CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for December, 3 2021

CER Daily Media Clips for December 3, 2021

The Supreme Court Takes Up Religious Liberty—Again

Dec 3, 2021 |Wall Street Journal | school choice | National

In next week’s case, Carson v. Makin, the justices will have to decide whether this theoretical distinction between status and use will become part of the constitutional rule. The case concerns the constitutionality of the tuition assistance program in Maine, where more than half of school districts don’t have public secondary schools. In those jurisdictions Augusta pays tuition on the student’s behalf at approved private schools. But otherwise-qualified “sectarian” schools are explicitly excluded.

New Report Tells Old Truth: School Choice Saves Money

Dec 3, 2021 |Forbes | school choice | National

School choice is having a moment right now. 2021 yielded a bumper crop of school choice legislation. The idea of parental voice and parental choice has rocketed to the forefront of the political debate, to the point of potentially tipping elections.

Opinion: Freedom of religion, and the press, in the spotlight in Washington

Dec 3, 2021 |Bangor Daily News | school choice | States, Northeast, Maine

It is probably time for the Blaine Amendments to be removed from the books. Government cannot discriminate against religion. And as long as dollars are permitted to flow to private schools from a “school choice” town, they should flow equally at the students’ election.

Charter school organizers seek to open Rutherford Collegiate Prep

Dec 3, 2021 |Daily News Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Tennessee

The creators of Rutherford Collegiate Prep, a public charter school seeking state approval, to operate in northwest Rutherford County, believe local families deserve education options.

Microschools have popped up in Idaho, but in unknown numbers

Dec 3, 2021 |Idaho EdNews | microschools | States, West, Idaho

Microschools have emerged in Idaho with little legal framework to shape them and no comprehensive tracking of their rise.

EBR Schools to partner with Arizona State to operate district’s virtual academy

Dec 3, 2021 |BRProud.com | online learning | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

The East Baton Rouge School Board has greenlighted a partnership with Arizona State to operate the district’s virtual academy.

D.C. public schools can be a big gamble

Dec 3, 2021 |Washington Times | school districts | Towns, States, South, District of Columbia

D.C. Public Schools officials are about to kick off what’s become an annual lottery ritual for traditional public schools.

W.E.B. DuBois Academy opens Verizon Innovative Learning Lab

Dec 3, 2021 |WHAS-11 | innovation | Towns, States, South, Kentucky

A new lab opened at W.E.B DuBois Academy in Louisville that will teach students and teachers about “augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) equipment, 3D printers, robotics and artificial intelligence.” It is called the Verizon Innovative Learning lab.

White kindergarten applicants accepted into high-performing, out-of-zone NYC public schools at highe

Dec 3, 2021 |amNY | accountability | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

White students are more likely to get into high-performing elementary schools outside their school zone than Black, Latino, and Asian students, according to a new study by the city’s Independent Budget Office.

Catholic school enrollment continues to grow in NH

Dec 3, 2021 |New Hampshire Union Leader | catholic schools | States, Northeast, New Hampshire

Catholic schools in New Hampshire kept growing this year, new enrollment figures show, though more modestly than the jump the schools saw in the fall of 2020 when the lure of in-person classes made them a popular choice for parents frustrated with remote and hybrid public schools.

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