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Your Daily News Clips for March, 9 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for March 9, 2022

Data shows Hamilton’s co-teaching collaborative is helping bridge COVID learning loss

Mar 9, 2022 |WKRC | innovation | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

“We kind of thought outside the box and took an innovative approach where we put our money into our people,” said Andrea Blevins, associate superintendent for the Hamilton City School District. “We put two teachers in each of our K-3 primary classrooms because we knew those are the students that experience the most significant loss in their foundational reading and math skills, and we knew if we didn't throw the most support to those grade levels, COVID would last for years and years and years.”

The Chicago teachers’ union vows to fight a plan to lift a school mask mandate.

Mar 9, 2022 |New York Times | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

Chicago Public Schools has announced plans to lift a mask requirement in the third-largest U.S. school district starting next week, infuriating members of the teachers’ union who stopped reporting to school buildings for a week in January to demand additional Covid-19 safeguards.

Texas school using private room with massage chairs to prevent teacher burnout

Mar 9, 2022 |Houston Chronicle | other education issues | Towns, States, South, Texas

The new space features multiple massage chairs, yoga mats and a private restroom. It was funded through a $21,000 grant from the American Federation of Teachers.

In St. Paul, deal with teachers brings relief for schools, families

Mar 9, 2022 |Star Tribune | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

The news brought a sigh of relief from many parents concerned about more lost school time for their children after two years of pandemic chaos, said Tonya Draughn, who has a daughter and several grandchildren in the St. Paul schools.

While Parents Worry, Minneapolis Teachers Hit The Picket Line

Mar 9, 2022 |WCCO | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

“We all have real jobs,” said Molly Dengler, whose first-grade son attends a Spanish immersion elementary school in downtown Minneapolis. “Maybe today they could call out of work, but it’s not sustainable to keep calling out of work.”

Audit says Minnesota’s efforts to close achievement gap lack clarity, structure

Mar 9, 2022 |Star Tribune | accountability | States, Midwest, Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Education's amorphous role in helping school districts close academic achievement gaps renders a trio of state programs largely ineffective in tackling those disparities, a new state audit found.

Unlicensed teachers taught in 3 WA charter schools, audit finds

Mar 9, 2022 |Seattle Times | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Washington

Washington state auditors say a group of charter schools in the Puget Sound region allowed two dozen unlicensed teachers to instruct classes during the 2019-2020 school year, a violation of state law that resulted in the schools receiving a combined $3.89 million in “unallowable” funds from the state.

Dems says too many private, homeschool parents on Truitt’s advisory board

Mar 9, 2022 |Carolina Journal | elected officials | States, South, North Carolina

Democratic members of the N.C. State Board of Education have their sights set on Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, saying Truitt was putting too many parents from schools of choice on a new advisory committee.

Graham School in Columbus offers high school seniors a chance to ‘Walkabout’ careers

Mar 9, 2022 |The Columbus Dispatch | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

At Graham, Walkabout is specifically for 12th grade students who want to develop their skills and abilities outside of a traditional classroom setting, according to the school website. Usually held during the second semester, students can explore everything from the arts to welding to the nonprofit sector to a job at the school.

Here’s how Deming Cesar Chavez plans to benefit from New Mexico’s new charter school law

Mar 9, 2022 |Las Cruces Sun-News | charter schools | Towns, States, West, New Mexico

He was encouraged a week ago when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed HB 43 into law, aiming to ease the way for charter schools — public schools that do not have the taxing authority exercised by school districts — to raise capital for facility improvements.

A wealth of cash in L.A. Unified but for how long?

Mar 9, 2022 |Los Angeles Times | school funding | Towns, States, West, California

The financial forecast for Los Angeles schools calls for relatively blue skies for three years — including $3 billion left over at the end of the current school year — but warns that there could be serious shortfalls later, offering both opportunity and risk for the ambitious agenda of new Supt. Alberto Carvalho.

House Ed backs bill paving way for ‘learning pods’ and ‘microschools’

Mar 9, 2022 |WV Gazette | microschools | States, South, West Virginia

Last month, the West Virginia Senate passed a bill that would put into law definitions of “learning pods” and “microschools.” They would be yet another type of public school alternative in a state that just legalized charter schools in 2019, and passed the nation’s broadest non-public school vouchers law last year.

Homeschooling, private school enrollment increase as public enrollment decreases

Mar 9, 2022 |SoMDNews.com | homeschooling | States, South, Maryland

As a grassroots, volunteer-based organization that connects homeschoolers across the state, the Maryland Homeschool Association has been tracking data collected by the state education department on homeschooling rates for nearly 20 years. It always tended to fluctuate seemingly randomly, said founder Alessa Keener, never changing by more than 9%.

Senate approve bills to break up MPS, lift income limits on voucher programs

Mar 9, 2022 |WisPolitics.com | school choice | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

The state would break Milwaukee Public Schools into multiple districts while lifting any income limits on its voucher programs under bills the Senate approved Tuesday and sent to Gov. Tony Evers.

School voucher bill clears Georgia Senate panel despite critic’s public school concerns

Mar 9, 2022 |Georgia Recorder | school choice | States, South, Georgia

A new school voucher bill sponsored by Senate Pro Tempore Butch Miller moved forward in a Senate committee Tuesday.

Here’s how NYC schools are spending $7 billion in COVID federal relief

Mar 9, 2022 |Chalkbeat | federal budget | States, Northeast, New York

With a stalled economy and projections of plummeting tax revenue, elected officials feared last winter that school budgets across New York would have to be slashed. Then, the federal government approved billions of dollars in relief to local governments and school districts, including more than $7 billion for New York City schools.

Homeschooling oversight: With over 100,000 students in home school, NC lawmakers consider increased

Mar 9, 2022 |WRAL | homeschooling | States, South, North Carolina

Homeschooling in North Carolina saw a big jump during the pandemic, with about one in 10 students now schooled at home.

School choice supporters rally as Iowa House panel advances school choice bill

Mar 9, 2022 |Iowa Torch | school choice | States, Midwest, Iowa

Hundreds of school choice supporters flooded the Iowa State Capitol as an Iowa House subcommittee approved a bill creating Iowa's first Education Savings Account program.

Don’t let ‘school choice’ bills place students in the crosshairs of a free market: Opinion

Mar 9, 2022 |Courier Journal | school choice | States, South, Kentucky

Educational outcomes are not measured by how much a school profits. Placing children in the crosshairs of a free market that creates winners and losers is dismally counter to Kentucky’s educational and economic goals.

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