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America’s future, its short and long term viability, is wholly dependent on how we educate our children.
The Media Bullpen is a dynamic, virtual newsroom that covers the news and the news of education. It’s a sophisticated and unique technological environment that allows everyone to get in the game on the greatest discussions of our day. To understand those discussions, we need great information and reporting on all the issues relating to education—all the time.
Each day nearly 500 stories—and sometimes many more—are produced in the media about education, but they often lack the context for the public to get engaged.
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- Opinion: We need to create choice in K-12 education
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Jun 9, 8:28 AM, Washington Examiner:
As the school year comes to a close, children are looking forward to getting out of the classroom and into camps, vacations, and summer activities. Parents are reflecting on the past year and preparing for the one ahead — especially in >
- Florida jumps to No 1 in national education index (CER in the news)
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Jun 1, 8:56 AM, redefinED:
Florida has moved into the top spot in the Parent Power! Index, an interactive tool that measures states on the degree to which they give parents the power to make decisions in how their children are educated.
- Center for Education Reform ranks the best states for school choice
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May 28, 8:57 AM, American School & University:
The Center for Education Reform, which advocates for school choice and charter schools, has put together its latest Parent Power! Index, which ranks individual states in an effort to help parents understand the education options available >
- Rich Schools, Poor Schools and a Biden Plan
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Jun 9, 8:27 AM, New York Times:
The way U.S. education is funded can widen disparities. A proposed $20 billion program seeks to even things out.
- More students than ever will attend summer school this year. That might not be enough to close the COVID achievement gap.
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Jun 9, 8:26 AM, USA Today:
Millions of children this summer will participate in what's expected to be the largest summer school program in history, powered by more than $1.2 billion in targeted federal post-pandemic assistance from the American Rescue Plan.
- America’s Lingering Problem With School Segregation
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Jun 8, 8:27 AM, US News & World Report:
As the Biden administration takes aim at systemic racism and manages a pandemic that exposed racial fault lines in education, some see a chance to attack an intractable problem: school segregation.
- Black homeschool families quintuple during pandemic,
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Jun 8, 8:25 AM:
Homeschooling in the 1980s typically called to mind white, middle class families who opted out of traditional district or private schools to focus on teaching their children through the lens of their religious faith.
- Schools forge ahead without CDC guidance, some leaning away from masks
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Jun 8, 8:24 AM, ABC News:
The CDC has pledged to update its school guidance after the school year is over.
- After a tough year, schools are axing virtual learning. Some families want to stay online.
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Jun 7, 8:33 AM, USA Today:
During the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents, weary of monitoring their children's online classes, yearned for schools to reopen.
- Opinion: Teachers' unions don't speak for all teachers
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Jun 7, 8:31 AM, Erie Times-News:
Teachers rank near the top of any list of most trusted professions — and for good reason. Educating our children is noble work that benefits individuals and society. But Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, >
- Graduation Rate Expected to Stall This Year at Some High Schools
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Jun 7, 8:29 AM, Wall Street Journal:
School districts changed grading policies, eliminated assessments in order to help seniors graduate, but many might still require summer school
- Opinion: Stop calling teachers’ unions our ‘partners’
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May 12, 5:59 AM, Los Angeles Daily News:
By their very nature, teachers’ unions are opponents of children, a reality that has become impossible to ignore throughout the ongoing fight in California to reopen schools. They negotiate against what’s best for students and refuse to >
- Review & Outlook: Florida’s School Voucher Expansion
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Apr 28, 8:34 AM, Wall Street Journal:
One of the bill’s biggest boons is extending scholarships to students already in private school. Under current law, only students enrolled in public school can apply. Eliminating this requirement will help private-school families who have >
- Florida Senate votes for $200 million expansion of school vouchers, sending bill to governor
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Apr 27, 6:05 AM, Orlando Sentinel:
A bill touted as the nation’s largest expansion of school voucher programs is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis after the Florida Senate voted Monday to make more students eligible for state scholarships to pay for private schools or other >
- 70 Graduate from Pasadena ‘Second Chance’ Charter High School
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Jun 9, 8:23 AM, PasadenaNow:
Pasadena’s 2021 graduation season continued as Learning Works Charter School, an educational collaboration with Homeboy Industries in Boyle Heights, held commencement ceremonies Tuesday for 70 graduates.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
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Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
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Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Some Horry Co. parents upset over plexiglass in elementary schools
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Jun 9, 8:17 AM, WPDE:
The plexiglass barriers that were put in Horry County Schools (HCS) cost the South Carolina Dept. of Education (SCDE) $5 million to buy and install.
