Posted On Jun 21 2016 By : Trisha Powell Crain When state lawmakers passed a law in 2015 to allow public charter schools to operate in Alabama, they laid out two paths for potential charter school operators: (1) through the Alabama Public Charter School Commission and (2) through local boards of education who choose to become authorizers. Each group is…
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Alabama Senate passes charter school bill
Updated on March 10, 2015 at 10:31 PM By Mike Cason mcason@al.com The Alabama Senate passed a bill to allow charter schools in Alabama tonight, the first bill it has passed this year. The proposal by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, passed by a vote of 22-12 after a debate that lasted about four hours….
Proposed charter school plan targets 5 Montgomery Public Schools
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – Last Friday was the deadline for public charter school applications. Last week, Interim State Superintendent Dr. Ed Richardson confirmed he had received a letter of intent from a local organization that was planning to submit an application for a plan that would include multiple existing MPS schools. Ann Sikes, the executive director…
LEAD Academy becomes first charter school approved for Montgomery, Alabama
Andrew J. Yawn, Montgomery AdvertiserPublished 2:19 p.m. CT Feb. 13, 2018 LEAD Academy is the first charter school to secure approval to operate in Montgomery. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission approved the school 5-1 on Monday after a presentation and a question-and-answer session. Commission member Henry Nelson was the opposing vote and Commission Chairman Mac…
DeVos rips Oklahoma teachers over strike: ‘Serve the students’
BY MORGAN GSTALTER – 04/09/18 10:43 AM EDT Education Secretary Betsy DeVos criticized Oklahoma teachers who are on strike over school funding cuts, telling them to “serve the students,” according to the Dallas Morning News. “I think about the kids,” DeVos said last week while touring a Dallas middle school. “I think we need to stay focused on what’s right for kids. And…
Oklahoma teachers strike for 2nd day, canceling class for at least 230,000 students {#iBelieve}
Kaila White and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY NetworkPublished 9:32 a.m. ET April 3, 2018 OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma teachers continued to rally Tuesday, shuttering many schools for a second day to demand higher pay and education funding, in an effort that also recently engulfed West Virginia, Kentucky and Arizona. Oklahoma teachers won raises last week averaging 16%, or…
N.H. Public School Officials Decry ‘Education Savings Accounts’ Bill
By JASON MOON • 6 HOURS AGO Superintendents, school board members, teachers, and parents held a press conference Thursday morning to voice their concerns about a bill that would create “education freedom savings accounts.” The bill, known as Senate Bill 193, would allow parents to use public money to educate their kids outside of public schools, including…
In Arizona, teachers can now be hired with absolutely no training in how to teach
By Valerie Strauss May 14, 2017 New legislation signed into law in Arizona by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey (R) will allow teachers to be hired with no formal teaching training, as long as they have five years of experience in fields “relevant” to the subject they are teaching. What’s “relevant” isn’t clear. The Arizona law…
Trump and DeVos Continue to Undermine Public Education with Their Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
By Stephenie Johnson, Neil Campbell, and Scott Sargrad Posted on February 12, 2018, 2:50 pm Today, President Donald Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released their proposed budget for the 2019 fiscal year. The Trump administration’s budget proposal for this year makes strikingly similar drastic cuts to the administration’s fiscal year 2018 proposal, which represented the most devastating funding cuts to…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 