CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for March 3, 2022

New Federal Data Shows Pandemic’s Effects on Teaching Profession

Mar 3, 2022 |US News & World Report | general teacher issues | National

The federal data reinforces what national teachers unions have termed ‘an unprecedented staffing crisis across every job category.

Arne Duncan: It’s Time to Make a Quality Public Education a Civil Right for All Children

Mar 3, 2022 |The 74 | other education issues | National

A generation ago, leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall advocated for quality education as a civil right for all children. A decade ago, President Barack Obama declared education “the civil rights issue of our time.” And yet, the tragic reality today for millions of children is that quality education is far from a civil right.

Families, private schools stress importance of voucher program, despite politics

Mar 3, 2022 |Spectrum News 1 | school choice | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Noah Reece, a seventh-grade student at Renaissance School in Racine, has been going to the LUMIN School his whole school life. He said he’s close with most of the students in his class, and likes the smaller class sizes because of the more individualized attention from teachers.

Editorial: Take it to the Banks: NYC’s new schools chancellor lays out a compelling vision

Mar 3, 2022 |New York Daily News | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

In an address from Tweed Courthouse, Chancellor David Banks offered his most detailed vision yet of where he hopes to lead New York City’s sprawling public school system. These were heartening words indeed.

Metro group shares concerns over Gov. Lee’s planned charter school partnership

Mar 3, 2022 |WZTV | charter schools | States, South, Tennessee

A soon-to-be charter school partnership between Tennessee and a private Christian college has some Metro parents excited and others expressing their concerns.

Editorial: Leave charter-school funds in the budget

Mar 3, 2022 |Seattle Times | charter schools | States, West, Washington

Since state lawmakers again failed to address the systematic underfunding of public charter schools this session, they should include money in the supplemental budget to offer short-term relief.

Pandemic had negative impact on test scores for all students in NC, new DPI report finds

Mar 3, 2022 |WUNC | accountability | States, South, North Carolina

The State Board of Education heard a long awaited report today on learning loss in North Carolina that resulted from the pandemic.

Governor Ducey announces start of AZ On Track Summer Camp

Mar 3, 2022 |KNXV | accountability | States, West, Arizona

It's a huge undertaking, getting 250,000 public school children caught up in class. The COVID-19 pandemic did not discriminate. Our health, the economy, and our children's education were all impacted.

Online Tutoring Effective At Making Up For COVID-19 Learning Loss

Mar 3, 2022 |NBC San Diego | online learning | States, West, California

According to a study by the University of California San Diego, disruptions to in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic have increased interests in expanding online tutoring to K-12 students.

Bill seeks to address learning loss

Mar 3, 2022 |Deleware Gazette | accountability | States, Midwest, Ohio

Senate Bill 306 would require the Department of Higher Education to work with Education Service Centers, the Ohio Department of Education, and our schools to develop a training program that can be used by individuals who do not have a degree in education to tutor students. These include college students studying education, retired teachers and former substitute teachers, and individuals in the community who have the experience to tutor kids in subject matters but don’t have a degree in education.

With new K-5 learning program, Hampton City Schools flex virtual learning muscles

Mar 3, 2022 |WAVY | online learning | Towns, States, South, Virginia

The pandemic caused schools across the country to flex their education muscles very differently. Hampton City Schools decided to take that flex to another level by creating what it calls a virtual learning revolution.

As Native students continue to struggle in SD schools, a Lakota immersion model defeated

Mar 3, 2022 |Aberdeen News | charter schools | States, Midwest, South Dakota

For the third time in five years, Native American legislators and supporters of improving Native education in South Dakota have proposed legislation that would allow for creation of state-funded charter schools aimed at immersing students in Lakota Indian language, culture and history.

Nashville Parent Advocate Sonya Thomas Asks ‘What Has Changed?’

Mar 3, 2022 |The 74 | parent power | Towns, States, South, Tennessee

Nothing has changed. You would think that a pandemic would bring about a sense of urgency. We’re talking about decades of educational inequities, and what I’m seeing is that the system itself is not changing. It has actually grown richer in money.

Education voucher bill no longer includes home schoolers as it jumps another hurdle to becoming Okla

Mar 3, 2022 |KGOU | school choice | States, South, Oklahoma

A bill that would give families savings accounts to pay for private school tuition can now be heard by the full Senate after it narrowly passed in an appropriations committee meeting Wednesday.

Report: Enrollment plunged in Connecticut schools last year

Mar 3, 2022 |CT Post | enrollment | States, Northeast, Connecticut

Student enrollment plummeted last school year by 3 percent, a decline usually seen over several years and officials said has yet to bounce back.

Opinion: Denver’s shrinking school enrollment is an opportunity to improve

Mar 3, 2022 |Colorado Sun | enrollment | Towns, States, West, Colorado

The Denver Public School Board just navigated a difficult set of decisions regarding the renewal of 16 of Denver’s 58 charter schools. The DPS charter renewal process and outcome was an exemplar for how to do school authorizing with a focus on student learning, whether charter or district managed.

Mississippi Senate OKs pay bill ‘by teachers, for teachers’

Mar 3, 2022 |Associated Press | teacher pay | States, South, Mississippi

Mississippi senators acted quickly Wednesday to unanimously pass a teacher pay raise bill, sending it back to the House for possible debate within the next three weeks.

Senators vote to close loophole exploited by teacher unions

Mar 3, 2022 |Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs | teachers unions | States, South, Oklahoma

Teacher union employees could no longer exploit an alleged loophole in state law that allows them to accrue increased state retirement benefits even when they are actually working for a labor union and not a public school, under legislation that has received committee approval.

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