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CER Daily Media Clips for November 18, 2021
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Nov 18, 2021 |Boston Globe | federal budget |
National
$190 billion has gone to local school districts, but there is no clear accounting of how it’s being spent. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |The 74 | parent power |
States, West, California
Californians could vote next year on whether students should have a constitutional right to a high-quality education, potentially opening the door to litigation from parents dissatisfied with their children’s schools. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |The Center Square | school choice |
States, West, Arizona
Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program has saved taxpayers more than $1 billion and as much as $3.2 billion, according to a national study on school-choice programs. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |Catholic Post | catholic schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
In the article, Domico talks about the process that led him and Father Matthew Deptula, pastor, to move from traditional classroom instruction — one grade per classroom — to a multiage format and how they introduced that in January 2020. The result is not one family left the school and enrollment has increased from 101 students last year to 119 this year. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |WFYI | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana
Yet some innovation charter school parents went door to door in 2018 to help campaign for the referendum, believing it would directly benefit their schools too, such as increasing teacher pay. But their children’s schools actually haven’t directly received a portion of the operating referendum because state law says innovation charter schools like Matchbook aren’t eligible to get that funding. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |Des Moines Register | charter schools |
States, Midwest, Iowa
New guidelines to establish more charter schools in Iowa cleared a key hurdle Wednesday, increasing the likelihood some Iowa families will have additional school options as early as next year. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Hawaii
Officials at a Wahiawa public charter school said they plan to fight back against a decision by the Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission that would result in the loss of more than $1 million in state funding. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |LA School Report | innovation |
Towns, States, West, California
Last fall, seven school districts and eight tutoring providers came together in a virtual summit run by the Harvard University Center for Education Policy Research. The goal was to see if representatives of two sides of the education market could agree on a radical new contract, one in which schools would pay providers for outcomes rather than hours. A provider would be rewarded for each year of growth in math a student achieved. But: no growth, no payment. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |Illinois Policy | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
The Chicago Teachers Union has been the prime example of abusing strike powers. The 2019 strike cost students 11 days of classes. It was projected to cost residents an average of $80 a year in higher property taxes. The 2012 strike forced Chicago to close 50 schools and lay off thousands of teachers to help satisfy the expensive contract that followed. Read More...
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Nov 18, 2021 |The Center Square | elected officals |
States, Midwest, Indiana
Two of Indiana’s Republican leaders spoke out on issues in Indiana schools Tuesday, with Speaker of the House Todd Huston saying the legislature will take steps to make sure parents have more input on what is taught and Attorney General Todd Rokita telling a crowd outside the statehouse his office will issue a second “Parents Bill of Rights. Read More...
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The state’s charter school board approved West Virginia’s first virtual charter schools on Wednesday. The news comes exactly one week after the board approved West Virginia’s first brick-and-mortar charters. Read More...
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