- These Mississippi schools never returned to in-person learning. Here’s what happened.
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Jun 9, 8:10 AM, Mississippi Today:
But the longer his school stayed exclusively virtual, the more his grades suffered. By this spring, the end of a full academic year of distance learning, he had failed the second grade despite attempts by his mom to get him help along the >
- Opinion: The AEA strikes back
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Jun 9, 8:04 AM, al.com:
After a decade in the political wilderness, the AEA is back as a major political player in Alabama.
- Opinion: LAUSD must finally own its mistakes and fix them
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Jun 9, 8:00 AM, Los Angeles Daily News:
Recently, Superintendent Austin Beutner finally made it official: LAUSD will be returning to five full days of in-person education in the fall. While various details of that return continue to be negotiated with the teachers’ union (UTLA), >
- Opinion: Students of color in Iowa face barriers to achievement
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Jun 9, 7:48 AM, The Gazette :
To write this achievement gap off as another outcome of poverty without acknowledging the role of systemic barriers to economic advancement is to do a disservice to the work of equity.
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- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
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Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
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Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- How one teacher empowers Albany students of color
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Jun 9, 6:44 AM, Albany Times Unions:
His technique is simple, yet original: At a South End-based school where 98 percent of the students are Black or Latino, Lajas works to empower young people in an education system that too often marginalizes their perspectives and >
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- Opinion: Students of color in Iowa face barriers to achievement
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Jun 9, 7:48 AM, The Gazette :
To write this achievement gap off as another outcome of poverty without acknowledging the role of systemic barriers to economic advancement is to do a disservice to the work of equity.
- Ohio Senate school funding proposal needs to be more equitable: editorial
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Jun 9, 6:05 AM, Cleveland Plain Dealer:
The Ohio Senate is poised to pass a two-year state budget plan that fails to fully address Ohio’s school funding mess -- but there’s still time to make it fairer.
- Tuition-free Toledo charter school set to open this fall with emphasis on STEM learning
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Jun 8, 6:38 AM, WTOL:
Toledo parents will soon be able to send their kids to a new school, with a heavy focus on STEM.
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- Some Horry Co. parents upset over plexiglass in elementary schools
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Jun 9, 8:17 AM, WPDE:
The plexiglass barriers that were put in Horry County Schools (HCS) cost the South Carolina Dept. of Education (SCDE) $5 million to buy and install.
- These Mississippi schools never returned to in-person learning. Here’s what happened.
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Jun 9, 8:10 AM, Mississippi Today:
But the longer his school stayed exclusively virtual, the more his grades suffered. By this spring, the end of a full academic year of distance learning, he had failed the second grade despite attempts by his mom to get him help along the >
- Opinion: The AEA strikes back
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Jun 9, 8:04 AM, al.com:
After a decade in the political wilderness, the AEA is back as a major political player in Alabama.
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- 70 Graduate from Pasadena ‘Second Chance’ Charter High School
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Jun 9, 8:23 AM, PasadenaNow:
Pasadena’s 2021 graduation season continued as Learning Works Charter School, an educational collaboration with Homeboy Industries in Boyle Heights, held commencement ceremonies Tuesday for 70 graduates.
