CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for March, 17 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for March 17, 2022

Literacy scores show widening achievement gap in D.C. during pandemic

Mar 17, 2022 |Washington Post | accountability | States, South, District of Columbia

The literacy proficiency gap between young White students and students of color in the District continued to widen during the second year of the pandemic, according to data released recently by D.C. Public Schools.

Personal finance education is gaining momentum but economics is falling by the wayside, study finds

Mar 17, 2022 |CNBC | other education issues | National

More states are requiring students to take personal finance education courses before they graduate high school.

Tampa native launches state’s first-ever virtual reality charter school

Mar 17, 2022 |Tampa Bay Info | charter schools | Towns, States, South, Florida

Donalds is the founder and CEO of Optima Foundation, a Naples-based charter school organization. Donalds, a Tampa native, is combining her history of charter school administration with new virtual technology to create the state's first-ever virtual reality school.

Minneapolis school board members under intense pressure; board member resigns citing ‘broken trust’

Mar 17, 2022 |Star Tribune | school boards | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

Minneapolis school board members' phones are buzzing nonstop, their e-mail inboxes filling with hundreds of messages daily. Union members are picketing in front of their houses. And on Wednesday, one board member resigned, citing broken trust.

Minneapolis teacher strike enters day 10, St. Paul teachers ratify new contract

Mar 17, 2022 |KSTP | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

Teachers in the Minneapolis Public School district will be picketing again Thursday, as their strike enters the tenth day. Wednesday, both sides said progress was made in negotiations and talks extended into the evening hours.

Seattle teachers rally to be included in district decisions

Mar 17, 2022 |Seattle Times | teachers unions | Towns, States, West, Washington

Seattle educators are pushing back against Seattle Public Schools’ move to make masks optional in classrooms and buses — an issue the teachers union says exemplifies repeated “unilateral decision making” by the district.

Chicago Public Schools’ mask-optional rule survives initial challenge by teachers union

Mar 17, 2022 |Chicago Tribune | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

A hearing in the matter has been set for June, around the time the school year will end. There was discussion Wednesday among the board members that the hearing may be moved up to April if schedules allow. That news provided little solace to CTU’s attorneys, who pointed to a lengthy administrative law process.

Gov. DeSantis promises more money to schools to help close COVID achievement gaps

Mar 17, 2022 |WMFE | accountablility | States, South, Florida

The money will support a number of initiatives that are meant to help close learning gaps caused by two years of the COVID pandemic.

Meet the finalists: What Philly’s 3 superintendent hopefuls said during their job interviews

Mar 17, 2022 |WHYY | school districts | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

When it comes to charter schools, Davis said he is “not necessarily pro-charter or anti-charter,” but instead “pro-good school and anti-school that isn’t welcoming, safe, and challenging to students.” He added that charter schools have to be held accountable for their outcomes.

Charter schools bill rises from ashes in effort to open doors

Mar 17, 2022 |Tennessee Lookout | charter schools | States, South, Tennessee

Legislation designed to shift “under-utilized” public school buildings to charter schools looked like it was dead this week but then resurfaced the same day, drawing a rebuke from a subcommittee chairman.

L.A. school board election field is set, includes pivotal race to replace Monica Garcia

Mar 17, 2022 | Los Angeles Times | elections | Towns, States, West, California

For more than 15 years, Monica Garcia has been a force on the Los Angeles Board of Education. But term limits have opened up her seat this year to four hopefuls, who plan either to build on her legacy or to push the district in a new direction.

Little kids can do big things at SAGES charter school

Mar 17, 2022 |Wisconsin State Farmer | charter schools | Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Students at this unique charter school that focuses on agriculture and environmental studies have proven that's true.

Column: Tsunami of charter schools likely with House Bill 9

Mar 17, 2022 |The State Journal | charter schools | States, South, Kentucky

Right now, only our school districts and our mayors decide where a charter school pops up. If this bill is passed, political appointees, universities, and even nonprofits that have nothing to do with education at all will be the deciders. And they will all rush to authorize charters to cash in on the 3% cut of ALL tax dollars that will go to the charter school.

“Decline to sign” campaign kicks off to fight private school scholarship ballot initiative

Mar 17, 2022 |Michigan Radio | school choice | States, Midwest, Michigan

A new coalition of public education supporters has launched a campaign to defeat the “Let MI Kids Learn” ballot petition drive backed by former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

COVID money shores up budgets at Denver schools with declining enrollment

Mar 17, 2022 |Chalkbeat Colorado | federal budget | Towns, States, West, Colorado

About a third of Denver’s district-run schools are using federal coronavirus relief money to backfill their budgets due to declining student enrollment this year, next year, or both.

K-12 public school enrollment still down after pandemic

Mar 17, 2022 |Dayton Daily News | enrollment | Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

Public school enrollment across the state fell during the COVID pandemic, accelerating a trend that has occurred over the last two decades.

Opinion: DPS is attacking the innovations that make schools excel

Mar 17, 2022 |Denver Post | innovation | Towns, States, West, Colorado

At two Beacon Network middle schools and other Denver Public innovation schools, teachers have worked for years to create plans to ensure we’re able to meet the unique needs of our students — and our efforts have paid off with our kids’ academic success.

Opinion: Reforming education, empowering parents

Mar 17, 2022 |Watertown Daily Times | elected officials | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Since being elected to the State Legislature, one of my main focuses has been to improve our education system by empowering parents to make the best choices for their children. The last two years have put this issue front and center for so many parents across the state. Every day, we hear requests for more options and more accountability in our schools. It was a priority of the Legislature to pass several bills that advance this goal as the regular session of the legislature wrapped up.

Public school advocates launch effort to stop DeVos-backed school scholarship proposal

Mar 17, 2022 |mlive.com | school choice | States, Midwest, Michigan

A new ballot committee For MI Kids For Our Schools declared during its virtual launch Wednesday that all options are on the table to stop the Betsy DeVos-backed Let MI Kids Learn ballot initiative that public school advocates say would create an unconstitutional voucher system in Michigan.

Charter schools, advocates push lawmakers to expand seats in city

Mar 17, 2022 |New York Post | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Charter school advocates rallied in City Hall Park Wednesday to push state lawmakers on action that would increase the number of charter school seats in the Big Apple.

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