CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for January, 18 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for January 18, 2022

America has failed to learn from the safe opening of classrooms abroad

Jan 18, 2022 |Economist | other education issues | National

Over the past two years America’s children have missed more time in the classroom than those in most of the rich world. School closures that began there in early 2020 dragged on until the summer of 2021.

Hybrid Homeschooling—Families Seeking Better Alternatives

Jan 18, 2022 |The Epoch Times | homeschooling | National

A combination of at-home and at-school learning is a hot trend in America today. Recent data from the Census Bureau reveals that 11.1 percent of K–12 students are now independent homeschoolers. Families choosing to homeschool have been fortunate enough to have alternative learning options available. One such educational model ﬁlls in most, if not all, of the gaps in a hybrid arrangement that combines the best of all educational worlds.

Chicago Parents Turn to Catholic Schooling amid Public-School Shutdowns

Jan 18, 2022 |National Review | catholic schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

As a proud product of Catholic schooling myself, I am heartened by this news. But more important are the parents who are now receiving reliable in-person instruction for their children. The more the merrier.

Review & Outlook: Eric Adams’s Charter School Opportunity

Jan 18, 2022 |Wall Street Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

Eric Adams is promising to revitalize New York City as its new mayor, and one way to make his mark in education is to help charter schools expand. He has the power to take immediate steps that would provide more charter slots to meet a waiting list that is some 48,000 children.

Opinion: Glenn Youngkin’s charter school plan moves past ideology

Jan 18, 2022 |Washington Post | charter schools | States, South, Virginia

Arriving in Blacksburg, Va., from Iran in the 1980s brought the promise of a bright future for my family. At the time, better education opportunities played a key role in why my parents chose to immigrate to the United States.

Why the Chicago Teachers Union Always Gets What It Wants

Jan 18, 2022 |Wall Street Journal | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

For the fifth time in 10 years, the Chicago Teachers Union shut students out of the classroom this month. Covid mitigation policy was the reported reason for the recent four-day walkout in the nation’s third-largest school system, but a look at the CTU’s decadeslong history of strikes and walkouts shows the pandemic was an excuse for the union’s latest power play.

Editorial: Does declining school enrollment spell disaster? That argument doesn’t add up

Jan 18, 2022 |Los Angeles Times | enrollment | Towns, States, West, California

Los Angeles schools are among those facing a double whammy on funding in future years. To start, the birthrate has been declining here and throughout California since 2008, which means fewer kids in school now and years into the future. That’s likely to be exacerbated by the pandemic.

California schools under intense strain, fighting to stay open during Omicron surge

Jan 18, 2022 |Los Angeles Times | other education issues | States, West, California

A student shows her negative coronavirus test result from a cellphone to enter Olive Vista Middle School this week. Schools throughout the state are strained as coronavirus rates soar.

NYC schools to allow remote option as attendance plunges during COVID surge

Jan 18, 2022 |New York Post | remote learning | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

A remote option is coming back to city schools in response to plunging attendance amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Opinion: Boston Public Schools should go into receivership

Jan 18, 2022 |Boston Globe | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

It would be hard to design a school system that has more poorly served Black and brown students than BPS.

Ducey’s voucher program if Arizona schools close classrooms is now open

Jan 18, 2022 |KTAR | school choice | States, West, Arizona

The portal for qualifying Arizona families to sign up for vouchers if their schools pause in-person learning is now open, Gov. Doug Ducey announced Friday.

More accountability, transparency and choice needed in post-COVID-19 education system

Jan 18, 2022 |The Augusta Chronicle | accountablility | States, South, Georgia

Improving our schools to overcome COVID-19-related learning losses will require efforts from many corners. But let’s be clear about one thing: Kids weren’t getting what they needed to succeed even before COVID. A return to normal with a dose of extra tutoring is a good start but isn’t good enough; for lasting improvement, we need learning options that give families universal flexibility.

SC lawmakers focused on passing school choice expansion

Jan 18, 2022 |The State | school choice | States, South, South Carolina

S.C. A school voucher plan that would allow South Carolina parents to use the public school dollars allocated for their child on a variety of private educational expenses is expected to receive serious consideration in the Legislature this year.

