CER Daily Media Clips

Your Daily News Clips for August, 12 2022

CER Daily Media Clips for August 12, 2022

Opinion | Arizona a bright beacon for educational freedom

Aug 12, 2022 |Washington Times | parent choice, school choice | States, West, Arizona

When Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed HB 2853 into law on July 7, more than 1.1 million K-12 students within the state were provided school choice. Opening the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account to all students is the landmark expansion of school choice — the largest in the nation. No other state comes close. As a result, Arizona has been dubbed the “gold standard” of educational freedom.

What ‘education freedom’ means

Aug 12, 2022 |Washington Examiner | school choice | National

It’s little wonder that support for policies promoting educational freedom and choice is surging, both in states and nationally. A June poll from RealClear Opinion Research found that 72% of voters support school choice, including a majority of Republicans (82%), independents (67%), and Democrats (68%).

Parents have new back-to-school list amid COVID, year three

Aug 12, 2022 |Los Angeles Times | achievement, other education issues, public schools | National, States, West, California

Many parents — especially those in hard-hit Latino and Black Los Angeles communities — are still grappling with grief from losing loved ones and are alarmed by relaxed safety measures in schools. Among the unmet needs they see in their kids are mental health struggles, developmental delays and academic difficulties — and they are hoping that the return to school will help.

N.O. 500 Survey: What’s Working and What Isn’t at NOLA Public Schools?

Aug 12, 2022 |Biz New Orleans | achievement, public schools, teaching | States, South, Louisiana

As part of her 100-day plan, new NOLA Public Schools Superintendent Avis Williams has been asking members of the community what they think is working in the city’s schools and what needs to change. We posed the question to members of the New Orleans 500 — our curated list of influential, involved and inspiring executives — in this month’s email survey.

Classical education charter schools on the rise in Florida

Aug 12, 2022 |WFTS Tampa Bay | charter approvals, charter schools, curriculum | States, South, Florida

Seven Hillsdale charter schools are opened, with more on the way

Keeping kids safe: Las Cruces charter school implementing extra safety precautions

Aug 12, 2022 |ABC 7 KVIA | charter schools | States, South, Texas

In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, children's safety while at school is on the mind of many parents across the country.

Sanford opening new public charter school

Aug 12, 2022 |CBS 17 | charter approvals, charter schools | States, South, North Carolina

A charter school for grades 6-10 will open its first phase and begin its school year Wednesday, Aug. 17, a news release said.

See how Northwest Indiana students did on third-grade reading assessment

Aug 12, 2022 |The Shelbyville News | achievement, testing | States, Midwest, Indiana

Most third-grade students attending schools in Northwest Indiana last year were reading at about the same level, or better, than their peers across the Hoosier State.

The results from the 2021-22 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD-3) assessment show 81.6% of third-graders demonstrated proficient reading skills on the annual test, while 18.4% did not meet the reading expectations for their grade level.

Report shows rapid growth in Kentucky nonpublic education enrollment

Aug 12, 2022 |The Center Square | charter schools, homeschooling, private schools, school choice | States, South, Kentucky

It’s back-to-school time across Kentucky, and a report released Wednesday shows more kids are going away from public schools. More than 58,000 students were enrolled in a private school, and more than 39,500 were homeschooled. Those figures represent 6.3% and 11% gains from the previous year.

Four charter schools could hit enrollment of 1,500

Aug 12, 2022 |Dominion Post | charter schools, enrollment | States, South, West Virginia

Enrollment in West Virginia’s four public charter schools could reach 1,500 as the final schools open for their first school year later this month.

Broward district is asking voters to double tax rate to boost teacher pay, school safety

Aug 12, 2022 |Miami Herald | teacher pay | States, South, Florida

Broward voters are faced with whether they want to increase their property taxes for the next four years to finance raises for teachers, hire more school security staff and bolster mental health programs in Broward public schools or pass on that proposition, given higher prices at the pump and in the supermarket aisle.

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