CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for January, 10 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for January 10, 2022

Nonprofit offers $5 million in grant money for Chicago families harmed by CTU walkout

Jan 10, 2022 |Illinois Policy | innovation | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

A nonprofit is dedicating $5 million in rescue funds to create more opportunities for students shut out of classrooms while negotiations between Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools drag on.

As More Teachers’ Unions Push for Remote Schooling, Parents Worry. So Do Democrats.

Jan 10, 2022 |New York Times | teacher unions | National

Chicago teachers have voted to go remote. Other unions are agitating for change. For Democrats, who promised to keep schools open, the tensions are a distinctly unwelcome development.

In classrooms or online, parents grapple with omicron school ‘chaos’

Jan 10, 2022 |NPR | other education issues | National

Omicron is upending schools all across the country. Parents and families are navigating last-minute virtual learning, changing risk assessments and their own positive COVID tests.

Study Found Teacher Evaluation Reforms Had No Effect on Student Outcomes

Jan 10, 2022 |The 74 | teacher evaluations | National

Researchers from Brown University, the University of Connecticut, the University of North Carolina and Michigan State recently released a very interesting study that examined the effects of teacher evaluation reforms on student outcomes across the country. While prior studies have looked at the effects of changes to evaluation in various individual districts, this new research is the first to analyze the overall impact nationally.

51.7% of U.S. Parents Considered, Or Are Considering, Finding New Schools for Their Children

Jan 10, 2022 |PR Newswire | school choice | National

Among parents who haven't yet considered new schools, 18 percent expect to start searching for new schooling options in advance of the 2022-23 school year.

Opinion: For Winsome Sears, Education Is the Key to Black Success

Jan 10, 2022 |Wall Street Journal | school choice | National

She portrays school choice in terms of class: It’s available, she says, for the rich, but not for the poor. “The money in education follows the brick building, it doesn’t follow the child,” she says. “I don’t care about the brick building. I care about the human life. We don’t get do-overs for our children.

COMMENTARY: School systems can better support parents through choice

Jan 10, 2022 |Review-Journal | school choice | States, West, Nevada

Sometimes families need school choice to opt out of a failing school, but sometimes they need it just to find a better fit for their child’s learning needs or family values. As someone whose daughter attends a Christian private school, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude that the opportunity scholarship she received allows her to learn in a close-knit community that supports the faith and morals we practice at home.

Column: I am dyslexic, and I support school choice

Jan 10, 2022 |Register- Herald | school choice | States, South, West Virginia

Access to school choice also helped me develop my writing. My dyslexia and vision issues originally caused me to mix up various letters, forget punctuation, struggle with handwriting and be unable to convey what I wanted to say. To work through this, I used homeschooling’s flexibility to consume and digest curriculums and courses about writing, became active in writing groups, and entered contests for the purpose of improving my writing. The lessons I learned from my customized education helped me grow as a writer.

Opinion: My kids are not okay. Canceling school is not sustainable — or responsible.

Jan 10, 2022 |Washington Post | parent power | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

The same week they returned to class from winter break, students in Chicago Public Schools are back at home, caught in yet another dispute between the nation’s third-largest district and its teachers union.

Oakland school officials say teachers should be in classroom following ‘sickout’

Jan 10, 2022 |KTVU | teachers unions | Towns, States, West, California

Oakland Unified School District said it expects teachers to be back at work Monday after holding a sickout on Friday.

COVID-19 surge exposes Mass. educational inequities in livestreaming classes

Jan 10, 2022 |WGBH | accountability | States, Northeast, Massachusetts

This may explain why just 39 of nearly 50,000 Boston public school students are enrolled in livestreaming even as COVID-19 cases surge. And that underscores the persistent inequities in education depending on where a child in Massachusetts attends school in the pandemic.

State commission approves charter school after blasting RCS handling of application

Jan 10, 2022 |Murfreesboro Post | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Tennessee

The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission voted 4-3 last Friday to overturn Rutherford County Schools denial of an application for the proposed Rutherford Collegiate Prep charter school.

CPS cancels school Monday as negotiations with CTU continue

Jan 10, 2022 |Chicago Sun-Times | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union on Sunday continued to publicly take shots at each other as negotiations continued.

EdChoice voucher use increasing, especially in Montgomery County

Jan 10, 2022 |Dayton Daily News | school choice | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

The number of K-12 students attending private schools via state-paid EdChoice vouchers has skyrocketed both locally and statewide in recent years, and now a lawsuit is challenging the legality of that system.

Michelle Wu calls for more flexibility for remote learning amid coronavirus surge

Jan 10, 2022 |Boston Herald | remote learning | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

Mayor Michelle Wu made the rounds on Sunday morning television shows where she pressed the state for more flexibility around remote instruction in schools and defended her heightened vaccination policies as cases — fueled by the omicron variant — surge in Boston.

Non-public school enrollment levels off in South Dakota as alternative schools trend in Sioux Falls

Jan 10, 2022 |Sioux Falls Argus Leader | enrollment | States, Midwest, South Dakota

South Dakota has long prided itself on school choice, but only a fraction of the state's young people — 14,500 K-12 students — are in non-public schools.

Charleston Co. School Board to vote on ‘Reimagine Schools’ proposal

Jan 10, 2022 |LIVE5 News | accountability | Towns, States, South, South Carolina

The ‘Reimagine Schools’ proposal from the non-profit Coastal Community Foundation would cost the school district around $32 million over the course of 10 years, the goal being to “close the student achievement gap and support academic recovery efforts for students,” according to the foundation.

Montgomery Co. parents raise concerns about school system’s COVID response

Jan 10, 2022 |WTOP | school districts | Towns, States, South, Maryland

Montgomery County Public Schools discarded its formula for deciding when the school system turns to virtual learning. Sunday, some parents, students and teachers urged the school system to not bring students back to class yet.

Harrisburg School District moving to remote learning until Jan. 18

Jan 10, 2022 |WHTM | remote learning | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

An announcement on the school district’s website stated that because of COVID-19 cases surging in the area, that the decision was made to make all learning virtual until Tuesday, Jan 18.

State Infrastructure Bank plans to fund what legislators wouldn’t: Charter school buildings

Jan 10, 2022 |Nevada Current | charter schools | States, West, Nevada

The Nevada State Infrastructure Bank Board on Wednesday proposed a spending plan for its $75 million seeded by lawmakers, and among the ideas is the creation of a fund to help charter schools build their facilities.

Some Reynoldsburg, Columbus schools will continue remote learning due to staff shortages

Jan 10, 2022 |The Columbus Dispatch | remote learning | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

After going remote last week due to staffing and bus shortages, some students at Reynoldsburg City Schools and Columbus City Schools will continue online learning this week.

Local schools hope to change voucher system, bring money to public schools with lawsuit

Jan 10, 2022 |The Daily Record | school choice | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

Three local school districts in Ashland and Wayne counties are a part of a group of nearly 100 schools that filed a lawsuit against the state that questions the validity of the school voucher system.

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