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CER Daily Media Clips for December 17, 2021
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Dec 17, 2021 |Forbes | innovation |
National
With Hispanics and Latinos representing not only more students than ever before, but more voters than ever before too, policymakers need to ensure that our schools and school systems are meeting the needs of this rapidly growing and critically important demographic. Read More...
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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona advised school officials to use federal coronavirus-relief funds to address teacher and staffing shortages that threaten to derail reopenings. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |Charlotte Observer | charter schools |
National
The investment is a part of the mortgage lender’s plan to build 100 new schools through its foundation over the next ten years, beginning in cities like Atlanta, Houston and Dallas. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |Chicago Sun Times | other education issues |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
The perceptions of students and teachers about their school are valid data that are highly predictive of how a school is succeeding — and where it needs to improve, as a University of Chicago Consortium on School Research study found. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |Yall Politics | charter schools |
States, South, Mississippi
Empower Mississippi announced this week that it is was launching a new initiative called Embark. This organization will assist school founders in starting charter and private schools in Mississippi. Elyse Marcellino will serve as the Director of Embark. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |Lincoln Times News | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, North Carolina
While students, teachers and staff have been in the new elementary and high school buildings at the Lincolnton campus of Lincoln Charter School since the 2021-2022 school year began in August, the school held a ribbon cutting on Tuesday to celebrate expansion of the campus. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |Newark Post | enrollment |
Towns, States, South, Delaware
According to data provided by the Delaware Department of Education, total enrollment in Christina’s four traditional middle schools decreased 20 percent – equating to roughly 720 fewer students – between 2010 and 2015. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |The Oklahoman | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Oklahoma
Misreported salaries and overspending will cost Epic Charter Schools $9.11 million, bringing its total penalties over the past two years to $20 million for exceeding administrative cost limits. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |North Star Journal | school choice |
States, South, North Carolina
Even while more and more parents are clamoring for options, the real and substantial progress we are seeing continues to be fought tooth-and-nail by the education establishment, which wants parents to only have one option — their centrally planned locally zoned public school. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin
Six weeks after recall efforts failed to unseat any school board members in the Mequon-Thiensville school district, recall organizers are back with another idea: exploring a potential new charter school for the North Shore suburbs. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |WJLA | general teacher issues |
Towns, States, South, District of Columbia
Several witnesses at the hearing talked of flexible hours worked into the teacher’s school day, and more help from the administration to bring in assistance as a measure to prevent burnout.
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Dec 17, 2021 |TAPinto | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey
Parents from Newark this week joined the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association in filing legal documents asking the state Supreme Court to consider facilities funding for charter schools in state-designated low-income communities. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |The Herald News | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
Opponents of a proposed new charter school raised concerns about siphoning resources away from traditional public schools while backers of the school lauded its early college model during a public hearing on Wednesday. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |Fort Myers News-Press | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Florida
Cape Coral City Council unanimously approved a five-year agreement to lease city buildings to Oasis charter schools, reflecting a new hands-on approach for the charter school system.
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Dec 17, 2021 |Philadelphia Inquirer | charter schools |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
Parent Kristina Wilkerson speaks as Mastery parents rally on Thursday, protesting Philadelphia School District changes that would prohibit students who live outside school catchment areas from attending those schools - but only if they attend district schools run by charter companies like Mastery. Students in district-run schools can still attend schools outside their neighborhood if there's room for them. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |WLBT | charter schools |
States, South, Mississippi
Changes are on the way for Mississippi charter schools from the accountability model to supports offered for those looking to start up a new school. Charter schools get public education dollars. So, accountability has always been a big question mark especially for critics.
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Dec 17, 2021 |Indianapolis Star | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Indiana
Indianapolis Public Schools will end its partnership with Ignite Achievement Academy at the end of the current school year. The IPS board voted Thursday night to not renew the district’s contract with the charter school operator, which has been running Elder Diggs School 42 since 2017, nearly two weeks after the district told families it would be taking this step. Read More...
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Dec 17, 2021 |WHTM | general teacher issues |
States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
School districts across Pennsylvania are struggling to find substitute teachers, including many in the Midstate. A bipartisan effort at the state capitol could be a big help. Read More...
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