CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for November, 22 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for November 22, 2021

“For Sale:” A 19th Century Education System

Nov 22, 2021 |Forbes | accountability | National

We’re attached to the romantic notion of schools that look like they did when we were young, kind of like owning a classic car. But what good is it if it doesn’t work?

Column: Parents demand to know more about schools. So why are they banned from observing classrooms?

Nov 22, 2021 |Washington Post | parent power | National

Individual school districts may allow observations but often just 15 minutes or so. The nonpartisan Education Commission of the States, a policy organization headquartered in Denver, said it could locate only three states — California, Washington and Michigan — that explicitly gave parents the right to observe classroom activities. Some states allow parents to observe children with disabilities or disciplinary problems, but that’s it.

How 100 School Systems Are (and Aren’t) Recovering from COVID

Nov 22, 2021 |The 74 | accountability | National

Learning acceleration describes efforts to expose students to engaging, grade-level content while catching them up on skills and material they might have missed.

A Charter School’s Racial Controversy Reveals the Battle for America’s Classrooms

Nov 22, 2021 |TIME | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

The teaching of race in American schools has become a front-burner political issue. New laws regulating curricula have passed from coast to coast, and education was a dominant topic in Virginia’s recent gubernatorial election, which saw Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin ride a critique of state policy to an upset.

‘Bigger than sports’: Former Steelers safety Robert Golden starts school in Fresno

Nov 22, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

Golden, who spent six seasons as a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 2018, founded a tuition-free charter school in his hometown to service the underprivileged children of the southwest Fresno neighborhoods where he was raised.

As teacher COVID-19 rates rise, unions support in-person learning but push for stronger mitigation m

Nov 22, 2021 |Boston Globe | general teacher issues | States, Northeast, Massachusetts

Amid rising COVID-19 infections among school staff members in Massachusetts, local and statewide teachers union leaders say they continue to support in-person learning, but urge state leaders to strengthen mitigation measures.

Principal pushes back against commission’s ruling to cut $1M from charter school budget

Nov 22, 2021 |KITV4 | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Hawaii

The head of an O'ahu charter school claims a recent ruling from the Hawai'i State Public Charter School Commission is denying its students the education they deserve.

Pittsburgh Public Schools to move students to virtual learning on Nov. 29 due to staffing shortages

Nov 22, 2021 |WTAE | online learning | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Public Schools announced Friday evening that students will move to virtual learning on Monday, Nov. 29. This means that instead of reporting to school, students will log in from home and complete assignments independently.

OP-ED: COVID woke up Kentucky’s public school parents, and they won’t go back to sleep

Nov 22, 2021 |Lexington Herald Leader | parent power | States, South, Kentucky

While the coronavirus wreaked havoc on Kentucky’s education performance, it also resulted in many parents engaging in where and how their children are educated. Such parental engagement is a priority for reversing Kentucky’s education slide and ensuring many more of our students are prepared for success beyond their formative school years – whether that be in college or beginning a career.

Democratic lawmakers push for more accountability for Florida’s school vouchers

Nov 22, 2021 |Orlando Sentinel | school choice | States, South, Florida

Unlike Florida’s public schools, private schools that take state scholarships can hire teachers without college degrees and can avoid publicly sharing their graduation rates and student test score data.

Fort Smith schools to have online charter school starting next fall

Nov 22, 2021 |Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Arkansas

The School District's online option will become a conversion charter school for kindergarten through eighth-graders starting in fall 2022.

Atlanta superintendent calls for innovation during first State of District speech

Nov 22, 2021 |The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | innovation | Towns, States, South, Georgia

The Atlanta Public Schools superintendent used her first State of the District speech to make a case for more innovation in learning.

Opinion: ‘Achievement gap’ still plagues California schools

Nov 22, 2021 |Mercury News | accountability | States, West, California

Then-Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature overhauled California’s public school financing in 2013 with the stated goal of closing the “achievement gap” separating poor and English-learner students from more privileged children.

Op-Ed: Reform in Harrisburg could have averted teachers strike in Scranton

Nov 22, 2021 |Pocono Record | teachers unions | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Teachers and administrators in Scranton may have differing positions on the contract negotiations, but there is one thing both sides can agree on: all of this could have been avoided had state leaders stepped in earlier to fix our state’s broken school funding system.

OpEd: Dumbfounded by teacher union’s ability to be their own worst enemy

Nov 22, 2021 |Union Leader | teachers unions | States, Northeast, New Hampshire

AS SOMEONE who served on the Manchester Board of School Committee, I’m often dumfounded by the singular ability of teachers unions to be their own worst enemy.

Bill would expand school choice

Nov 22, 2021 |Concord Monitor | school choice | States, Northeast, New Hampshire

For decades, “public education funding” has carried a simple connotation: money, raised by state and local taxpayers, going to local public schools. But Rep. Kevin Verville sees that as a flawed definition. And he’s betting that his fellow Republican legislators do, too.

School choice advocate announces run for SC superintendent of education

Nov 22, 2021 |The State | elections | States, South, South Carolina

Ellen Weaver, president and CEO of the Palmetto Promise Institute and chairman of the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, announced her candidacy Sunday in an editorial published in The State newspaper.

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