable to the move to all-virtual instruction, and that the trend mostly affected the very youngest students.

Why So Many Teachers Are Thinking of Quitting

Oct 18, 2021 |Washington Post | general teacher issues | National

Seven educators on how the pandemic drove them to finally say: Enough is enough.

Top teachers union rolls out ad in support of McAuliffe in Virginia

Oct 18, 2021 |The Hill | elections | States, South, Virginia

The American Federation of Teachers rolled out an ad on Sunday in support of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) ahead of the state's gubernatorial election on Nov. 2.

High school dropouts: Remote learning during covid put Baltimore students at risk

Oct 18, 2021 |Washington Post | accountability | Towns, States, South, Maryland

At 8 a.m. on the last Monday in August, when he would normally have been asleep, Corey Byrd stepped aboard a city bus that creaked to a stop across the street from his grandmother’s West Baltimore rowhouse. He sat near an old man squinting at his own reflection in his phone as he scraped a safety razor over his shaven head, and waited to be carried toward the place around which his life had once orbited, and which he had not seen for more than 17 months: His high school.

D.C. to hire more substitute teachers, contact tracers to help understaffed schools

Oct 18, 2021 |Washington Post | general teacher issues | States, South, District of Columbia

The District plans to spend nearly $40 million to hire additional contact tracers, substitute teachers and workers who would handle coronavirus logistics in schools, marking an attempt to address staffing shortages that have hampered the reopening of campuses.

Beyond ILEARN: Indiana’s school grading system will look at readiness for college, career

Oct 18, 2021 |Indianapolis Star | accountability | States, Midwest, Indiana

Academics, college and career readiness, communication skills, work ethic, financial literacy – these are the things that Indiana schools will be judged on in the coming years.

How 3 Clark County schools charted their paths to national recognition

Oct 18, 2021 |Las Vegas Review-Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Nevada

Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Inspirada, a public charter school in Henderson, was recognized in the “exemplary high performing schools” category.

Approved Schenectady charter school says will open in August

Oct 18, 2021 |Albany Times Union | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Now that they’ve secured a charter to open up in Schenectady, the board for the fledging Destine Preparatory (Destine Prep) School is already focused on enrollment and recruiting teachers and burnishing its image for when the institution opens with 116 kindergartners and first graders in August.

California districts anticipate major hits to their 2022-23 budgets as enrollments drop

Oct 18, 2021 |EdSource | school funding | States, West, California

West Contra Costa Unified could see as much as a $30 million cut to its budget next year unless there is a change in the state’s school funding formula

Where did the kindergarteners go? Pittsburgh Public Schools enrollment drops in early grades

Oct 18, 2021 |WESA | enrollment | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The total number of students attending Pittsburgh Public Schools appears to have dropped below 20,000 for the first time in modern history, though district officials stress that enrollment data isn’t finalized.

Columnist: School choice court defeat a bump in the road

Oct 18, 2021 |State Journal | school choice | States, South, Kentucky

Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd’s ruling that the school choice bill passed earlier this year is unconstitutional is hardly a “crippling blow” — as the Courier-Journal describes it — to the commonwealth’s school choice efforts.

Enrollment in Wisconsin school districts dips; independent charters, voucher schools grow

Oct 18, 2021 |Wisconsin State Journal | enrollment | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

After the COVID-19 pandemic caused a noticeable drop in enrollment last year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction reported Friday a continued but smaller dip in the number of children attending public school districts, while attendance at independent charter and voucher schools grew for the 2021-22 school year.

Court look urged on School Choice

Oct 18, 2021 |Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | school choice | States, South, Arkansas

The Hope and Camden Fairview school districts are asking the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis to review an Aug. 25 decision made by an 8th Circuit panel in lawsuits challenging the Arkansas School Choice Act.

COVID derails progress made by New Orleans charter schools

Oct 18, 2021 |The Center Square | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

From an outsider’s view, Louisiana’s latest statewide student testing results would seem to be a damaging indictment against New Orleans’ unique public school system, where 76 of 83 public institutions are charter schools.

Christian schools note growing enrollment as parents seek options to curriculum, pandemic disputes

Oct 18, 2021 |Colorado Springs Gazette | private schools | Towns, States, West, Colorado

Parents noticed that the pandemic’s typical seesawing between live classroom instruction and remote learning didn’t seem to be happening at faith-based schools.

New York’s schools are getting an influx of funding. Parents want to make sure it’s spen

Oct 18, 2021 |City and State | federal budget | States, Northeast, New York

Some parents say conversations about long-term planning have been derailed by short-term needs like how to safely get kids back in classrooms during a pandemic.

‘Reckless’ words from teacher unions hurt recruiting, Florida leader says

Oct 18, 2021 |Tampa Bay Times | teachers unions | States, South, Florida

The state’s K-12 Chancellor Jacob Oliva calls for a change in tone. Union leaders say they are “simply pointing out the truth.

Opinion: A modest education reform that could save state taxpayers billions

Oct 18, 2021 |New Haven Register | school choice | States, Northeast, Connecticut

Improving education in Connecticut will always a contentious subject, but at least we can dispense with the old myth that school choice is an added cost to taxpayers and local districts. Giving families more education options is not an expense. It’s a savings — a very big savings.

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