The McCormack School in Dorchester is slated for closure. NOVEMBER 13, 2018 JESSICA RINALDI Each and every Boston student should go to school in a building that’s safe, comfortable, and compatible with learning. Getting there is the problem. The Boston Public Schools system — where two-thirds of the buildings were constructed before World War II…
Category: School Choice
Voters Widely Support Public Schools. So Why Is It So Hard to Pay for Them?
By Dana Goldstein Nov. 14, 2018 If it were going to happen any year, it should have been this one. After a wave of teacher walkouts fired up people on both sides of the party line, the time seemed ripe for big investments in public schools. In reality, the results for school funding after the midterm…
Voters raise school taxes in St. Paul, Minneapolis, suburban districts
By JOSH VERGES November 6, 2018 St. Paul Public Schools easily won a property tax increase Tuesday that will boost annual per-student funding by $475. The 10-year levy won the approval of 66 percent of voters. St. Paul property owners now will pay $1,180 per student each year in special funding for the city’s public schools….
Manchester Proud initiative seeks to transform the city’s public schools
BY MICHAEL MCCORD Published: November 9, 2018 In late 2017, Manchester real estate developer and landlord Arthur Sullivan expected a no-fuss lease renewal for a major tenant in the Millyard. What he received instead was a rebuke with serious implications for his business and the future economic health of the city. “Instead of a…
A Public School Teacher Just Beat the Pants Off Scott Walker
A Democrat in the governor’s mansion will also put an end to Wisconsin’s role as a national petri dish for right-wing policies promulgated by the Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council by Mary Bottari State School Superintendent Tony Evers defeated incumbent Governor Scott Walker 49.6 to 48.4 in a late night finish that…
Amid new rigor, Louisiana’s A-rated public schools are falling, and those with F’s on the rise; here’s why
BY WILL SENTELL NOV 8, 2018 AT 1:35 PM In the first report cards since standards were toughened, Louisiana’s share of A-rated public schools slipped while those with F’s went up, according to figures released Thursday by the state Department of Education. In addition, officials in nearly 40 percent of schools statewide have been ordered…
Louisiana Department of Education releases public school grades
By Chandler Watkins | November 8, 2018 at 5:59 PM CST – LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) – The Louisiana Department of Education has released its 2018 report cards for public schools across the state. This year, the Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White announced the department would be using a new way to grade the state’s school…
Voters approve millions for schools in IPS referendum
NOV 6TH, 2018 INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – Voters have provided approval on a multi-million dollar tax referendum for Indianapolis Public Schools. With the majority of ballots counted late Tuesday, questions about capital and operating budget increases are projected to be well on their way to approval. There is a $220 million operating referendum. IPS says this referendum would…
Voters approve additional public education funding in several states
CASEY QUINLAN NOV 7, 2018 Voters across the country on Tuesday made ballot decisions to help fund public schools, which are increasingly starved for resources. Most of them were successful, with six education initiatives passing overall, in places like Seattle, Washington; Georgia; Maryland; Montana; and two in the state of Maine. Four education initiatives were…
Arizona Proposition 305 fails, blocking expansion of school vouchers for families
By: The Associated Press Nov 6, 2018 PHOENIX – Arizona voters have rejected a massive expansion of the state’s private school voucher program criticized as a move to drain money from public schools and give it to rich parents to fund their kids’ private school tuition. Proposition 305 was placed on Tuesday’s ballot after educators…
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