CER Daily Media Clips

CER Daily Media Clips for June 29, 2022

Arizona’s New Law Funds Students, Not Just Government-Run Schools

Jun 29, 2022 |reason | school choice | States, West, Arizona

Arizona's new law should make alternative school arrangements more accessible than ever to families interested in educating their kids instead of funding bureaucracies.

Arizona extends school choice to all K-12 students

Jun 29, 2022 |Washington Examiner | private schools, school choice, tax credits, vouchers | States, West, Arizona

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts empower families with the freedom and flexibility to customize their child’s education. Arizona families can currently use ESAs to pay for private school tuition, tutoring, textbooks, homeschool curricula, online courses, educational therapy, and more.

Charter schools, abundant in California, could be a Supreme Court target

Jun 29, 2022 |EdSource | charter schools | States, West, California

Experts disagree on whether the Court will take aim at charter schools.

Ruling on private school funding prompts new interest in Blaine amendments

Jun 29, 2022 |The Record | private schools, vouchers | National

The June 21 Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin declaring that a Maine tuition aid program excluding religious schools was unconstitutional resurrected interest in what are known as Blaine amendments.

Alabama school choice advocates encouraged by SCOTUS ruling

Jun 29, 2022 |Times Daily | legislation, school choice | States, South, Alabama

School choice advocates in Alabama say they are encouraged by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on private and religious schools and state funding.

Hundreds of charter students are wondering where they will attend school next year

Jun 29, 2022 |NJ.com | charter schools | States, Northeast, New Jersey

The students are either applying to other charter, magnet, or private schools or trying to find room in their neighborhood public schools.

A dispute between a charter board and Universal Companies has left two schools in limbo

Jun 29, 2022 |Philadelphia Inquirer | charter schools | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, where charters educate about 70,000, or one-third of public school students, many of the city’s 85 charters are managed by private companies that contract with the schools to provide services.

Knox Co. college readiness program expanding across Tennessee

Jun 29, 2022 |10 News WBIR | achievement, higher education | Towns, States, South, Tennessee

The Knox Promise program started in 2019 and supports students as they transition from high school into college.

Louisiana’s Edwards vetoes bill that would allow state board of education to approve charters

Jun 29, 2022 |The Center Square | charter schools, legislation | States, South, Louisiana

A veto of legislation to allow charter schools approved by the state board of education, rather than local school boards, was one of numerous bills from the 2022 regular legislative session recently approved or rejected by Gov. John Bel Edwards.

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