CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for March, 11 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for March 11, 2022

Where $5 Trillion in Pandemic Stimulus Money Went

Mar 11, 2022 |New York Times | federal budget | National

Stimulus bills approved by Congress beginning in 2020 unleashed the largest flood of federal money into the United States economy in recorded history. Roughly $5 trillion went to households, mom-and-pop shops, restaurants, airlines, hospitals, local governments, schools and other institutions around the country grappling with the blow inflicted by Covid-19.

Congress Set to Cut Funds That Made School Meals Free

Mar 11, 2022 |US News & World Report | federal budget | National

Student advocates argue that times are too unstable to risk children going hungry. But Republicans say the $11 billion program was never meant to be permanent.

How The American Rescue Plan Is Keeping America’s Schools Open Safely, Combating Learning Loss

Mar 11, 2022 |The White House | federal budget | National

One year ago today – President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act into law, an unprecedented $1.9 trillion package of emergency assistance measures. The ARP provides a historic investment in America’s preschool through twelfth grade (P-12) schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to keep schools safely open, tackle learning loss and mental health.

How Outschool won the pandemic

Mar 11, 2022 |Fast Company | innovation | National

Even in an era of Zoom fatigue, Outschool managed to hook a million kids on its unique classes, more than quadrupled its value, and recruit 10,000 teachers amid rampant teaching shortages. But can it keep up the momentum?

Georgia Republicans Must Put Students before Politics

Mar 11, 2022 |National Review | school choice | States, South, Georgia

Parents want to be in charge of decisions about their children. Specifically, they want to be the ones making choices about education — not the government.

Teachers are quitting in droves. Here’s how to stem the staffing crisis in schools. | Opinion

Mar 11, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | general teacher issues | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

We could try to meet their needs, compensate them fairly, and make their jobs workable. We could trust their professional judgment and do away with rigid curricula and ineffective standardized tests.

Sacramento teachers and staff authorize a strike. No date has been set

Mar 11, 2022 |Sacramento Bee | teachers unions | Towns, States, West, California

Members of two unions representing teachers, maintenance workers, bus drivers and other staff in the Sacramento City Unified School District voted Thursday to authorize a strike if district officials continue “to negotiate in bad faith on key issues related to staffing, the quality of instruction, and health and safety protocols,” the labor organizations announced.

Minneapolis teachers strike continues as union and district remain far apart on deal

Mar 11, 2022 |NBC News | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

“I can make more money right now going to work at Target than I do working for Minneapolis Public Schools, and that is difficult,” one educator said.

Charter school report: Scores go up, achievement gap shrinks

Mar 11, 2022 |The Center Square | charter schools | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

A study says if Pennsylvania political leaders want to get serious about improving student achievement, and closing the racial achievement gap, they might want to consider charter school expansion.

Committee approves bill to put county tax dollars in charter schools

Mar 11, 2022 |Anniston Star | charter schools | States, South, Arkansas

A bill to expand charter school funding to include county level tax dollars was approved in the Senate Education Policy Committee on Thursday.

State Education Board approves new charter school campuses in Fort Smith, Texarakana

Mar 11, 2022 | NWA Democrat-Gazette | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Arkansas

The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday approved plans for a fifth Haas Hall Academy charter school campus to open in the 2023-24 school year in Fort Smith.

By a hair, WV delegates continue advancing ‘microschools’ of unlimited size

Mar 11, 2022 |Charleston Gazette | microschools | States, South, West Virginia

These pods and microschools would generally be unregulated under the bill, Senate Bill 268. But, like charter schools and public schools, public money will be

Testing shows massive learning loss for Maryland students

Mar 11, 2022 |WBFF | accountability | States, South, Maryland

The most recent state test scores show Maryland students experienced a stunning amount of learning loss from the COVID-19 shutdowns.

‘We can’t hide from the numbers’: Some WI students are falling behind in staggering numbers

Mar 11, 2022 |TMJ4 | accountability | Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Our students are falling behind in staggering numbers. In our Two Americas report, we spotlight two districts in southern Wisconsin: The largest and most diverse, Milwaukee Public Schools, and medium-sized and also very diverse School District of Beloit.

Details Unsettled for College-Sponsored ‘Lab Schools’ in Va.

Mar 11, 2022 |Associated Press | innovation | States, South, Virginia

A conference committee will have to work out the details on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's plan to partner colleges with K-12 systems to create “lab schools” that proponents say would spark education innovation.

CPS selective enrollment schools to accept fewer affluent students under proposed change

Mar 11, 2022 |Chicago Sun-Times | enrollment | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

In one of his first major moves as CEO, Pedro Martinez is proposing the school district drop part of the current system that awards 30% of the seats at these schools strictly based on a student’s seventh grade marks and test scores.

In a full day of proceedings, Pa. court hears closing arguments in school funding trial

Mar 11, 2022 |Pennsylvania Capital-Star | school funding | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s current school funding model has created a system of ‘haves and have-nots,’ one lawyer argued.

Bill To Resurrect Tennessee School Vouchers Dies In Legislative Committee

Mar 11, 2022 |The Tennessee Tribune | school choice | States, South, Tennessee

A House subcommittee has narrowly killed a bill that could have revived Tennessee’s controversial school voucher program regardless of how the state’s highest court rules this year on the state’s overturned school voucher law.

Newark Charter School Advocates, Parents Call on State to Reverse Blocks on Charter Expansions

Mar 11, 2022 |TAPinto | charter schools | States, Northeast, New Jersey

Charter school advocates rally in Trenton to call on Gov. Murphy to reverse the decisions made by the state DOE to deny high-performing charter schools the ability to serve more students.

Corcoran to Leave Education Commissioner Post, Manny Diaz Frontrunner to Replace Him

Mar 11, 2022 |Floridan Press | state policy | States, South, Florida

State Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, who has been an ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis on controversial issues such as student mask requirements and critical race theory, will step down from the post at the end of April, he announced Thursday.

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