CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for June 7, 2022

What’s Behind the Fight Over the Biden Administration’s Stance on Charter School Funding

Jun 7, 2022 |Education Week | charter schools, school funding | National

The Biden administration’s push to tighten the use of federal charter school aid continues to draw heat, with the U.S. Department of Education combing through more than 26,000 public comments on rules it proposed in March.

Teachers unions causing schools and students to fail

Jun 7, 2022 |The Washington Times | achievement, teachers unions | National

Teachers unions claim that right-wing boogeymen are responsible for the horrible state of public education. The reality is that the teachers unions pose the biggest threat to school quality, student learning, and the civil functioning of democracy.

Va. Gov. Youngkin hints at budget amendments on education, gas tax

Jun 7, 2022 |Washington Post | charter schools, school funding | States, South, Virginia

For the first time in about a half century, this rural community on the Tennessee border has scrounged up what it needs to build a new elementary school to replace three moldy, leaking campuses that are well past their expiration dates.

The education group putting big money into this D.C. election cycle

Jun 7, 2022 |Washington Post | charter schools, teachers unions | States, South, District of Columbia

The group, often at odds with teachers’ unions, has historically backed candidates who support mayoral control of schools and those who would advocate for robust charter sectors.

Getting a Fuller Picture of Education Choice

Jun 7, 2022 |Mackinac Center for Public Policy | school choice, vouchers | States, Midwest, Michigan

It hasn’t been easy to accurately report on Michigan’s latest plan to expand education options. Yet as the proposal advances, honest attempts to grasp the choice landscape should continue to improve the discussion.

Tennessee Governor’s Education Savings Account Plan Still Faces Hurdles

Jun 7, 2022 |The 74 | school choice, vouchers | States, South, Tennessee

Despite a Supreme Court ruling in favor of Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings accounts, the program is far from taking effect as it faces a winding path through litigation and, potentially, legislative resistance.

PSP no more: Philly education nonprofit changing its name, mission

Jun 7, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | charter schools, school choice | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The Philadelphia School Partnership is becoming Elevate 215, officials will announce Tuesday. The organization, which has raised $134 million since its founding in 2011, had focused on expanding the number of “high-quality seats” in schools.

House GOP Seeks School Funding Revamp, Voucher Expansion

Jun 7, 2022 |U.S. News & World Report | school funding, vouchers | States, West, Arizona

Arizona House Republicans are working to finalize a deal that would substantially boost funding for K-12 public schools and enact a major expansion of the state’s private school voucher system.

Supreme Court expected to soon rule on Maine school voucher case

Jun 7, 2022 |Portland Press Herald | school choice, vouchers | States, Northeast, Maine

Educators are anxiously awaiting a major decision in a Maine-centered U.S. Supreme Court case, due out this month, that could roll back restrictions on the use of public funding for religious and other private schools.

Free-market think tank calls for expanded school choice policies and tax reforms

Jun 7, 2022 |City & State Pennsylvania | school choice, school funding | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

A Harrisburg free-market think tank unveiled its 2023 legislative agenda this week, which proponents say is backed by polling data and could help revitalize the commonwealth – if lawmakers adopt their recommendations.

Local charter to partner with LIT for early college opportunities

Jun 7, 2022 |Beaumont Enterprise | charter schools, college | States, South, Texas

High school students at Evolution Academy in Beaumont will now have the opportunity to earn college credits before they receive their diplomas.

Chuuk charter school aims to revive loom weaving

Jun 7, 2022 |saipantribune.com | charter schools | Towns

An innovative charter school is re-introducing old cultural skills to students on Weno, capital of the most populous state in the Federated States of Micronesia.

California Education Officials Call for More Investment in Community Schools

Jun 7, 2022 |NBC Bay Area | school choice, school funding | States, West, California

State and education officials called on Monday for more investment in so-called community schools, which are intended to offer more resources for students and their families than traditional schools.

2 charter schools coming to Cincinnati in August

Jun 7, 2022 |FOX 19 | charter schools | States, Midwest, Ohio

IDEA Valley View, a school for K-2 and 6th grades, will be opening in Woodlawn. An IDEA school for K-2 and 7th grades will be coming to the former Cincinnati Christian University location in Price Hill.

NY charter networks sue US Department of Education over ‘promised’ funds

Jun 7, 2022 |New York Post | charter schools, school funding | States, Northeast, New York

Four New York charter schools and networks filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Education Monday alleging nearly $1 million in grant money was “stripped” from their classrooms.

Kansas City charter schools could see millions more in funding

Jun 7, 2022 |The Kansas City Beacon | charter schools, school funding | States, Midwest, Missouri

For years, charter school educators and families in Kansas City and St. Louis have alleged their schools were being shortchanged in funding. Thanks to a new state law, their schools may soon see an increase in the dollars they receive from the state annually for each of their students.

Students with reading problems could use state aid for private schools under newly passed bill

Jun 7, 2022 |The Advocate | achievement, vouchers | States, South, Louisiana

A bill that would allow second and third graders reading below grade level to leave public schools and take $5,400 in annual state aid with them won final approval Monday.

Magnet school grads hailed as trailblazers

Jun 7, 2022 |The Mount Airy News | achievement, magnet schools, virtual learning | States, South, North Carolina

They might be small in number, but graduates of Surry Online Magnet School were told that their impact has been huge.

Survey: More Colorado voters think schools are on the wrong track

Jun 7, 2022 |Chalkbeat Colorado | public schools | States, West, Colorado

Two years into the pandemic and amid intense political polarization, more Colorado voters think schools are on the wrong track, according to a new survey from polling firm Magellan Strategies.

NYC public school families to receive $375 per child for food benefits through federal COVID relief

Jun 7, 2022 |Chalkbeat NY | school funding | States, Northeast, New York

All New York City public school families regardless of income will receive $375 per child in food benefits to help cover the costs of meals from last summer during the pandemic —whether they attended summer school or not.

How to screen remote-learning apps for privacy

Jun 7, 2022 |Washington Post | virtual learning | National

Make sure the apps students are using to learn aren’t learning too much about them.

State money will follow students reading below grade level

Jun 7, 2022 |Louisiana Illuminator | homeschool, private schools, vouchers | States, South, Louisiana

Louisiana could soon give parents and guardians of students struggling to read the option to pull them out of public school and provide them money for private school or homeschooling.

Colorado teacher prep programs saw an “exodus” when COVID hit

Jun 7, 2022 |The Colorado Sun | teacher training, teachers | States, West, Colorado

As Colorado’s teacher pipeline trickles, more of the state’s new educators are taking charge of classrooms while still learning how to teach.

‘Homeschool Awakening’: Families Across the Nation Opt Out of Public Schools Like Never Before

Jun 7, 2022 |CBN News | homeschool, homeschooling | National

In the wake of recent school violence and the “woke” movement, families across the nation are looking at the benefits of homeschooling their children like never before. Actor and family advocate Kirk Cameron dives into this subject in his new documentary, The Homeschool Awakening…

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