CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for January, 26 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for January 26, 2022

Chicago Private and Charter Schools Receive $5 Million to Expand Enrollment (CER in the news)

Jan 26, 2022 |Chicago Unheard | private schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

The ongoing conflict between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union has some parents looking for different school options for their children, and philanthropy has stepped in to help them find alternatives to the district-operated schools that continue to be caught in the cross-fire.

National School Choice Week highlights opportunities for reform

Jan 26, 2022 |Washington Examiner | school choice | National

Parental discontent is surging as thousands of schools have returned to virtual learning due to the omicron variant. A recent survey found that 52% of families are considering moving their children to new schools as parents look to escape a public school system ravaged by teacher shortages.

‘Essentially Abdicating Their Role’: Report Finds States Lack Plans for Ensuring Schools

Jan 26, 2022 |The 74 | federal budget | National

When Congress voted last spring to send schools an unprecedented $125 billion in COVID-19 relief funds, it laid down some basic guidelines. Most of the money should go directly to districts with an eye toward compensating for the pandemic’s academic and safety challenges, and states should track whether local officials complied.

Opinion: Janus hasn’t stopped unions from wielding power over school closures

Jan 26, 2022 |The Hill | teachers unions | National

Pandemic-induced school closures underscored the conflict of interest between teacher unions and students. Strong union districts had less in-person instruction, which hit minority communities in urban centers especially hard. The power to determine the mode of instruction belies the notion that the U.S. Supreme Court put public-sector unions on a road to extinction with its 2018 decision in Janus v. AFSCME.

As COVID Closed Arizona’s Classrooms, Black Mothers Launched Their Own Microschools With Focus

Jan 26, 2022 |The 74 | microschools | States, West, Arizona

The Forum’s approach to learning has caught the attention of Arizona Governor Doug Ducey in a state where high school graduation rates hover about 8 percent below national averages and less than half of the graduating class went on to college in 2020.

Analysis: Black Student Enrollment Is Up in Florida Schools of Choice & So Is Achievement

Jan 26, 2022 |The 74 | school choice | States, South, Florida

A new report, “Controlling the Narrative: Parental Choice, Black Empowerment & Lessons from Florida” — a joint effort among Black Minds Matter, the American Federation for Children and Step Up for Students — analyzes the great migration of Black families to choice schools, the positive academic trend lines for Black students participating in school choice programs and the growth of Black-owned schools in Florida. We found that the Sunshine State now has more than 100,000 Black students enrolled in charter and private schools.

Gov. McKee’s office says ‘School Choice Week’ proclamation issued in error

Jan 26, 2022 |WPRI | school choice | States, Northeast, Rhode Island

“The National School Choice Week proclamation was sent out in error with an electronic signature and did not go through the appropriate approval process,” Sheaff said in a statement.

D.C. students walk out to protest ‘not safe’ school covid protocols

Jan 26, 2022 |Washington Post | other education issues | Towns, States, South, District of Columbia

Dozens of students from Benjamin Banneker Academic High School walked out Tuesday afternoon in a push for more coronavirus testing and virtual options in D.C. Public Schools. Students in smaller numbers from eight other schools staged similar protests.

Parents ask: Where’s the $400 million that was promised for Boston schools?

Jan 26, 2022 |WGBH News | federal budget | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

Boston schools have struggled with soaring infection rates, absenteeism and staff burnout as the district approaches year three of the pandemic this spring. The difficult situation has many parents wondering what happened to the federal funding windfall that was supposed to bring relief to the city's beleaguered schools.

Birmingham teachers union plans mass sickout as teachers, parents worry about COVID safety

Jan 26, 2022 |AL.com | teachers unions | Towns, States, South, Alabama

The potential “sickout,” as it’s being called, comes after a large number of employee absences last week due to the virus. The district reported a record-high 409 positive cases to the Alabama Department of Public Health on Jan. 20, which accounts for about 2% of staff and students.

Chicago Teachers Union leaders face challenge from within their ranks following COVID-19 work action

Jan 26, 2022 |Chicago Tribune | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

A group within the Chicago Teachers Union is launching a new campaign to challenge President Jesse Sharkey and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates in the union’s spring election.

Community leaders, Peoria teachers’ union at odds over social emotional learning

Jan 26, 2022 |HOIABC.com | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

“Union leadership is creating many unnecessary disruptions and further perpetuating a bad image for the district,” Peoria NAACP President Pastor Marvin Hightower said.

