December 11th 2018 By: Dave Goldman Play Video Anchorage teachers and the Anchorage School District are one step away from labor peace for the next two and half years. At this point an announcement appears to be a formality. The two sides have agreed on a contract through June 2021. On Monday teachers ratified what was…
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Providence teachers’ contract heads to full City Council for vote
City teacher contract on track to pass By: Dan McGowan Dec 12, 2018 08:59 AM EST – PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Providence teachers are one step closer to having a three-year union contract after a City Council subcommittee gave its blessing to the agreement Tuesday evening. The School Department Oversight Committee voted unanimously to send the…
Whom do teachers trust?
By: Maureen Downey December 12, 2018 In a new survey on issues affecting k-12 education, public school teachers voiced more concerns about testing than parents and expressed more confidence in their principals and students than in union leaders or government agencies. The 2018 Schooling in America Survey sponsored by EdChoice found. Public school teachers as a group appear to…
Oakland High teachers walk out to protest pay; district considers discipline
Jill Tucker Dec. 10, 2018 More than 100 Oakland teachers and students ditched school Monday to protest teacher pay and larger class sizes, an illegal action that could be a precursor to a district-wide strike. Oakland High School teachers called in sick or took a personal day in an unauthorized walkout despite threats from district officials that…
What are ‘community schools?’ You can find out Tuesday
BY GIUSEPPE SABELLA December 10, 2018 Three groups will soon convene for a discussion on community schools, a model that connects school districts to local families, nonprofits and health care providers. Protect Our Public Schools Manasota is partnering with the League of United Latin American Citizens, along with the Peace Education and Action…
School Districts Expand Gender Options To Include Transgender And Nonbinary Students
Meg Anderson December 10, 2018 School can be fraught with gender norms. Just ask Addison Moore. “If there was a trip, it’d be like: girls have to sleep with each other, boys have to sleep with each other. It’s like, well, where would I go?” Moore says. “There was always that legal standpoint of, well,…
Star-rating system unveiled for DC’s public schools
By Kate Ryan December 7, 2018 WASHINGTON — Nearly 40 percent of D.C.’s public schools, including charters, got a rating of three stars under the new school performance rating unveiled Friday. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled the new system at Harriet Tubman Elementary School. The five star-system — schools can get from one to five stars…
Nation’s first charter school strike ends, but could portend more battles on choice
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…
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…
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