CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for March, 18 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for March 18, 2022

Education secretary calls culture of doing ‘more with less’ in schools ‘unacceptable’

Mar 18, 2022 |The Hill | federal policy | National

More should be done to keep educators from paying out of pocket to support their classrooms, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said.

The effect of the pandemic on homeschooling

Mar 18, 2022 |Media Today Chronicle | homeschooling | National

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to school closures in many countries around the world. Schools in the United States were closed for more than a year. While homeschooling is not a new concept, public education in the US was not designed to accommodate the widespread distance learning that this event required. School districts and families had to adapt and implement homeschooling plans very quickly.

A Minneapolis parent and a teacher talk teachers strike, 10 days in

Mar 18, 2022 |MPR News | teachers unions | Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota

Some parents aren’t happy about the disruption to their children’s education. John Champe has two daughters in middle school in the Minneapolis district. He joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about what the strike has been like for his family.

LAUSD still negotiating with teachers union over masking

Mar 18, 2022 |Los Angeles Daily News | teachers unions | Towns, States, West, California

In addition to question of if or when to lift the masking requirement, parties also negotiating over when to end weekly COVID-19 testing.

‘Kansas falls below the nation in every subject area’: Data shows lag in college readine

Mar 18, 2022 |KSNW | accountability | States, Midwest, Kansas

State data shows fewer Kansas high school students are prepared for college today than in 2013.On Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents reviewed college enrollment numbers and college readiness data.

Gov. Wolf’s likely last-ditch attempt to tweak Pa.’s ‘broken’ charter school

Mar 18, 2022 |Patriot-News | |

On Monday, the state’s five-member Independent Regulatory Review Commission will meet to decide whether to OK or reject a final set of regulations the Wolf Administration has offered to update the 25-year-old law governing these independent public schools.

Inside a Chicago High School’s Year of Uncertainty

Mar 18, 2022 |Chalkbeat | accountability | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

The pandemic spurred promises of an education overhaul. Richards Career Academy on the Southwest Side is still waiting.

Carmen charter school employees vote against unionizing

Mar 18, 2022 |charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New Jersey

Employees at Carmen Schools of Science and Technology in Milwaukee have voted against unionizing with the International Association of Machinists (IAM).

What does school choice look like in rural Oklahoma?

Mar 18, 2022 |KOSU | school choice | States, South, Oklahoma

Though homeschooling appeals to some, it didn’t to the Williamsons. There are very few private school options and they don’t have athletics and ag offerings like at Sulphur. They never thought of looking beyond public schools.

Opportunity Scholarship defenders seek to block opponents’ legal maneuvers

Mar 18, 2022 |Carolina Journal | school choice | States, South, North Carolina

The Opportunity Scholarship Program now helps more than 20,000 students from low-income families enroll in more than 500 private schools. With a larger available scholarship and expanded income eligibility in 2022-23, the program has seen about 9,500 new applicants for the coming school year. That’s according to the group Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina.

Gov. Beshear calls charter schools unconstitutional ahead of funding proposal

Mar 18, 2022 |WFPL | charter schools | States, South, Kentucky

Gov. Andy Beshear called charter schools and any proposals for public funding for them unconstitutional at a press conference Thursday. “I believe charter schools overall are unconstitutional under the way our constitution writes about a system of public schools and what’s required,” Beshear said.

Southwick school budget rises 3.32% though enrollment continues to slide

Mar 18, 2022 |The Westfield News | enrollment | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

The required minimum local contributions for the fiscal 2023 budget of the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District are increasing significantly this year after a rare decrease last year.

Teachers at the New America School charter school system want to form Colorado’s first charter

Mar 18, 2022 |Colorado Public Radio | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Colorado

“We have absolutely been ignored and disregarded about really important issues and issues that matter to our students,” she said. She’s also concerned about the high number of staff leaving — counselors, nurses and teachers — a lack of respect, resources, and pay.

House to consider expansion of Alabama Accountability Act scholarship tax credits

Mar 18, 2022 |Yellowhammer News | school choice | States, South, Alabama

Earlier this legislative session, a bill sponsored by State Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston) to create education savings accounts to follow students to the schools of their parents’ choice failed to gain traction in the Senate.

Hip-hop artist Pitbull to open free public charter school in Mesa

Mar 18, 2022 |FOX 10 | charter schools | Towns, States, West, Arizona

Grammy-award winning artist Pitbull is opening a new, tuition-free public charter school in Mesa.

Column: The only way to fix Boston schools once and for all

Mar 18, 2022 |Boston Globe | other education issues | Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts

A new superintendent is coming, again. But nothing would change the schools as dramatically as a lawsuit that gets city and suburban kids in the same classrooms.

Controversy surrounding Oklahoma’s school-choice bill

Mar 18, 2022 |KSWO | school choice | States, South, Oklahoma

The controversial Senate Bill 1647 is making its way through the Oklahoma legislature and would move state funding for public school students into a private account for parents.

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