CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for March 7, 2022

Analysis: Governors Shift Away from COVID-19 in State of the State Addresses

Mar 7, 2022 |The 74 | state policy | National

In a time of political polarization, the nation’s Republican and Democratic governors agree on one thing: They want students in school.

Opinion: Why we must demand that leaders who got COVID wrong admit it and apologize

Mar 7, 2022 |New York Post | other education issues | National

As COVID restrictions end around the country, and Democratic politicians pretend that something about the science has changed instead of their poll numbers being in the dirt, Americans must first demand: apologies.

Opinion: Why School Choice Matters Now More than Ever

Mar 7, 2022 |National Review | school choice | National

As public schools indoctrinate students in the pseudo-religion of social-justice movements and ideologies, we need to support parents who want an escape.

We must prioritize civics education the way we have prioritized STEM education in Rhode Island

Mar 7, 2022 |Boston Globe | civics education | States, Northeast, Rhode Island

March 7th marks the start of the first-ever Civic Learning Week in Rhode Island. Educators, students, policymakers, and community members in Rhode Island are gathering to discuss how to build strong communities through civics. The weeklong series also serves as an opportunity to take stock of the state of civic education and engagement in our state.

Teachers unions sue to block new NYC charter high school

Mar 7, 2022 |New York Post | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

The city and state teachers unions are suing to block a charter high school from bringing a prestigious international diploma program to the Bronx.

Teachers at Menlo Park Academy in Cleveland seek to unionize

Mar 7, 2022 |WKSU | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

Teachers at Menlo Park Academy public charter school are trying to unionize, and they're currently waiting on a decision from the National Labor Relations Board.

For-profit charter schools again push change in law, eye Memphis, Nashville and other cities

Mar 7, 2022 |The Tennessean | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Tennessee

National Heritage Academies, a Grand Rapids charter school management company, supports a bill to allow for-profit charter school operators.

Parents try to save charter school north of Sacramento

Mar 7, 2022 |The Sacramento Bee | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

Parents and students have held weekly meetings on Zoom discussing how they can save a small charter north of Sacramento charter school that has a great reputation among its alumni and current families.

Editorial: It’s the worst time for teachers to strike

Mar 7, 2022 |Star Tribune | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

“The time is now” is one of the mantras Minneapolis and St. Paul union teachers use as they prepare for possible strikes. Yet a strong argument can be made that there couldn't be a worse time for educators in the state's two largest cities to hold a work stoppage.

Strike deadline for Minneapolis, St. Paul educators looms

Mar 7, 2022 |MPR News | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

Members of teachers unions in both Minneapolis and St. Paul spent the weekend making and distributing picket signs ahead of a possible strike as early as Tuesday.

Unions drive Boston’s roster of $100K+ teacher salaries

Mar 7, 2022 |Boston Herald | teacher unions | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

The high wages of teachers in Boston, where nearly 3,000 are paid six-figure salaries, reflects the strength of their union and suggests that a district plagued by “chronic underperformance” may be more geared toward the adults running it than the children it serves, watchdogs say.

Charter school teacher gets refund from teachers union that seized dues

Mar 7, 2022 |The Center Square | charter schools | Towns, States, West, California

A California union has backed down after facing a potential legal action threatened by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on behalf of a former California charter school teacher.

Editorial: Private school vouchers won’t improve public education

Mar 7, 2022 |Tulsa World | school choice | States, South, Oklahoma

Students using vouchers would not undergo the same testing required of public students to gauge academic progress. Quality of education for voucher-using students would be unknown.

A record 128 Missouri school districts — 25 percent — switch to four-day weeks

Mar 7, 2022 |News Leader | school districts | States, Midwest, Missouri

Marshfield is one of at least nine Missouri school districts planning to switch to a four-day week this fall. Together, they will push the total number of districts on a truncated schedule to a record 128 — 25 percent of the state's school districts — and more are contemplating the move.

Dallas ISD’s ‘State Of The District’ Showcases Urban School Success

Mar 7, 2022 |KTVT-TV | innovation | Towns, States, South, Texas

Dallas ISD is back with its annual State of the District, an event that is part celebration, part report card for the community, but also a plea for North Texans to rethink what’s possible in urban public schools.

San Antonio nonprofit organization helps parents navigate charter school process

Mar 7, 2022 | KSAT 12 News | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Texas

Some San Antonio school districts have several charter schools. In fact, SAISD has an entire section of its website devoted to in-district charter school programs.

Push to remake public schools on legislative agenda: ‘Intended to empower parents’

Mar 7, 2022 |The Advocate | fund families | States, South, Louisiana

Ten years after the Louisiana Legislature approved sweeping changes in public schools, a new drive is underway that would allow students to opt out of classrooms – and take the state money with them.

Private school voucher advocates say demand is high amid talks of expansion

Mar 7, 2022 |WLUK | school choice | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Demand for Wisconsin’s private school voucher programs appears to be on the rise, according to school officials and program advocates.

Marquette Law School Poll: Majority Support School Choice for All, Believe Public Schools in Worse S

Mar 7, 2022 |Wisconsin Now | school choice | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Two years of the coronavirus appear to have changed some of the attitudes toward public schools in Wisconsin, and a majority of Wisconsinites now want school choice to be available to all parents, which is called “universal school choice.

Lawsuit raises school choice issue

Mar 7, 2022 |Eagle Times | school choice | States, Northeast, Vermont

A new lawsuit arguing it should be easier for public funds to flow to religious schools has been filed just as lawmakers are considering legislation that would add guardrails to that very process.

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