Kevin Mahnken | July 9, 2018 Even with a perpetual media carnival unfolding around the Trump presidency, and ahead of midterm elections that could result in an even more hectic news environment next year, the events of 2018 have been shaped to an extraordinary degree by America’s K-12 schools. After a massacre at a Florida…
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visits Toledo, northwest Ohio
By JAVONTE ANDERSON and | ADELAIDE FEIBEL Published on July 9, 2018 | Updated 6:18 a.m. As the nation’s highest ranking education official toured a northwest Ohio career center on Monday, a small contingent of protesters gathered outside to voice their frustration with her policies. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos couldn’t hear the protesters’ chants nor see…
Feds say Texas illegally failed to educate students with disabilities
Vanessa Tijerina addresses the panel about her 13-year-old special needs child who has been denied special education for four years on December 13, 2016. U.S. Department of Education officials held a meeting in Edinburg on their tour of Texas to hear community members’ experiences with special education, continuing an investigation of whether Texas is capping…
Texas Education Agency starts contracting process for special education overhaul
The Texas Education Agency is now soliciting applications for more than $20 million in grants to help school districts overhaul special education after a federal investigation found it had effectively denied students with disabilities needed services. BY ALIYYA SWABY JULY 9, 2018 The Texas Education Agency is starting the search for organizations to help school districts overhaul…
Layoff Notices Sent to 1,100 New Haven Public School Employees
Jun 25, 2018 More than 1,000 part-time New Haven public school employees might lose their jobs due to budget cuts, according to city officials. City spokesman Laurence Grotheer said 1,100 people are receiving the layoff notices, but it’s possible some of them might be rehired after officials look into adjusting job descriptions after summer vacation….
Charter Takeovers Erode San Antonio’s Public School System
SCOTT BALL June 26, 2018 San Antonio Independent School District’s narrative about charter school integration into the district radically simplifies reality in the service of private power. Superintendent Pedro Martinez says public schools and charter schools should work together. In doing so he seeks to transform a complex, deeply political discussion into a one-dimensional misrepresentation in…
Senate Jump-Starts Process for New Career-Education Law
Bipartisan agreement to reauthorize Perkins Career and Technical Education law would give more authority to states to determine progress of federal skills training program. By Andrew Kreighbaum June 26, 2018 Senate lawmakers look to be on the verge of a bipartisan agreement to update the law governing $1 billion in annual federal spending on career and technical…
PERRYMAN: Future prosperity depends on supporting public education
Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2018 4:30 am By Ray Perryman The Lone Star State is attracting more major corporate locations than any other (and has for a number of years) and is adding jobs at a strong pace. Growth is broad-based, covering the spectrum from cornerstone industries to emerging sectors. While I hate to rain on…
There is a movement to privatize public education in America. Here’s how far it has gotten.
By Valerie Strauss June 23, 2018 (iStock) Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says her mission is to expand alternatives to traditional public schools — and a new report assesses how far she and her allies across the country have succeeded in the movement to privatize public education. The report — issued by the Schott Foundation for Public Education…
Flurry of education-related action expected this week
By KIMBERLY HEFLING 06/25/2018 10:00 AM EDT BUSY DAYS AHEAD: This week, a revamp of the federal career and technical education program, a Trump administration proposal to merge the Education and Labor departments and Education Department funding will all get air time on Capitol Hill. — Multiple school safety-related events are scheduled in Washington and outside the Beltway….
Standing Strong for Public Education! 