SARAH HOLDER MAY 31, 2018 The diesel-sucking dinosaurs from your childhood are due for an update. Updated: June 01, 2018 When John Wargo’s daughter was 12 years old, he started sending her off to school as any loving father would: He strapped her up to an air quality monitor, walked her to the school bus, and…
Category: Department of Education
Lawmakers, civil rights groups call for Betsy DeVos to set the record straight on immigration and schools
By Moriah BalingitJune 4 at 10:15 AM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continues to face a backlash after she told Congress that schools should be able to decide whether to report undocumented students to immigration authorities, an assertion that critics say flies in the face of the law and could stir fear in immigrant communities. DeVos appeared before the House…
Mapping the Movement to Dismantle Public Education
BY MOLLY GOTT DEREK SEIDMAN It’s not just the Koch brothers: a state by state look at the forces driving school privatization. he ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country. From West Virginia to Arizona, Kentucky to Oklahoma, Colorado to North Carolina, tens of thousands of teachers have taken to the streets…
Public vs private schools: The Great Ed funding debate continues
Among the conferees signing off on last year’s omnibus education bill are David Sharpe, D-Bristol, second from left, and Sen. Philip Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, both sharp critics of the Scott adminstration’s approach to education funding in 2018. File photo by Tiffany Danitz Pache/VTDigger By Tiffany Danitz Pache Jun 3 2018, 9:56 PM The Scott administration has declared…
Betsy DeVos knows little about public education. And she doesn’t want to learn.
By Helaine Olen May 16 at 4:09 PM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited New York City this week. And what did she learn? Nothing about public education, that’s for sure. While in New York, DeVos did not visit a single public school. Not a traditional public school, and not a charter school. DeVos, however, did make time to tour a pair…
North Carolina schools prepare to close as teachers flock to state Capitol
By Moriah Balingit May 15 at 7:58 PM North Carolina teachers plan to descend Wednesday on the statehouse in Raleigh to rally for more public school funding, a protest expected to keep hundreds of thousands of students out of the classroom. The state becomes the latest to see teachers leave schools en masse to confront state…
North Carolina teachers to rally in Raleigh for raises, funding
This is the basic math in the life of North Carolina kindergarten teacher Kristin Beller: one master’s degree, plus 14 years of experience, plus 10-hour workdays, plus a sometimes six-day workweek equals $51,000 in annual salary. That does not include the money she makes on the side as a tutor. But nor does it take…
Teachers shelling out nearly $500 a year on school supplies, report finds
By Moriah Balingit May 15 at 12:25 PM Pencils, pens, crayons, construction paper, T-shirts, snacks and, sometimes, a pair of shoes: The costs add up for public school teachers who reach into their own pockets for classroom supplies, ensuring their students have the necessities of learning. Nearly all teachers are footing the bill for classroom…
The one way North Carolina’s teacher rally Wednesday could spark change
Kentucky teachers rally last month. Rallies in Kentucky, Colorado, Arizona and elsewhere have encouraged North Carolina teachers, who will rally in Raleigh on Wednesday. Bryan Woolston AP photo BY THE OBSERVER EDITORIAL BOARD May 15, 2018 10:11 AM Will the 15,000 N.C. teachers gathering in Raleigh Wednesday for the largest teachers rally in state history succeed?…
What If America Didn’t Have Public Schools?
JULIE HALPERT MAR 4, 2018 On a crisp fall morning, parents lined the school’s circular driveway in Audis, BMWs and Land Rovers, among other luxury SUVs, to drop their high-schoolers off at Detroit Country Day School. Dressed in uniforms—boys in button-down shirts, blazers with the school crest, khaki or navy dress pants, and ties;…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 