BY DAVID GOODHUE MARCH 04, 2019 Teachers and their supporters stand outside of Plantation Key School in the Florida Keys Monday, March 4, 2018, to protest plans to increase public funding of private and charter schools. PHOTO BY KIMBERLY KASPER-LOWELL Monroe County teachers stood outside their schools Monday morning to protest plans by the governor and…
Category: School Choice
The Trump Administration’s Bold New School-Choice Plan
By JOHN SCHILLING March 4, 2019 Students exit a bus at Venice High School in Los Angeles, Calif., December 2015. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters) The Education Freedom Scholarship program proposed by Betsy DeVos and the administration’s congressional allies would be a huge step in the right direction.American parents are demanding more and better K–12 options, and they…
Oakland school board cancels meeting, citing fear of safety as teachers picket outside
By ANGELA RUGGIERO February 27, 2019 OAKLAND — With hundreds of picketing teachers and supporters gathered outside and fearing for its safety, the Oakland school board cancelled its meeting Wednesday, putting off a decision on whether to cut millions of dollars from the district’s budget. “Everything is cancelled,” school board member Jumoke Hinton Hodge told this…
Teachers group calls for statewide ‘sickout’ as JCPS, other districts close
Mandy McLaren, Feb. 28, 2019 Angered by pension reform and Gov. Matt Bevin’s remarks during their protests, dozens of teachers are running for the Kentucky House and Senate.. Wochit Kentucky’s two largest school districts will be closed Thursday after a grassroots network of teachers called for a sickout to protest a bill that would restructure the board that…
In a year of strikes, Texas lawmakers move forward $5K annual pay raise for teachers
Kristin Lam, Feb. 26, 2019 https://uw-media.usatoday.com/embed/video/39094587?sitelabel=reimagine&placement=snow-smallarticleattophtml5&keywords=texas-senate%2Ctexas%2Ceducation%2Ck-12-education%2Ctorment%2Canguish%2Coverall-negative%2Ccontract-issue-wages&simpleTarget=&simpleExclusion=&pagetype=story&cst=news%2Feducation&ssts=news%2Feducation&series= About 3,000 teachers in Oakland, California, are striking over pay, class sizes and other issues, following educator walkouts in West Virginia, Los Angeles and Denver. The Oakland strike affects 36,000 students at 86 schools. (Feb. 21) AP In the midst of a year of teachers’ strikes across the nation, Texas teachers…
Oakland Teachers Fight For Their Future
By MATTHEW ORMSETH FEB 21, 2019 | Teachers and students picket outside Oakland High School during a strike in 2010. Teachers prepared to walk out again Feb. 21, in hopes of securing raises and smaller class sizes from the Oakland Unified School District. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) Oakland teachers are headed to the picket lines…
Strike three: Oakland teachers set to walk out Thursday
Jorge L. Ortiz, Feb. 20, 2019 https://uw-media.usatoday.com/embed/video/39078951?sitelabel=reimagine&placement=snow-smallarticleattophtml5&keywords=teacher-salaries%2Cseriousness%2Coverall-negative%2Cteachers-union%2Cschool%2Cminimum-wage&simpleTarget=&simpleExclusion=&pagetype=story&cst=news%2Feducation&ssts=news%2Feducation&series= Nearly a year to the day after West Virginia teachers went on strike, they’re doing it again. Unions called a statewide walkout Tuesday over education legislation that they view as lacking their input and as retaliation for last year’s strike. (Feb. 19) AP If the teachers in Oakland, California,…
West Virginia teachers’ strike ends: Teachers to return to class Thursday, unions say
Doug Stanglin, Feb. 20, 2019 | Striking teachers wave at passing cars outside Poca High School, Feb. 19, 2019, in Poca, W.Va. Poca is in Putnam County, the only county in the state where public schools were held on the first day of a statewide teachers strike. (Photo11: John Raby, AP) West Virginia teachers on Wednesday…
Editorial: DeSantis redefines public education
The governor says spending public money on private school tuition is still public education. That’s absurd. February 18, 2019 Tampa Bay Times Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to redefine public education in Florida is coming into sharper focus. First: Appoint three conservatives to the Florida Supreme Court who are expected to be more receptive to spending public…
West Virginia Teachers Strike; Defeat Education Reform Bill
By: Mark Curtis Feb 19, 2019 CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Teachers walked off the job Tuesday in opposition to Senate Bill 451 which would have created seven charter schools in West Virginia and would allow 1000 students to use educational savings accounts. Teachers believe that would divert taxpayer dollars out of public schools. Some Republican…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 