News We’re Reading This Week, 4/27/21
Editor's note: This weekly media report covers national public education news, opinions, and trends. Please be in touch with [email protected] with any questions.
NEWS
- The 2021-22 school year may resemble a pre-pandemic “normal” after a series of recent announcements from districts across the country such as:
- LAUSD announced that there will hopefully be all-day, in-person instruction in the fall. This announcement comes after all LAUSD schools opened this week in some capacity. (LA Daily News, LA Sentinel, LAist, LA School Report)
- Shelby County Schools took reopening one step further and removed their mask mandate policy for the fall. (CBS 42, WBRC, WMC Action 5, Commercial Appeal)
- Austin Beutner will step down as LAUSD Superintendent when his contract expires June 30th. (CBS LA, Daily News, LA Times, EdSource, Fox LA)
VIEWS
The 74 Million (Linda Jacobson, K-12 Reporter): Biden earns high marks from educators on his first 100 days, but some note there are still ‘kids sitting at home’
Discourse (Samantha Hedges, Education Policy PhD): Social Justice Is Now the Fourth Purpose of Public Schools and All Four Are in Conflict
Los Angeles Times (Letters to the Editor): Austin Beutner gets high marks for his crisis leadership at LAUSD
Chalkbeat Tennessee (Cathryn Stout, TN K-12 Reporter): Shelby County mayor and superintendent have a $31.6 million difference of opinion on facilities funding