CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for June 6, 2022

It’s time to get progressive about education

Jun 6, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | charter schools, school choice | National, Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Why are progressives, who fashion themselves the arbiters of protecting vulnerable children, so against policies that allow state money to fund the child, instead of the system?

VCs, Tech Firms Want to Raise $1 Million for Bay Area Cyber Education

Jun 6, 2022 |Wall Street Journal | virtual learning | National, States, West, California

Facing a shortage of digital defense personnel, a consortium is offering to pay one year of studies for would-be cyber pros in the San Francisco area.

Student absences shot up this school year, prompting fears of further learning losses

Jun 6, 2022 |Orlando Sentinel | achievement, public schools | States, South, Florida

By March, 31% of Lake County, FL students had missed 10% or more of the school year, a level of absenteeism that experts say puts children at risk academically.

Minnesota public school enrollment declines

Jun 6, 2022 |Axios | enrollment, public schools | States, Midwest, Minnesota

Minnesota's enrollment decline ranked as the 26th steepest out of 46 states that had data available, according to a national survey by the American Enterprise Institute and the College Crisis Initiative at Davidson College.

Sticking around: Most big districts will offer virtual learning this fall, sign of pandemic’s

Jun 6, 2022 |Chalkbeat | virtual learning | National

At least half of the nation’s 20 largest school districts will offer more full-time virtual schooling this fall than they did before the pandemic.

Wisconsin schools taking time to strategize use of COVID-19 relief funds

Jun 6, 2022 |Fox 11 News | school funding | States, Midwest, Wisconsin

Most of the money given to Wisconsin schools to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to be spent. However, school officials say there are good reasons the money hasn’t been spent yet.

Teacher shortages continue. Here’s what New Jersey is doing to make it easier to hire more

Jun 6, 2022 |NorthJersey.com | teacher training, teachers | States, Northeast, New Jersey

New Jersey is relaxing teacher certification requirements and implementing laws to make it easier for public schools to hire teachers, but that will not fix an ongoing teacher shortage in the state, a new report warns.

Kids’ Free Lunches That Started In Pandemic Now Ending

Jun 6, 2022 |moms.com | school funding | National

With funding for free school lunches ending, many families will be feeling the pinch this summer and beyond.

Stress up at school for students and teachers amid lasting pandemic, in Cleveland area, nationally

Jun 6, 2022 |cleveland.com | public schools | National, Towns, States, Midwest, Ohio

About 70% of public schools nationally have seen a rise in the percentage of students seeking mental health services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey by the Institute of Education Sciences.

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