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CER Daily Media Clips for December 9, 2021
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Dec 9, 2021 |Forbes | innovation |
National
Today, The Center for Education Reform (CER) and its media partner Forbes revealed the 5 semifinalists up for the inaugural $1 million STOP Award (short for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless). Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |The Advocate | innovation |
National
A Baton Rouge charter school that focuses on children with dyslexia won $250,000 after being named one of five finalists for a national award for bringing students back to class quickly during the pandemic.
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Dec 9, 2021 |Focus Daily News | innovation |
National
Whoever thought schools and national officials would be revisiting school safety, COVID protocols, teachers’ mental health and staffing shortages so shortly after the prior year and a half’s devastating COVID impacts on students?
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Dec 9, 2021 |Wall Street Journal | school choice |
National
Conservative justices Wednesday appeared skeptical of Maine’s secondary education system for rural areas that lack public schools, because the state provides parents tuition vouchers for private schools with nonsectarian curricula but excludes those that teach subjects through a religious lens. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |New York Times | other education issues |
National
Desperate to keep teachers, some districts have turned to remote teaching for one day a week — and sometimes more. Families have been left to find child care. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |Press Herald | school choice |
National
The plaintiffs say a state program of tuition reimbursement – for students whose towns have no high school – unfairly discriminates against people based on their religious beliefs. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |Chamber Business News | innovation |
States, West, Arizona
Gov. Ducey and legislators began that process this year with approval of a $20 million competitive grant program. The pilot will enable district and charter schools, local governments and non-profit groups to submit innovative proposals for student transport. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |Pottstown Mercury | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
When I became a public school teacher, I resisted the pressure to join a union. My personal views don’t align with many of the positions held by teachers’ unions, and I didn’t want to pay dues only to have that money given to organizations and causes I would never personally support. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |New Haven Independent | teachers unions |
Towns, States, Northeast, Connecticut
A 31-member slate of challengers promising a new day for educators toppled the teachers union’s 15-year incumbent president along with the rest of his team. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |WFYI | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana
When Global Preparatory Academy went searching for a way to bring students to school this year, it found that most transportation providers were too understaffed to take on another contract. But finding its own vehicle turned into a monthslong odyssey.
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Dec 9, 2021 |WBEZ | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
At nearly every monthly Chicago Board of Education meeting, a predictable scene unfolds: A parade of parents and advocates line up to sing the praises of their Chicago charter school during their two minutes allotted for public comment.
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Dec 9, 2021 |East Boston Times | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
In the Excel Academy Charter Schools of East Boston and Chelsea, 88% of the 1,389 students identify as people of color, while 46% of staff do. With new funding and dedicated support to increase educator diversity within their ranks, school administrators representing both Excel Academy Charter Schools hope to shift those numbers significantly.
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Dec 9, 2021 |TAPinto | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey
Receiving a college education is important to the LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden. So important, that on a recent morning more than 800 of the students were guaranteed full scholarships to Rutgers University. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |St. Louis Post-Gazette | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Missouri
One day after Missouri education leaders criticized religious influence in local charter schools, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken such church-state separation mandates. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |Frederick News Post | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Maryland
On Wednesday, for the third time in recent months, Alisha Yocum found herself crying happy tears outside of a Frederick County Board of Education meeting. Read More...
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Dec 9, 2021 |South Seattle Emerald | accountability |
Towns, States, West, Washington
The academic achievement gap between white and BIPOC students has been well documented. Black and Hispanic students trail their white peers by an average of more than 20 points in math and reading assessments, a difference of about two grade levels. Black males, in general, fare even worse, a situation that has not changed much for the past 40 years.
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Dec 9, 2021 |KGW8 | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Oregon
Holla Public Charter School is expected to open in the fall of 2022 in partnership with the Reynolds School District. Read More...
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