Concerns over rising COVID-19 cases in schools By Lydia Nusbaum| MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – More schools in Alabama are moving to virtual learning because of the pandemic. State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey said one of the top reasons schools close down is because faculty members contract the virus. “There comes a point where there are just…
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Detroit schools halting in-person learning through January
BY JOHN BOWDEN – 11/12/20 © istock Detroit’s public school system on Thursday moved to suspend all in-person classes for the remainder of 2020 as the COVID-19 outbreak in the state surges. A notice posted on the community district’s website stated that students would return to in-person learning on Jan. 11 at the earliest, while the policy shifting all students to…
As More Students Return To School, Officials Brace For ‘Rolling Blackouts’
‘Rolling Blackouts’ MARY SCOTT HODGIN | NOVEMBER 4, 2020 Jefferson County Schools Deep cleaning at Grantswood Community School because of COVID-19. A new online dashboard is tracking cases of the coronavirus in Alabama schools. While state education officials are optimistic they can control the spread of the virus, some challenges remain. Most schools have already reopened…
Alabama’s best high schools, middle schools and elementary schools
Posted Oct 16, 2020 By Leada Gore A new list highlights Alabama’s best high, middle and elementary schools. Ranking site Niche is out with its list of best public schools in the state. The rankings are based on state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores and teacher quality. You can see more on how these rankings…
Alabama statewide school COVID tracker to debut Oct. 30; Here’s how it works
Updated Oct 28, 2020; Posted Oct 27, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain Alabamians anxious to get a look at the prevalence of COVID-19 among students, teachers, and staff in schools statewide will get their chance on Friday. The dashboard, in the works since late August, will be published on the Alabama Department of Public Health website and will…
Tax increase for Montgomery Public Schools is a challenge well met, and a cause for new hope
On September 11, 2015, I spoke to the Montgomery Lions Club about a book on the founding of Lee High School, which I’d co-authored with several River Region educators, including retired Superintendent of Education Clinton Carter and former Trinity School Head Kerry Palmer, now dean of education at Troy University. Since I’m a product of…
Alabama’s K-12 schools COVID-19 dashboard now online
by JACK HELEAN | Friday, October 30th MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBMA) — Alabama’s new digital COVID-19 dashboard for tracking COVID-19 cases across K-12 public schools went online Friday afternoon. The dashboard works much like the health department’s statewide COVID-19 dashboard and was built and designed by the same team at ADPH in partnership with the Alabama Department of…
700 virus cases reported last week in Alabama public schools
by Kim Chandler, November 1st 2020 MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Alabama public schools reported 723 cases of COVID-19 among students, teachers and employees in the last week, according to a new state dashboard that debuted Friday. It shows the number of cases reported by school systems to the state, but not numbers by individual schools. Some school…
Union Preserves Teacher Raises As Denver Public Schools Tries To Salvage Its ‘Unprecedented Budgetary Shortfall’
By Jenny Brundin June 19, 2020 Denver’s teachers’ union has successfully fought back attempts to freeze pay raises it won after a historic 3-day strike last February, even as Colorado’s largest school district faces an unprecedented budget shortfall. Denver Public Schools and the district’s teacher’s union spent 13-hours at the virtual bargaining table Thursday as district officials…
How well-funded a Wisconsin kid’s public school depends on which side of the tracks they live
Many say that’s unfair. Some are trying to change it. By: Racine County Eye June 17, 2020 Milwaukee Public School Teachers and supporters picket outside the Milwaukee Public Schools Administration Building in April 2018. Photo: Charles Edward Miller. Nearly half of funding for public schools in Wisconsin comes from local property taxes. That means the…
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