Undeterred by previous setbacks, Kentucky lawmakers again file school choice bill

Jan 18, 2022 |Forward Kentucky | |

Despite protests, previous legislative fails, and an ongoing legal challenge, Kentucky lawmakers are again trying to offer tax credits to help families afford private school.

Michigan Democratic Party deletes post questioning parents’ role in schools

Jan 18, 2022 |The Detroit News | other education issues | States, Midwest, Michigan

The Michigan Democratic Party has deleted a weekend Facebook post that questioned the role parents have in deciding what is taught in public schools and drew criticism from conservative and school choice groups.

Editorial: In Charlestown, the seed for a new kind of school — in a city failing too many

Jan 18, 2022 |Boston Globe | |

Boston needs innovation schools that will experiment with early college programs and more, whether or not the Charlestown proposal succeeds.

Chicago Teachers Union’s illegal strike is over, but parents sue to stop next one

Jan 18, 2022 |Illinois Policy | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

But a group of CPS parents alleging the “remote work action” called by the CTU members was actually an illegal strike are seeking a court ruling to prevent similar labor actions in the future.

A charter school with all-day outdoor education in the middle of winter

Jan 18, 2022 |Wisconsin State Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Almost all of the lessons at the Kickapoo Valley Forest School are held outdoors, even on days when the temperature plunges well below freezing. The nature-based curriculum is central for the 4K and kindergarten students and their teachers, who have had lunch outside all but four days since the first day of school in early September.

Merit Academy to resubmit charter school application to Woodland Park School District

Jan 18, 2022 |The Colorado Springs Gazette | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Colorado

Because of a surge in attendance, the Jan. 12 RE-2 School District Board of Education meeting was moved to Woodland Park High School’s Dickson Auditorium. The 130 people who showed up wouldn’t have fit in the usual meeting venue.

Learning French changed her life; now she shares that gift at immersion charter school

Jan 18, 2022 |Daily Advertiser | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

Now she takes her immersion experience and passion for French with her to work every day as principal of École Saint-Landry. The French immersion charter school in Sunset opened in August inside the former First Baptist Church of Sunset on Napoleon Avenue.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School to start Criminal Justice Academy

Jan 18, 2022 |WDSU | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Louisiana

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School has announced it will start a first-of-its-kind Criminal Justice Academy to educate students about the criminal justice system thanks to a $55,000 youth workforce development grant from the Lower 9th Ward Economic Development District.

Portland Public Schools admin accuses teachers of coordinating sick calls

Jan 18, 2022 |KGW8 | general teacher issues | Towns, States, West, Oregon

The district's HR chief says they're “getting reports of educators being asked by colleagues to call-in sick with the intention” of closing schools.

Why families and teachers are turning to micro schools

Jan 18, 2022 |AZ Big Media | microschools | States, West, Arizona

Micro schools are gaining popularity in the Phoenix area as families search for flexibility and teachers express overwhelming stress due to conditions brought on by the pandemic and the never-ending coronavirus variants.

Virtual learning in New Jersey this time around? Both easier and more difficult for staff and studen

Jan 18, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | remote learning | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey

As many districts have switched to virtual this year to account for coronavirus-related staffing shortages, teachers have had to dust off their virtual tool kit as learning resumes on screens.

JCPS extends virtual learning another week amid COVID surge and staffing shortages

Jan 18, 2022 |Louisville Courier Journal | remote learning | Towns, States, South, Kentucky

Kentucky's largest district will remain on virtual learning for another week, the district announced Monday.

‘Did the right thing’: Prince George’s Co. students to return to classrooms

Jan 18, 2022 |WTOP | school districts | Towns, States, South, Maryland

On Tuesday, Prince George’s County students will return to the classroom for the first time in nearly a month. In December, school system CEO Monica Goldson announced a plan that included a temporary transition to virtual learning for the whole county, citing a rise in coronavirus cases, a move no other D.C.-region school system made.

Opinion: School Choice Can Save Children and Salvage our Education System

Jan 18, 2022 |California Globe | school choice | States, West, California

Across the country and here in the Golden State, a revolution in education is taking place. Parent engagement and empowerment is helping to drive higher quality and more educational options for families.

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