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CER Daily Media Clips for December 15, 2021
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Americans rightly cheer the cops, firemen, nurses and emergency medical technicians who stayed on the job during the pandemic. But in education some big contributions have gone largely unsung. We hope that changes now that the Discovery Center in Springfield, Mo., has won the $1 million STOP Award. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |Forbes | innovation |
National
Forbes and the Center for Education Reform (CER) today announced The Discovery Center of Springfield as the winner of the inaugural STOP Award during the Forbes 30 Under 30 list launch party in New York City. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |NPR | enrollment |
National
The troubling enrollment losses that school districts reported last year have in many places continued this fall, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt public education across the country, an NPR investigation has found. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |The 74 | innovation |
National
State education officials are pushing the federal Department of Education to clarify expectations for state school accountability systems that have been largely halted by two years of pandemic disruption and cancelled state summative tests. Read More...
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As last week’s arguments in Carson v. Makin show, the U.S. Supreme Court seems to be more and more sympathetic to government funding of education at religiously affiliated schools. This is a good thing, but such funding should be focused on secular needs and expanding student bodies to include more low-income and minority students. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |Wall Street Journal | school districts |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
New York’s departing mayor, Bill de Blasio, has spent eight years at loggerheads with law enforcement and school reformers. When he wasn’t siding with Black Lives Matter demonstrators at antipolice protests, the mayor was busy thwarting the expansion of high-performing charter schools, attacking gifted-and-talented middle-school programs and denouncing public high schools that admit students based on a standardized test score. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |Lehigh Valley Express-Times | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
A renewed charter agreement approved Monday by the Bethlehem Area School District and last week in Saucon Valley includes plans to buy a Schoenersville Road office building and refit it as a K-12 school. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |New Bedford Guide | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell and Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan have sent a letter to Gov. Charlie Baker today, detailing their strong opposition to the proposed Innovators Charter School.
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Dec 15, 2021 |Chicago Sun-Times | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
Youth Connection Leadership Academy is looking for a new home, but the teachers union is worried the school might close instead, leaving students in the lurch. “This is their second home, and for some of them, it’s their first home,” a staff member said. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |WSAZ | charter schools |
States, South, West Virginia
The pair is challenging the constitutionality over charter school rollouts across the state, wanting taxpayers to have an opportunity to vote on any charter school created in their county. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |News & Observer | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, North Carolina
North Carolina could close one of Raleigh’s oldest charter schools amid allegations that school officials falsified records of some special-education students. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |The Chronicle | state takeover |
Towns, States, West, California
Hoping to prevent a state takeover, the San Francisco school board approved a budget plan Tuesday to address a $125 million shortfall, including a $50 million cut to schools and another $40 million reduction in support services, operations and administration. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |Chalkbeat | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana
As Indianapolis Public Schools prepares to end its relationship with a charter school struggling with academics, staffing and enrollment, families say they want the school to get another chance.
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Dec 15, 2021 |KDVR | teachers unions |
States, West, Colorado
The Colorado Education Association represents 39,000 educators in Colorado, and is looking ahead to the next legislative session to address priorities for teachers and students across the state. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |Cleveland Plain Dealer | school choice |
States, Midwest, Ohio
Political pundits and campaign strategists are filling the airwaves dissecting and analyzing a political wave the led to surprising electoral outcomes in Virginia, and increased focus on local school board races across Ohio and the nation. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | school choice |
Towns, States, West, California
Alberto Carvalho, the new Los Angeles schools superintendent, promised on Tuesday to bring energy, passion and compassion to his new role as head of the nation’s second-largest school system, shortly after the school board Tuesday approved his four-year contract with an annual $440,000 salary.
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