Aamer Madhani, December 10, 2018 CHICAGO – Teachers and administrators agreed Sunday to suspend the nation’s first-ever charter school strike, ending a four-day work stoppage at one of the largest charter networks in Chicago. But the fight could portend more to come in the labor movement’s long-running battle with the alternative schools. The strike against the Acero charter school…
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Public school allies sound the alarm over Corcoran recommendation and committee chairs
By: James Call, December 10, 2018 Public school advocates don’t like what they see and hear coming out of Tallahassee. Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis’s selection of Richard Corcoran as his choice to be the next Education Commissioner and the appointment of two pro-charter school lawmakers – with questionable credentials, according to their critics – have led public education allies…
Set Up to Fail? How High Schools Aren’t Preparing Kids for College
Small schools and high poverty schools are putting their students at the biggest disadvantage, according to a new report. BY J. BRIAN CHARLES NOVEMBER 15, 2018 (AP/LM Otero) Students in small schools or schools with high concentrations of poverty are less likely to be offered the kinds of higher-level classes that prepare them for college, according…
Moody’s: Detroit public schools’ growing capital needs threaten city’s rebirth
November 20, 2018 The 2016 state bailout solved only part of the district’s problems, ratings agency’s report finds Facility needs are estimated at $530 million, with costs likely to rise. Signs point to need for another state bailout, although political will may be lacking. Without sufficient state support, the growing capital needs of Detroit’s public…
Proponent of traditional public schools wins race for D.C. school board seat
Joe Heim December 5, 2018 In the last act of a busy local election year, District voters Tuesday in Ward 4 picked Frazier O’Leary to represent them on the D.C. State Board of Education. O’Leary, a former District teacher who had the support of the Washington Teachers’ Union, took 47 percent of the vote in…
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis taps Richard Corcoran to be Commissioner of Education
By: James Call, Dec. 6, 2018 https://uw-media.tallahassee.com/embed/video/107203466?sitelabel=reimagine&placement=snow-smallarticleattophtml5&keywords=ron-desantis%2Cconfusion%2Cshame%2Chatred%2Coverall-negative%2Cschool-choice%2Ceducation%2Cbill-montford&simpleTarget=&simpleExclusion=&pagetype=story&cst=news&ssts=news&series= The head of the Leon County teachers’ union describes a demoralized faculty due to a lack of state spending on public schools. James Call Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis wants former House Speaker Richard Corcoran to be Florida’s next Commissioner of Education. Thursday DeSantis announced he will recommend Corcoran to…
Should the state stop funding public education?
by Burt Mummolo Wednesday, December 5th 2018 Should the state stop funding public education? (Mummolo/KTUL) TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — “To paraphrase Will Rogers, ‘I’m not a member of an organized party. I’m an Oklahoma Republican,’” said David Arnett, reacting to the fallout from a Canadian County GOP letter saying public education should be privatized. “The Republican…
Geneva teachers union says talks will resume Thursday
Susan Sarkauskas December 6, 2018 Negotiations between striking Geneva schoolteachers and the Geneva school board will resume Thursday, according to union officials. The announcement by Geneva Education Association President Kevin Gannon, at a rally outside Geneva High School Wednesday afternoon, drew cheers and applause from strikers, and other supporters. Pickets chanted “2-4-6-8! What lets us…
The Tide May Be Turning on Billionaire Backers of Charter Schools in California
California’s new superintendent of public instruction, Tony Thurmond, opposes the privatization of education. by Julian Vasquez Heilig December 5, 2018 For years, billionaires have donated millions to promote pro-privatization, school choice candidates in political races ranging from local school board, to state houses, to Washington, D.C. An avalanche of political donations from deep-pocketed national advocates for private-management of…
Lessons From The Past For Improving New Orleans Public Schools
U.S. Marshalls escort Ruby Bridges to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. – UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT By JESS CLARK December 6, 2018 As the city approaches the end of its tricentennial year, professors at the University of New Orleans and the University of Holy Cross are looking back on the city’s history of…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 