CER Daily Media Clips for September 14, 2022   Wanted: Teachers. No training necessary. Sep 14, 2022 |Washington Post | teacher training, teaching | National Some states now permit people to teach without finishing college in certain cases, and many increasingly rely on substitutes — who are usually not required to have college degrees — to fill teaching jobs full-time.   Read More...     School to start Wednesday in Seattle after weeklong strike Sep 14, 2022 |Washington Post | school closures, strike, teachers unions | States, West, Washington Classes will begin Wednesday in Seattle following a weeklong teachers strike that delayed the start of the new school year.   Read More...     Parents Can Leave the Failing Public School System Sep 14, 2022 |Real Clear Education | achievement, administrators, learning, school choice, teachers unions, testing | National It was cruel COVID-era policies – implemented by teachers’ unions, education bureaucrats, and negligent school boards – that caused test scores to plummet.   Read More...     New State Rules Offer Road Map for Regulating Private Hasidic Schools Sep 14, 2022 |New York Times | private schools, standards | States, Northeast, New York The State Board of Regents on Tuesday enacted regulations aimed at holding New York private schools to minimum academic standards.   Read More...     Leland charter school petitions US Supreme Court in continued dress code battle Sep 14, 2022 |Wilmington StarNews | charter schools, other education issues | States, South, North Carolina A Brunswick County charter school is petitioning the US Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that its dress code violated the constitutional rights of its female pupils.   Read More...     Charlotte parents are choosing charter schools. What’s required to enroll your child Sep 14, 2022 |Charlotte Observer | charter schools, enrollment | States, South, North Carolina More Charlotte parents are choosing charter schools in favor of traditional public schools. In Mecklenburg County, charter school enrollment continues to grow, while numbers have declined in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools since the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read More...     Edtech Company Encourages Its Employees to Volunteer as Substitute Teachers Sep 14, 2022 |EdSurge | teacher training, teachers, teaching | National Schools across the country are dealing with a severe teacher shortage. That shortage has become so desperate at times that state governments have even started letting their employees take paid time off to plug in the holes in missing staff, in an effort to keep schools from shuttering in-person learning.   Read More...     Montana education officials release math, reading scores Sep 14, 2022 |NBC Montana | achievement, testing | States, West, Montana Scores were released for the federally mandated math and reading assessment tests from Montana's 2021-2022 academic year. The required assessment measures math and reading or English language arts proficiency for students from 3rd-11th grade statewide.   Read More...     DC community leaders asking tutors to help students catch up after pandemic learning loss Sep 14, 2022 |ABC 7 WJLA | achievement, teaching | States, South, District of Columbia The return to class this fall comes with concerns that students have lost a lot of information since the pandemic. School and community members both believe that tutoring and mentoring are ways that can help students make the grade.   Read More...     Public School Withdrawals to Homeschool Rise 40% Sep 14, 2022 |Irving Weekly | enrollment, homeschooling, public schools | States, South, Texas According to the most recent data released by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in an open records request to the Texas Home School Coalition (THSC), withdrawals from public school to homeschool in the spring of 2021 were 40% up over the prior year.   Read More...     New Hybrid School In Mustang Offers Students, Parents Learning Opportunities Sep 14, 2022 |News 9 Oklahoma | blended learning, homeschooling | States, South, Oklahoma According to the U.S. Census Bureau, many families have turned their homes into classrooms due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read More...     Black families turned to homeschooling during pandemic—and are sticking with it Sep 14, 2022 |ABC News | homeschooling, school choice | National During the pandemic, the rates of families that home-schooled their children doubled, according to the most recent report released by the U.S. Census. In Black or African American households, the change was especially dramatic, going from 3% in the spring of 2020 to 16% by the fall.   Read More...     Pennsylvania districts announce universal free breakfast program Sep 14, 2022 |The Reporter | public schools, school funding | States, Northeast, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and local officials have announced a plan to provide universal free school breakfasts for 1.7 million students across the commonwealth this school year.   Read More...     Edgecombe charter school earns high state ranking Sep 14, 2022 |Rocky Mount Telegram | achievement, charter school, testing | States, South, North Carolina North East Carolina Prep School scored in the top 3 percent of the 2,523 schools in North Carolina, according to the state Department of Public Instruction’s 2021-22 Performance and Growth Report released on Sept. 1.   Read More...

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