- Opinion: LAUSD must finally own its mistakes and fix them
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Jun 9, 8:00 AM, Los Angeles Daily News:
Recently, Superintendent Austin Beutner finally made it official: LAUSD will be returning to five full days of in-person education in the fall. While various details of that return continue to be negotiated with the teachers’ union (UTLA), >
- Students at alternative high schools 'dig deep' to graduate
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Jun 9, 7:43 AM, The Bakersfield Californian:
The students graduated from Kern Workforce 2000 Charter Academy as well as the district's continuation schools: Central Valley High School, Nueva Continuation, Tierra Del Sol Continuation, Vista Continuation and Vista West Continuation.
- Choosing my educational path helped me succeed as a Black college student | Opinion
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Mar 22, 7:07 AM, The Tennessean:
I attended private school, and I know that my education is what enabled me to be fully prepared for college. I want to share my perspective as a current Black college student and how access to a private school education has impacted me.
- Micro-schools could be answer for low-income Black students | Commentary
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Mar 1, 8:42 AM, Orlando Sentinel:
When I became president and CEO of the Central Florida Urban League, it was clear that our community faced some incredible challenges. Yet, I always believed that the path forward began with education.
- Opinion: School shutdowns: How one city helps students reverse severe learning loss during pandemic
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Feb 12, 9:06 AM, USA Today:
In North Las Vegas, Nev., an entrepreneurial group of civic leaders and educators have decided to try something different. Looking for a way to provide in-person instruction while minimizing the risks of exposure to COVID, they created the >
- 70 Graduate from Pasadena ‘Second Chance’ Charter High School
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Jun 9, 8:23 AM, PasadenaNow:
Pasadena’s 2021 graduation season continued as Learning Works Charter School, an educational collaboration with Homeboy Industries in Boyle Heights, held commencement ceremonies Tuesday for 70 graduates.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
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Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
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Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Some Horry Co. parents upset over plexiglass in elementary schools
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Jun 9, 8:17 AM, WPDE:
The plexiglass barriers that were put in Horry County Schools (HCS) cost the South Carolina Dept. of Education (SCDE) $5 million to buy and install.
- Opinion: LAUSD must finally own its mistakes and fix them
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Jun 9, 8:00 AM, Los Angeles Daily News:
Recently, Superintendent Austin Beutner finally made it official: LAUSD will be returning to five full days of in-person education in the fall. While various details of that return continue to be negotiated with the teachers’ union (UTLA), >
- Students at alternative high schools 'dig deep' to graduate
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Jun 9, 7:43 AM, The Bakersfield Californian:
The students graduated from Kern Workforce 2000 Charter Academy as well as the district's continuation schools: Central Valley High School, Nueva Continuation, Tierra Del Sol Continuation, Vista Continuation and Vista West Continuation.
- Check out Port Arthur ISD’s plan to address attendance drain, limited English-speaking students
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Jun 9, 7:39 AM, Port Arthur News:
Port Arthur Independent School District is looking to recover the hundreds of students who have not returned following the pandemic.
- How one teacher empowers Albany students of color
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Jun 9, 6:44 AM, Albany Times Unions:
His technique is simple, yet original: At a South End-based school where 98 percent of the students are Black or Latino, Lajas works to empower young people in an education system that too often marginalizes their perspectives and >
- Opinion: We need to create choice in K-12 education
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Jun 9, 8:28 AM, Washington Examiner:
As the school year comes to a close, children are looking forward to getting out of the classroom and into camps, vacations, and summer activities. Parents are reflecting on the past year and preparing for the one ahead — especially in >
- Florida jumps to No 1 in national education index (CER in the news)
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Jun 1, 8:56 AM, redefinED:
Florida has moved into the top spot in the Parent Power! Index, an interactive tool that measures states on the degree to which they give parents the power to make decisions in how their children are educated.
- Center for Education Reform ranks the best states for school choice
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May 28, 8:57 AM, American School & University:
The Center for Education Reform, which advocates for school choice and charter schools, has put together its latest Parent Power! Index, which ranks individual states in an effort to help parents understand the education options available >
- Rich Schools, Poor Schools and a Biden Plan
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Jun 9, 8:27 AM, New York Times:
The way U.S. education is funded can widen disparities. A proposed $20 billion program seeks to even things out.
