CER Daily Media Clips for February 11, 2022   CNN Poll: Economy and education will shape how Americans vote in 2022 Feb 11, 2022 |CNN | elections | National Voters begin the midterm year primarily focused on economic issues, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS in January and February. The survey also showed that Democrats are suffering an early deficit in enthusiasm about voting, a dynamic that could be compounded by voters' concerns over the economy. Read More...     School choice helped prepare me to become a congressman | Column Feb 11, 2022 |Tampa Bay Times | school choice | States, South, Florida “;One-size-fits all” enthusiasts tell Americans that the idea of school choice hurts minorities, steals funds from public schools and hinders academic success — I’m living proof that their claims are wrong. My mother understood the need and value of school choice decades before the parent-led revolution our country is now witnessing. Read More...     Schoolhouse crumbling? That’s what you deserve, the Pa. GOP says. | Opinion Feb 11, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | accountability | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania’s failure to address long-standing school funding inequities shows that the state believes that students deserve only the education their families can afford. Read More...     Oklahoma House speaker says school-choice bill won’t be heard in his chamber Feb 11, 2022 |KOCO | school choice | States, South, Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, said his chamber wouldn't hear the bill and questioned how it would help rural students, many of whom don't have non-public school options Read More...     Politicians, it’s time to lift your ‘cap’ to success of charter schools Feb 11, 2022 |New York Post | charter schools | States, Northeast, New York When Albany passed legislation to allow the creation of charter schools in 1998, it came with a string attached: Only 100 could open. Why? Legislators wanted to see whether charters could fulfill the goals of “improv[ing] student learning and achievement” and “expand[ing] choices. Read More...     Democratic lawmaker appears to deride parents’ say in public education Feb 11, 2022 |Wisconsin State Journal | elected officials | States, Midwest, Wisconsin Democratic state lawmaker whose Twitter critique of school choice programs suggested parents of regular public school students don’t play a role in shaping their children’s education took down the tweet Thursday after receiving widespread social media attention. Read More...     Spartanburg group files second charter school application, seeks 2023 opening Feb 11, 2022 |Post and Courier | charter schools | Towns, States, South, South Carolina The Dudley-Holloway Education Group’s Fine Arts Preparatory School plans to serve grades pre-K through 6 and eventually expand to include higher grade levels. Students will go to school year-round and wear uniforms. There is no tuition planned. Read More...     Lawmakers pivot to ‘lab schools’ as Senate committee kills charter legislation Feb 11, 2022 |Virginia Mercury | charter schools | States, South, Virginia Two separate bills in the House and Senate lay out different visions for creating new schools with colleges and universities. Read More...     Noem signs bill upping amount tax credit program can use for private school scholarships Feb 11, 2022 |Sioux Falls Argus Leader | school choice | States, Midwest, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed a bill Wednesday to increases provisions for partners in the education tax credit program used to fund in-state K-12 private school scholarships. Read More...     High-performing Valley charter school promotes longtime exec to superintendent Feb 11, 2022 |Phoenix Business Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Arizona With a wait list of more than 8,000 students, this popular charter school has three schools under construction in an effort to meet demand. Meet the new superintendent. Read More...     Chicago Public Schools parents seek post-Labor Day start and ‘traditional summer break’ Feb 11, 2022 |Chicago Tribune | school districts | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois “The chaos and conflict of the past year, much of which was pandemic induced, means that our kids need the traditional summer break,” the group said on a Change.org petition that was started Thursday and had gained just a few dozen signatures by Thursday evening. Read More...     Lack of support leads to achievement gaps for Black, Latino students in Los Angeles Feb 11, 2022 |Ed Source | accountability | Towns, States, West, California New report documents shortcomings of L.A. high schools and colleges in preparing Black, Latino students for higher education. Read More...     Boston, teachers union strike agreement over vaccine mandate Feb 11, 2022 |Boston Herald | teachers unions | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts The city and the Boston Teachers Union have come to an agreement to add some flexibility to the employee vaccine mandate in a big step for the Wu administration — though the city and its public-safety unions remain at loggerheads over the requirement. Read More...     VB charter school catches Virginia governor’s eye for future education plans Feb 11, 2022 |WAVY | charter schools | States, South, Virginia Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has made school choice and charter schools part of his education agenda. He wants $150 million to establish 20 new charter schools, including “laboratory innovation” schools, in Virginia. The state Senate killed (SB 125) charter school bill, but the House of Delegates bill (HB 356) for charter schools is still pending. Read More...     Parents upset over denial of charter school expansions Feb 11, 2022 |thirteen.org | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey Some parents with children attending charter schools in New Jersey are pleading with the state Department of Education to change its mind and approve expansion requests. Several requests for expansion were recently denied, with some schools deemed academically low-performing while others had not hit their current enrollment caps, the state said. Read More...     Flagstaff Academy Charter School librarian earns “Highly Effective Schools Through Libraries” Feb 11, 2022 |Daily Camera | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Colorado Flagstaff Academy Charter School Librarian Denise von Minden has earned Colorado’s “Highly Effective Schools Through Libraries” designation.   Read More...     Black heroes from history come alive at Boulware Springs Charter School ‘wax museum’ Feb 11, 2022 |The Gainesville Sun | charter schools | States, South, Florida Children of Boulware Springs Charter School buzzed with excitement as they lined up outside a basketball court that had been transformed into a “wax museum” for Black History Month. Read More...     As city eyes new schools for students with dyslexia, one charter school is already serving them Feb 11, 2022 |NY1 | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York Mayor Eric Adams has pledged to better support students with reading disorders like dyslexia, and Schools Chancellor David Banks has said he aims to open schools specifically for those children. But one public charter school on Staten Island is already catering to the needs of children with dyslexia. Read More...

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