KIPP Tulsa receives national award for computer science gender diversity

Jan 26, 2022 |Tulsa World | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Oklahoma

The College Board presents the award annually to schools where at least half of the students who take an Advanced Placement computer science exam are female or the exam participation rate of female students was greater than or equal to the school’s overall female enrollment.

2 KIPP Memphis schools approved to keep charters

Jan 26, 2022 |ABC 24 | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Tennessee

Two KIPP Memphis schools will keep their charters after the Shelby County school board voted on Tuesday. The vote allows KIPP Academy Middle School and KIPP Collegiate Elementary School to stay open, despite low test scores.

Birmingham denies charter school application from Memphis organization

Jan 26, 2022 |AL.com | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Alabama

Birmingham’s near-unanimous vote to reject a charter school application from Freedom Preparatory Academy, a charter network out of Memphis, marks the sixth rejection from the system since Alabama enacted its charter law in 2015.

Philip’s Academy Charter School will open new campus at old Paterson Leader Dye site

Jan 26, 2022 |Paterson Times | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey

Philip’s Academy Charter School of Paterson will have a new campus at the old Leader Dye site on Madison Avenue, according to a press release issued by Building Hope, a Washington D.C.-based organization that builds structures for charter schools.

Churches help students as they switch to virtual learning

Jan 26, 2022 |Ozarks First | learning pods | Towns, States, Midwest, Missouri

Supervision and food for students while they’re out of school remains a key priority. The King’s Way United Methodist Church in Springfield is trying to help schools by offering a free learning pod for students to join.

Dallas ISD To Launch Full-Time Virtual School This Coming Fall

Jan 26, 2022 |CBSDFW | online learning | Towns, States, South, Texas

“There are kids who didn’t realize that this was their best way to learn until we were forced into virtual learning in the pandemic and now that we know this is their best way, we want to give it to them,” she said.

South Carolina charter and private schools offer unique curriculum to dyslexic students

Jan 26, 2022 |Post and Courier | charter schools | States, South, South Carolina

Trident Academy, Lakes and Bridges Charter School and PACE Academy are just three of seven schools dedicated to students with dyslexia in South Carolina.

Tax credit cap hit for donations to scholarship organizations

Jan 26, 2022 |Billings Gazette | tax credits | States, West, Montana

Though slower than the breakneck pace that people and businesses snatched up tax credits by making donations to public schools, donors to scholarship organizations hit a $1 million cap in just over two weeks.

Lawmakers introducing bill aimed at voucher school funding transparency

Jan 26, 2022 |Channel 3000 | school choice | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Two Wisconsin lawmakers are introducing a bill that would show residents how much money comes out of their taxes for voucher schools.

Student attendance down at Maryland public schools while enrollment numbers fall due to the pandemic

Jan 26, 2022 |enrollment | Towns, States, South, Maryland

Student attendance has dropped at Maryland’s public schools this year as system leaders continue to grapple with enrollment losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lawmakers resume push for state-funded private school scholarships

Jan 26, 2022 |Iowa Capital Dispatch | school choice | States, Midwest, Iowa

Under Senate File 128, the families of nonpublic school students would be able to apply for an “education savings grant,” which would be 50% of what the state allocates to each public school pupil. The Legislature determines that number every year when deciding public school funding – this year, the governor proposed a per-pupil allocation of $7,553.

Opinion: Charters are solid alternatives to Washington’s traditional public schools

Jan 26, 2022 |Seattle Times | charter schools | States, West, Washington

Historically, Washington has been slow to adopt creative alternative education options. Charter schools are a prime example, as Washington was the 42nd state to sign charter schools into law.

Column: Charter would add, not subtract, from public education on the SouthCoast

Jan 26, 2022 |South Coast Today | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

The proposal for the SouthCoast Innovators Charter School deserves strong community support. I can state unequivocally, given my years of experience serving as Mayor of Fall River, and my understanding of municipal finance and the community need for educational opportunities, it will not subtract from public education in the region, it will add to it.

Charter school makes friends in PB

Jan 26, 2022 |Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Arkansas

The latest Friendship Aspire Academy Pine Bluff campus is under construction, but city and school leaders already hold the charter elementary school in high esteem.

Four highlights from the landmark Pa. school funding trial, as plaintiffs rest their case this week

Jan 26, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | school funding | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

After more than eight weeks of testimony, the plaintiffs challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system expect to rest their case Wednesday.

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