- More students than ever will attend summer school this year. That might not be enough to close the COVID achievement gap.
-
Jun 9, 8:26 AM, USA Today:
Millions of children this summer will participate in what's expected to be the largest summer school program in history, powered by more than $1.2 billion in targeted federal post-pandemic assistance from the American Rescue Plan.
- 70 Graduate from Pasadena ‘Second Chance’ Charter High School
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Jun 9, 8:23 AM, PasadenaNow:
Pasadena’s 2021 graduation season continued as Learning Works Charter School, an educational collaboration with Homeboy Industries in Boyle Heights, held commencement ceremonies Tuesday for 70 graduates.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
-
Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
-
Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Some Horry Co. parents upset over plexiglass in elementary schools
-
Jun 9, 8:17 AM, WPDE:
The plexiglass barriers that were put in Horry County Schools (HCS) cost the South Carolina Dept. of Education (SCDE) $5 million to buy and install.
- These Mississippi schools never returned to in-person learning. Here’s what happened.
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Jun 9, 8:10 AM, Mississippi Today:
But the longer his school stayed exclusively virtual, the more his grades suffered. By this spring, the end of a full academic year of distance learning, he had failed the second grade despite attempts by his mom to get him help along the >
- Opinion: The AEA strikes back
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Jun 9, 8:04 AM, al.com:
After a decade in the political wilderness, the AEA is back as a major political player in Alabama.
- Opinion: We need to create choice in K-12 education
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Jun 9, 8:28 AM, Washington Examiner:
As the school year comes to a close, children are looking forward to getting out of the classroom and into camps, vacations, and summer activities. Parents are reflecting on the past year and preparing for the one ahead — especially in >
- Florida jumps to No 1 in national education index (CER in the news)
-
Jun 1, 8:56 AM, redefinED:
Florida has moved into the top spot in the Parent Power! Index, an interactive tool that measures states on the degree to which they give parents the power to make decisions in how their children are educated.
- Center for Education Reform ranks the best states for school choice
-
May 28, 8:57 AM, American School & University:
The Center for Education Reform, which advocates for school choice and charter schools, has put together its latest Parent Power! Index, which ranks individual states in an effort to help parents understand the education options available >
- Rich Schools, Poor Schools and a Biden Plan
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Jun 9, 8:27 AM, New York Times:
The way U.S. education is funded can widen disparities. A proposed $20 billion program seeks to even things out.
- More students than ever will attend summer school this year. That might not be enough to close the COVID achievement gap.
-
Jun 9, 8:26 AM, USA Today:
Millions of children this summer will participate in what's expected to be the largest summer school program in history, powered by more than $1.2 billion in targeted federal post-pandemic assistance from the American Rescue Plan.
- 70 Graduate from Pasadena ‘Second Chance’ Charter High School
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Jun 9, 8:23 AM, PasadenaNow:
Pasadena’s 2021 graduation season continued as Learning Works Charter School, an educational collaboration with Homeboy Industries in Boyle Heights, held commencement ceremonies Tuesday for 70 graduates.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
-
Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Syracuse parents share what they would like $100 million of COVID stimulus money spent on
-
Jun 9, 8:20 AM, CNYCentral:
The Syracuse City School District is getting $100 million from the American Rescue Plan and they are seeking feedback from parents in the district on what the money should be spent on.
- Some Horry Co. parents upset over plexiglass in elementary schools
-
Jun 9, 8:17 AM, WPDE:
The plexiglass barriers that were put in Horry County Schools (HCS) cost the South Carolina Dept. of Education (SCDE) $5 million to buy and install.
- These Mississippi schools never returned to in-person learning. Here’s what happened.
-
Jun 9, 8:10 AM, Mississippi Today:
But the longer his school stayed exclusively virtual, the more his grades suffered. By this spring, the end of a full academic year of distance learning, he had failed the second grade despite attempts by his mom to get him help along the >
- Opinion: The AEA strikes back
-
Jun 9, 8:04 AM, al.com:
After a decade in the political wilderness, the AEA is back as a major political player in Alabama.