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CER Daily Media Clips for February 10, 2022
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Feb 10, 2022 |Forbes | innovation |
National
Apart from the obvious and immediate health and social consequences of battling COVID-19, one of the most significant negative impacts the pandemic has leveled on families over the past two years is the significant ‘learning loss’ felt by students everywhere. This is largely a result of schools being unpreparedand under funded to take measures to mitigate the effects of the virus while keeping students in class and thriving academically. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |Washington Examiner | school choice |
National
As our nation continues to grapple with issues of race and equality, it’s time for Washington to discard the political theater that so often dominates the conversation. Instead, we must seek solutions to the real problems staring us in the face — starting with what we believe is the civil rights issue of this generation: education. Read More...
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With the end of many statewide mask mandates, it’s up to local districts whether they will keep the requirement. Communities anticipate political and emotional fights ahead. Read More...
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Every day I see young children in my community who are filled with hope. They are eager to learn and ready to become the leaders of tomorrow. Sadly, not enough students are able to attend a school that offer high-quality education to prepare them to achieve their dreams. As a mother, this hits me particularly hard during Black History Month.
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Feb 10, 2022 |Tampa Bay Times | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Florida
A small school focused on struggling students did not pass muster with the school district or the State Board of Education. Read More...
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Live on one side of a street and your child might have access to a better education—a policy that we’re supposed to accept as just being the way it is. And if you don’t follow it? Black parents inadvertently crossing a school zoning line in search of better educational opportunities for their kids have been arrested. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |Wall Street Journal | enrollment |
Towns, States, West, California
City decides to close seven schools after protests and hunger strikes as enrollment declines expected to accelerate throughout the state
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Feb 10, 2022 |Connecticut Public Radio | state policy |
States, Northeast, Connecticut
During the upcoming 2022 legislative session, Connecticut lawmakers intend to tackle two of the biggest pandemic-related issues impacting schools and children: a mental health crisis and remote learning standards.
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Feb 10, 2022 |online learning |
Towns, States, West, California
Anticipating that thousands of Los Angeles Unified students still may not be vaccinated this fall, the Board of Education has taken the first steps toward a major expansion of remote learning, including creating as many as six new online schools that could enroll up to 15,000 students. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |Los Angeles Times | school closures |
Towns, States, West, California
If California school district officials need a lesson on how not to deal with declining enrollments, they can look to Oakland. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |Yall Politics | school choice |
States, South, Mississippi
The bill would remove the requirement for the school board of the school district of a child’s residence to consent to the release of the student for transfer to another school. It only requires that the transferee school board approve or refuse the transfer of a student upon receiving notice and an official meeting of the board to act on such transfer. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |al.com | school choice |
States, South, Alabama
Alabama’s public education has been among the worst in the nation for decades. Successfully changing that reality has proven elusive for lawmakers. Democrats blame Republicans for inadequate funding. Republicans blame Democrats for valuing the public education system more than the children in it. Wash, rinse, and repeat while nothing changes.
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Feb 10, 2022 |Newark Post | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Delaware
Freire Charter School is undergoing the application process to the Department of Education to establish a high school on Chapman Road near Newark. Freire, which started in Philadelphia in 1999 and also has a school in Wilmington, focuses on preparing students for college, targeting students who may not have the financial means to go to a private school or have the test scores to get into a more selective charter school.
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Feb 10, 2022 |Houston Chronicle | teacher pay |
States, South, Oklahoma
Oklahoma's governor is pushing a plan to pay high performing teachers a six-figure salary. The move follows a similar incentive-based plan in Texas that allows some teachers to receive $100,000 in salary. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |Gainesville Sun | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Florida
A new charter school at Santa Fe College should be used to fill in gaps in local workforce training programs, building upon existing efforts to help students gain credentials in high-demand fields.
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Feb 10, 2022 |Chalkbeat | charter schools |
States, Northeast, New Jersey
New Jersey has blocked the expansion of three Newark charter schools — North Star Academy, Philip’s Academy, and Roseville Community Charter School — a sign that Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is continuing to take a harder line on charter school growth than his Republican predecessor. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |WILX-TV | teachers unions |
States, Midwest, Michigan
At least 75% of students must be in school each day across the district for the state to consider it a full school day. But, according to a recent survey conducted by multiple teacher’s unions, found that one-third of districts have multiple days under the state’s requirement.
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Feb 10, 2022 |KXLG | charter schools |
States, Midwest, South Dakota
In a show of support for Native American students and culture, the Senate is passing a bill to create immersive charter schools in South Dakota. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |WRAL | enrollment |
Towns, States, South, North Carolina
The Wake County Public School System continues to lose students, and officials expect that to continue long after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The enrollment drop from pre-pandemic levels means the school system could lose millions of dollars in state and federal funding that’s based on enrollment. Read More...
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Feb 10, 2022 |WDSU | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Louisiana
Experiments in education are written into Louisiana state law to allow for charter schools, and innovative ways to improve education. But a 2021 Legislative audit and 2016 Stanford study show charters in New Orleans have failed to prove those experiments work.
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Feb 10, 2022 |WVTF | charter schools |
States, South, Virginia
Governor Glenn Youngkin wants 20 new charter schools in Virginia. Three major bills to get that done have been introduced. Jahd Khalil reports that one bill was sent to the full House of Delegates, but another of the Governor’s bills died Wednesday. Read More...
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Across our country, parents are realizing that too many students aren’t getting what they need at their neighborhood public schools. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in the system’s ability to respond to unique situations. Now a growing army of Georgia’s frustrated moms and dads, feeling ignored and fearing their children’s academic regression, are protesting at local school boards in waves.
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Feb 10, 2022 |NWI Times | charter schools |
States, Midwest, Indiana
Indiana school districts that successfully persuade voters to pay higher property taxes to support their local schools soon may be required to share referendum revenue with nearby charter schools.
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