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CER Daily Media Clips for November 17, 2021
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Nov 17, 2021 |Forbes | innovation |
National
The story of Covid’s impact on education should be the story of what can happen when smart people are given license to be creative, and when students are given agency to learn in their own unique ways and to develop their own unique talents. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |Greenville News | innovation |
Towns, States, South, South Carolina
A goal of COS was to “flip the script for minority and low-income children; to not only prevent them from falling behind in school, but to empower them to excel,” a report on the program said. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |The 74 | learning pods |
National
Samantha had been a veteran educator for fourteen years, first as a classroom teacher and then a principal, when the pandemic shut down schools. Last year, when she learned about the then-growing learning pod movement, she thought starting one would help solve several immediate problems.
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Nov 17, 2021 |Education Next | other education issues |
National
Forty percent of low-income recipients say they spent the money on tuition, books, tutoring, or other education-related expenses. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |The Oakdale Leader | school choice |
States, West, California
The California public school system is currently sinking like the Titanic. A couple of decades ago California public schools were some of the best in the country. But those days are long gone. The last two years have been a wake-up call for parents, and a disaster for children. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |Washington Post | accountability |
States, South, District of Columbia
D.C. students continued to fall behind in reading and math during the pandemic, with students of color and those from lower-income backgrounds most affected, according to a report released Tuesday. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |KOCO | accountability |
States, South, Oklahoma
The Oklahoma State Department of Education announced a $5 million investment from federal relief funding for math tutors to help close the learning gap for students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |Post & Courier | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, South Carolina
An Arizona-based charter school group that has faced scrutiny over its founder’s business dealings is expanding to South Carolina. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |WHAM | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
The Rochester City School District has a numbers problem. The number of students is steadily declining, while enrollment in charter schools is rising. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |CYN Central | accountability |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
Remote learning made it possible to keep school going safely during the pandemic, however, it also made it much more likely kids would stop going to school altogether. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |WDTV | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, West Virginia
The West Virginia Professional Charter Board approved the first three charter schools in the state and one was in Morgantown. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |City News Service | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, California
On a day they heard an earful from parents upset about a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students, members of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education asked today that the district explore expanding the mandate for students and staff to include LAUSD- authorized charter schools operating on private sites. Read More...
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Atlanta Public Schools spokesman Seth Coleman said 1,954 students applied for spots in Atlanta Virtual Academy. The district previously warned parents it may need to hold a lottery to determine which students would be admitted if there weren’t enough teachers to accommodate all the students who wished to move from in-person to virtual learning. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |Wisconsin State Journal | accountability |
States, Midwest, Wisconsin
The number of public school districts that met, exceeded, or significantly exceeded expectations — about 95% of the state’s 421 districts — held steady last year despite major interruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released Tuesday by the state Department of Public Instruction. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |Chalkbeat | charter schools |
States, Midwest, Indiana
An Indiana lawmaker is raising concerns that Indianapolis Public Schools’ proposal to share tax referendum funds with charter schools violates state law. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |mlive.com | enrollment |
Towns, States, Midwest, Michigan
Grand Rapids Pubic Schools is investing hundreds of thousands of federal relief dollars into student recruitment and retention efforts in an effort to turn around a decades-long enrollment decline. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |WBAA | teachers unions |
States, Midwest, Indiana
Indiana’s largest teachers union wants lawmakers to restore collective bargaining power to educators in an effort to mitigate the state’s teacher shortage. Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |Boston.com | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
“The state should not be playing politics around school schedules or gambling with the health of students and their families.” Read More...
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Nov 17, 2021 |KARE 11 | general teacher issues |
States, Midwest, Minnesota
Education Minnesota says the teacher's union can't remember a time when so many teachers left their jobs during the year — and we're not even into December yet. Read More...
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