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CER Daily Media Clips for October 27, 2021
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More parents are wising up to the damage that union control of public education hath wrought, and Republicans ought to embrace the opportunity to explain to voters why the best response—to everything from racial propaganda and incompetent education bureaucrats to mask mandates and learning gaps—is more school choice. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |Fox News | teachers unions |
National
Teachers union chief Randi Weingarten is still feeling the burn after hyping an article that claimed parents have no right to shape their kids’ school curriculums.
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Oct 27, 2021 |Washington Post | school boards |
National
The Biden administration has suffered yet another self-inflicted disaster, as the National School Boards Association (NSBA) board of directors has repudiatedand apologized for the letter it sent to President Biden accusing American parents of engaging in “domestic terrorism” and asking him to deploy the FBI and “its National Security Branch” to investigate them using the Patriot Act. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |Ed NC | accountability |
Towns, States, South, North Carolina
Summer is an opportune time to offer children programs that provide academic support, enrichment opportunities, and social and emotional growth. Given the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the past two school years, this summer’s added support was more important than ever. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |WAVY | accountability |
States, South, Virginia
Virginia’s kindergarteners lost academic and social skills during the last school year. That’s according to statewide data from the Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program (VKRP). Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |Los Angeles Daily News | federal budget |
Towns, States, West, California
Tuesday's vote brings to total $4.8B in approved funding for district's Path to Recovery plan to help students heal, overcome challenges stemming from pandemic. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |The Washington Times | elections |
States, South, Virginia
Mr. McAuliffe’s shameful, condescending attitude toward parents has won him favor with the far-left leadership of the American Federation of Teachers, whose political action committee released an ad last week supporting his candidacy. However, his Sept. 28 remarks — which he still has not disavowed — render him undeserving of a return to the Virginia governor’s mansion.
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Oct 27, 2021 |San Diego Union Tribune | federal budget |
Towns, States, West, California
The San Diego Unified School Board approved a plan Tuesday to spend hundreds of millions in COVID aid dollars on substitute teachers, custodians, bus drivers, nurses and counselors, as well as special education, bus routes, transitional kindergarten and ethnic studies. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |WV Metro News | teachers unions |
States, South, West Virginia
The West Virginia Supreme Court is considering whether to uphold a lower court order prohibiting the state’s Paycheck Protection law from going into effect. The law specifically prohibits state and local governments from deducting union dues from public employees’ paychecks. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |New Jersey Spotlight | teachers unions |
States, Northeast, New Jersey
In the past three years, New Jersey’s largest teachers union has poured more than $15 million into its effort to reelect Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. That number dwarfs contributions made by any other group in a state long dominated by special-interest politics. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |Star Tribune | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota
The leader of a popular St. Paul charter school has resigned and the school is being urged to appoint an outside replacement — providing a troubling lesson in what can happen when public dollars are gambled away in a high-risk investment. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |TAP into | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey
A path to earning a successful career wasn’t always quite clear to Shenell Bagot. Not knowing what to pursue a degree in after high school, Bagot felt stuck and apprehensive about dropping thousands of dollars on a college education that seemed to have no definitive end in sight. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |New York Post | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
City Hall is once again leaving hundreds of Success Academy kids out in the cold, the network said Tuesday. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |Miami Herald | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Florida
Two of the schools that ranked high were Somerset Academy at SoMi (South Miami campus) and Doral Academy of Technology. Both charter schools — Somerset in the elementary division and Doral in the middle school division — were named No. 1 for schools in Miami-Dade County and for charter schools in Florida. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |Charlotte Observer | school districts |
Towns, States, South, North Carolina
“Our teachers need a little bit of a breather, and they don’t get a lot of breathers,” school board member Margaret Marshall said. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |The Boston Globe | school districts |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
As Boston follows through on plans to phase out middle schools, parents at three Boston elementary schools are unsure where their children will study next year. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |Washington Post | school boards |
Towns, States, South, Virginia
The scene Tuesday — upset parents, reporters’ flashing cameras, masked guards stationed at two corners of the mostly empty room — was bizarre but familiar for the county, a fact some speakers recognized. Read More...
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Oct 27, 2021 |Carolina Journal | teachers unions |
States, South, North Carolina
North Carolina’s self-described teachers’ union still has clout with many Democratic lawmakers in the legislature, but its influence — and popularity — with teachers and everyday North Carolinians appears to be waning. Read More...
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