Though only three of 26 speakers at Thursday’s Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 school board meeting were strongly critical of the teachers union’s position and contract negotiation tactics, a few more called on both sides equally to make avoiding a strike during final exams next week their top priority. “Your bargaining position would be no…
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Parkland school massacre panel recommends arming teachers
Dec 13, 2018 By: TERRY SPENCER and CURT ANDERSON https://assets.scrippsdigital.com/cms/videoIframe.html?&host=www.wptv.com&title=Parkland%20school%20massacre%20panel%20recommends%20arming%20teachers&kw=&autoplay=true&m3u8=https://content.uplynk.com/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0.m3u8&mp4=https://x-default-stgec.uplynk.com/ausw/slices/662/2fbf8a5e953e4a01960f2f5161cc4953/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0_g.mp4&purl=/parkland-school-massacre-panel-recommends-arming-teachers&dtrack=1&story=1&contplay=*recent&mute=1&s=wptv FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The panel investigating the Florida high school massacre recommended Wednesday that teachers who volunteer and undergo extensive background checks and training be allowed to carry concealed guns on campus to stop future shootings. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
School bus safety remains top priority for Harford County Public Schools
The Harford County Public Schools Transportation Department is focusing on drivers who pass a school bus illegally while the red lights of the bus are activated. (MATT BUTTON | AEGIS STAFF / Homestead Publishing) December 11, 2018 School bus safety is the number one priority of the Harford County Public Schools Transportation Department, which has…
Miami-Dade Schools, Teachers Union Reach Tentative Agreement on Pay Raises
This is the largest pay increase in the history of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, according to a teachers union December 11, 2018 Miami-Dade County Public Schools and a teachers union have reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on the upcoming school year’s pay raises and the distribution of funds generated by a voter-approved property tax raise….
Providence teachers’ contract heads to full City Council for vote
City teacher contract on track to pass By: Dan McGowan Dec 12, 2018 08:59 AM EST – PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Providence teachers are one step closer to having a three-year union contract after a City Council subcommittee gave its blessing to the agreement Tuesday evening. The School Department Oversight Committee voted unanimously to send the…
An Arizona school district banned a state representative from its campuses after he said that African Americans ‘don’t blend in’
By Antonia Noori Farzan December 7, 2018 An Arizona legislator who suggested that only white immigrants have been successfully assimilated into American society has been banned from the largest school district in the community that he represents, according to a letter sent to parents and teachers on Wednesday. State Rep. David Stringer (R) has been…
Los Angeles teachers planning January strike if no contract is reached
A school bus is shown in Rancho Bernardo, Calif. on May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Mike Blake/Reuters) By Valerie Strauss December 6 at 7:00 AM The big story in education in 2018? The teachers strikes, hands down. And they aren’t over. Teachers in Los Angeles public schools, the second-largest district in the country, are eyeing…
Crippled by funding decreases, frustrated Richmond Public School and city leaders organize ‘March for More’
BY JAKE BURNS December 5, 2018 RICHMOND, Va – Students, teachers, and advocates plan to march from MLK Middle School in Richmond to the steps of the state capitol on Saturday. The “March for More” was organized by local city and school leader to call for more funding from the state for public education. Per pupil…
The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade
JILL BARSHAY November 26, 2018 What does the declining birthrate mean for elementary, middle and high schools across the country? According to one set of projections, it could mean 8.5 percent fewer public school students a decade from now. “If it does come true, we’re going to see massive changes,” said Mike Griffith, a…
Alabama public school enrollment down, Hispanic student population growing
By Trisha Powell Crain Enrollment in Alabama’s public schools has declined for the fifth year in a row, to 722,212 statewide, down from 726,924 last year, according to 2018-2019 enrollment numbers posted on the Alabama State Department of Education’s website. Hispanic students, while representing only 8.4 percent of the student population statewide, are the fastest-growing student group,…
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