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CER Daily Media Clips for December 7, 2021
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Dec 7, 2021 |Wall Street Journal | remote learning |
National
Accumulating evidence shows the damage of school shutdowns. Now a working paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research documents how much remote learning reduced student achievement, especially for low-income and minority children. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |New York Times | school choice |
National
Religious schools and educators have long and nobly served our nation’s most disadvantaged students. A ruling in Maine’s favor would overlook the critical contributions that religious schools have made to the lives of Black Americans for more than 150 years.
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Dec 7, 2021 |Washington Times | homeschooling |
National
Student enrollment in public schools has nosedived as parent disgust with school COVID-19 policies, student learning losses, and controversial education policies have gone through the roof. In the wake of this enrollment implosion, homeschooling has boomed across the country. Read More...
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The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument Wednesday in Carson v. Makin, an important religious-freedom case involving Maine’s tuition-assistance program for rural students. At the moment, it discriminates against Catholic and other Christian parents. The court — much to the indignation of progressive lobbyists — may put an end to that. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Forbes | school choice |
National
Maine families deserve the right to choose the best school for their children, whether it’s religious or not. The government can’t be in the business of deciding when schools are too religious for parents to choose. Nor can the government discriminate on the basis of religion when families qualify for the tuition benefit. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Forbes | fund families |
National
Many school districts are right now facing overwhelming challenges. Students have fallen far behind. Many are disengaged. And labor shortages are throwing a wrench in everything from food services to transportation, and making it harder to initiate new efforts like tutoring that could get kids up to speed. These challenges are compounded in districts serving the neediest students. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Washington Post | other education issues |
Towns, States, South, District of Columbia
Days before the coronavirus pandemic forced D.C. schools to close last year, fourth-grade teacher Isabella Sanchez sat down in front of the District’s State Board of Education to explain why teacher diversity matters. At H.D. Cooke Elementary in Northwest Washington, Sanchez told the board, she was one of only four Latino teachers serving a student body that is 52 percent Latino. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | school funding |
States, West, California
For the last several years, California’s cities and counties have been required to send their payroll information to the state controller, who posts it on a public website. Such transparency helps Californians keep up with how local governments spend tax dollars on salaries and benefits — an important metric, as employee compensation constitutes the bulk of spending by most government agencies. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Boston Herald | school boards |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
The Boston School Committee is responsible for managing Boston Pubic Schools’ annual operating budget, hiring and overseeing the superintendent, and regulating policies and practices within city schools. Members of the 13-person council had been elected by city residents from 1982 until 1989, when voters decided to transition the council to a mayor-appointed body. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |TAPinto | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey
When Kayana Clarke saw that her father wasn’t getting the medical attention she felt he deserved after having a medical emergency, she was determined to seek a career path in healthcare to afford others the attentiveness they needed. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Carolina Journal | school choice |
States, South, North Carolina
Parents supporting North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to review a lawsuit challenging the scholarships. A motion filed in the N.C. Court of Appeals this month seeks to have the case transferred away from a single trial judge. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Carolina Journal | school choice |
States, South, North Carolina
Parents supporting North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to review a lawsuit challenging the scholarships. A motion filed in the N.C. Court of Appeals this month seeks to have the case transferred away from a single trial judge. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Indianapolis Star | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana
IPS plans to keep School 42 open, VanDeWalle said, but who will run it — the district or another charter partner — has yet to be decided. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |San Gabriel Valley Tribune | parent power |
Towns, States, West, California
A new report out Tuesday, Dec. 7, suggests that most Los Angeles families want school leaders to reimagine public education and to not simply return to the old ways of doing things post-pandemic.
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Dec 7, 2021 |Washington Examiner | school choice |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
New Hampshire has also passed education freedom accounts, a school choice policy that empowers families of low to moderate income to choose educational opportunities that best fit the needs of their children. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Dallas Morning News | innovation |
Towns, States, South, Texas
Frisco ISD opened application forms Wednesday for its new online and hybrid programs called FISD+ in which high school students can earn credits starting in 2022.
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Dec 7, 2021 |WSET | enrollment |
Towns, States, South, Virginia
Dr. Bernice Cobbs, the superintendent of Franklin County Public Schools, said she hopes students make their way back, after data shows thousands left Virginia public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Chalkbeat | school districts |
Towns, States, Midwest, Michigan
The Detroit school district canceled in-person classes for three Fridays in December to address concerns about the need for a mental health break, rising COVID cases, and to have more time to clean buildings. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |KOKH | online learning |
Towns, States, South, Oklahoma
Monday night, the Oklahoma City Public School district got rid of asynchronous learning days they had previously built into the 2021-2022 calendar. Asynchronous learning days were meant for students to learn at home at their own pace, while teachers used the day for professional development. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |Must Read Alaska | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Alaska
Family Partnership Charter School is a homeschooling charter program that is part of the Anchorage School District. Among the several homeschool charters in the state, FPCS offers the highest monetary allotment of $4,200 per year to families to help homeschool families get the resources they need to educate their children at home or participate in hybrid schooling programs offered by public and private vendors in the Anchorage area. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |KOLN | accountability |
States, Midwest, Nebraska
Statewide testing numbers for Nebraska schools are out for the 2020-2021 school year and show Lincoln schools scoring above the state average in a variety of assessments. Numbers also show a statewide increase in chronic absenteeism and highlight a growing achievement gap. Read More...
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Dec 7, 2021 |WGN9 | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
The Chicago Teachers Union is once again raising concerns about a rise in Covid-19 cases in Chicago Public School classrooms. Read More...
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