CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for June 16, 2022

Biden, Pelosi, other top Dems sent kids to private school but oppose school choice

Jun 16, 2022 |Fox News | private schools, school choice | National

Dozens of elected Democrats at the state and national level, who have publicly criticized or actively opposed private school choice measures, have personally benefited in some way from private schooling.

Court Of Appeals: Charter Schools Are Public Schools, Must Follow The Same Rules…

Jun 16, 2022 |Forbes | charter schools | National, States, South, North Carolina

The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals just determined that North Carolina's Charter Day School violated the rights of female students by requiring them to wear skirts. That's a big deal, and there are other large issues at play here.

How much did the pandemic cyber charter surge cost Pa. school districts? More than $12k per student

Jun 16, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | charter schools, virtual learning | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The pandemic enrollment surge in cyber charters cost Pennsylvania districts hundreds of millions of dollars — costs that could be magnified by the inability to predict whether some of those students will remain in virtual schools after COVID-19 wanes, according to a new report.

The Parents Keeping Their Children In Pod Schools

Jun 16, 2022 |New York Magazine | learning pods | National, States, Northeast, New Jersey

A temporary solution to school closures finds new life as an ideological safe space.

GOP plan to expand school vouchers to all 1.1 million students advances, but appears doomed

Jun 16, 2022 |AZ Mirror | school choice, vouchers | States, West, Arizona

A proposal to let all 1.1 million Arizona students get taxpayer dollars to attend private school cleared a state legislative committee on Wednesday with Republican support, but it won’t have the votes needed to win approval in the full House of Representatives.

Enrollment losses in NYC public schools even sharper than predicted, down 80,000 in two years

Jun 16, 2022 |NY Daily News | enrollment, public schools | States, Northeast, New York

City public school registers have fallen to roughly 920,000 students for the 2021-2022 school year, according to finalized enrollment data from the Education Department. That’s 20,000 fewer students than the agency’s preliminary count in October — and a drop of more than 80,000 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Survey: Majority of Coloradans hold a ‘favorable opinion’ about charter schools

Jun 16, 2022 |The Chronicle News | charter schools | States, West, Colorado

A majority of Coloradans hold a “favorable opinion” about charter schools in the state, part of a survey released on Friday found.

Pa. Senate votes to block charter school regulations from taking effect

Jun 16, 2022 |Penn Live | charter proposal, charter proposal, charter proposal, charter proposal, charter proposal, charter schools | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday passed a concurrent resolution that would block Gov. Tom Wolf’s regulatory changes to the state’s charter school law from taking effect.

K-12 workers are the most burned out employees in America, and it’s a sign the teacher shortag

Jun 16, 2022 |Fortune | teacher performance, teachers | National

K-12 workers are more burned out than any other worker in America, finds a Gallup poll of 12,319 full-time U.S. employees. More than 44% of K-12 employees feel “always” or “very often” burned out. Teachers are suffering the most in this cohort, with more than half (52%) reporting burnout.

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