CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for March, 21 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for March 21, 2022

Districts face difficulty luring covid-cautious parents back to school

Mar 21, 2022 |Washington Post | other education issues | National

Close to 700 days after her youngest children last set foot in a Prince George’s County Public Schools classroom, Monica Rodriguez faced a decision she dreaded: Should she let them return to in-person learning?

Millions of children will miss healthy school meals when pandemic relief expires

Mar 21, 2022 |NPR | federal budget | National

When schools pivoted to virtual learning early in the pandemic, the National School Lunch Program was thrown into chaos. Millions of children rely on school meals to keep hunger at bay, so school nutrition directors scrambled to adopt new, creative ways to distribute food to families. Some of these changes were improvements on the status quo, they say.

Opinion: Why Are We Letting Republicans Win the School Wars?

Mar 21, 2022 |New York Times | elections | National

The warning signs are everywhere. For 30 years, polls showed that Americans trusted Democrats over Republicans to invest in public education and strengthen schools. Within the past year, however, Republicans have closed the gap; a recent poll shows the two parties separated on the issue by less than the margin of error.

Why class sizes have been a sticking point in teacher talks

Mar 21, 2022 |Star Tribune | other education issues | National

In some states, including Texas and Arkansas, class sizes are dictated by state law. California caps enrollment in prekindergarten through third grade classrooms but allows unions to bargain on limits in upper grades. Until this January, Oregon barred teachers unions from negotiating with their districts on class sizes.

Washington spends $18,175 per student, according to new budget numbers

Mar 21, 2022 |The Center Square | school funding | States, West, Washington

Average per-student funding in Washington state is $18,175, according to new 2021-2022 school year budget numbers from fiscal.wa.gov, the state’s revenue and expenditure data website. That compares to the national average of $14,418 per pupil to fund K-12 education, according to Education Data Initiative statistics from last year.

Unions oppose employee rights with false claims re: Janus

Mar 21, 2022 |The Sentinel | teachers unions | States, Midwest, Kansas

Several labor unions opposed legislation to ensure public employees’ rights under Janus v. AFSCME was opposed by unions this week and made several false and deceptive claims in the process.

What role does transportation play in charter school inequity? A lot, argues one charter

Mar 21, 2022 |Nevada Current | charter schools | States, West, Nevada

When David Blodgett and other founders of Nevada Prep began recruiting prospective students to their charter school, they didn’t know where exactly their physical building would be, but they made parents a promise: We will get your kids there.

Editorial: Charter schools’ common sense ask of state Legislature

Mar 21, 2022 |New York Post | charter schools | States, Northeast, New York

The Legislature refuses to lift the cap that prevents more charters from opening in New York City, though enrollment in charters has jumped 9% these last two years even as Department of Education schools keep losing kids by the tens of thousands. The best chance to do it is now, as part of the budget due April 1.

Asian parents—fed up with public education—want more charter schools

Mar 21, 2022 |New York Post | charter schools | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

In 2010, the powerful documentary “Waiting for Superman” exposed public schools for the failure factories they are, and forged lasting awareness that for black families, the only hope for a decent education is winning the charter school lottery.

Charter school sparks debate

Mar 21, 2022 |Albuquerque Journal | charter schools | Towns, States, West, New Mexico

A plan to relocate a charter school to the North Valley cleared another hurdle this week as the Bernalillo County Commission rejected a pair of neighborhood appeals – a decision rendered after an especially testy public hearing in front of a crowd of deaf students and their families.

Local charter school teacher recognized for efforts

Mar 21, 2022 |Rocky Mountain Telegram | charter schools | Towns, States, South, North Carolina

North East Carolina Preparatory School upper school agriculture teacher and FFA advisor Amber Nead was recognized in February during the N.C. Charter Schools board meeting as the 2022 Runner-Up Burroughs Wellcome Fund Teacher of the Year.

Editorial: Rep. Dills showing persistence on needed charter school reforms

Mar 21, 2022 |Tulsa World | charter schools | States, South, Oklahoma

It took a few years for Rep. Sheila Dills, R-Tulsa, to gain support for improving oversight on charter schools. She’s finally getting traction on those reforms.

Charter school planners submit early plans for nine new campuses in Arkansas

Mar 21, 2022 |The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | charter schools | States, South, Arkansas

Seven organizations have submitted to the Arkansas Department of Education letters of their intent to apply to operate nine open-enrollment charter schools starting with the 2023-24 school year.

How a Rhode Island district adapted learning pods to improve student equity

Mar 21, 2022 |K12 Dive | learning pods | Towns, States, Northeast, Rhode Island

Occupying just one square mile, Rhode Island’s Central Falls School District is located in the smallest town in the nation’s smallest state. But despite its small size, its equity concerns loom large.

Opinion: The abysmal state of state education

Mar 21, 2022 |Orange County Register | elected officials | States, West, California

Newsom got one thing right about his role in public education: in delivering for the unions, he has indeed been “transformational” — in severely limiting parent choice. But by putting California’s powerful teachers unions ahead of parents and kids, Newsom is on the wrong side of history.

Missouri lags behind all states in virtual school attendance

Mar 21, 2022 |Columbian Missourian | charter schools | States, Midwest, Missouri

Missouri Connections Academy is one of only two public schools in the state that are completely online. Lynsie Hunt, a teacher, or “school leader,” said the academy received 6,000 applications for the current school year, but it could only admit 623 of those students.

Op-Ed: Putting Students First: Why Innovation Works in Denver Public Schools

Mar 21, 2022 |Westword | innovation | Towns, States, West, Colorado

The proposal would direct the superintendent to develop policies that would significantly limit an innovation school’s ability to use flexibility to do what’s in the best interest of teachers, students and families.

Forty percent of CPS schools to see budget cuts amid enrollment declines

Mar 21, 2022 |WBEZ | enrollment | Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois

CPS says it’s giving low enrollment schools extra money and taking over $50 million in costs so principals can spend that money as they wish.

Editorial: Open up new educational opportunities for students

Mar 21, 2022 |Daily Gazette | innovation | Towns, States, Northeast, New York

If the pandemic taught us anything, it was how to be creative and more open minded with technology —whether it be finding ways to allow employees to work remotely, allow citizens to view their governments in action remotely or allow students to learn remotely.

Opinion: One silver lining in the cloud of pandemic schooling: support for school choice is soaring

Mar 21, 2022 |Star-Telegram | school choice | Towns, States, South, Texas

If you’ve paid any attention to the very public, very divisive debates over school administration, policy, curricula and academic outcomes — in Fort Worth, Southlake and several other parts of the country — you know that we have yet to experience all of the aftershocks from two years of pandemic learning.

Bill puts geographic limits on Vermont tuition

Mar 21, 2022 |Valley News | school choice | States, Northeast, Vermont

Once they complete the sixth grade, students in the towns of Dover and Wardsboro must leave their school district to attend class.

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