By Vanessa McCray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta Public Schools will hold a parent meeting to discuss a three-year plan to help students who have struggled academicallyduring the pandemic. The virtual meeting — billed as a “parent and community engagement session” — will start at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and can be viewed on the district’s Facebook page. Officials…
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To Vaccinate Younger Teens, States and Cities Look to Schools, Camps, Even Beaches
The F.D.A.’s authorization of Pfizer’s Covid shot for 12- to 15-year-olds is a milestone in battling the coronavirus, but actually getting them vaccinated involves new challenges. By Abby Goodnough and Jan Hoffman May 11, 2021 The race is on to vaccinate the nation’s nearly 17 million 12- to 15-year-olds against Covid-19. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision on Monday to authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine…
Alabama teachers getting 2% raise: Here’s how much districts pay now
By Trisha Powell Crain | Teacher pay in Alabama is going up this fall — 2% across the board, and more for middle or high school math or science educators. Gov. Kay Ivey first proposed the main raise in her state of the state address, and lawmakers made it final last week. The increase comes as teachers finish what…
Birmingham Board of Education approves extra $500 for full-time employees
By WBRC Staff| December 17, 2020 at 8:28 AM CST – Updated December 17 at 8:28 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Full-time employees with the Birmingham City School System will get a $500 in their December paycheck. The Extraordinary Compensation Resolution was passed this week. Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan recommended the additional pay to recognize the exemplary…
DeKalb County schools undergo deep sanitization in post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 preventative effort
NORTHEAST ALABAMA by: Tiffany Lester Posted: Dec 2, 2020 / 07:44 PM CST / Updated: Dec 2, 2020 / 07:44 PM DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. – While DeKalb County Board of Education students get an extended Thanksgiving break and learn remotely this week, the district is getting things completely sanitized before they come back. Cintas cleaning crews are taking advantage of…
Hawaii Public Schools Keep Losing Students Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Latest figures show Hawaii’s public schools lost 1,023 more students in the first quarter as overall enrollment plunged nearly 3% compared with last year. By Suevon Lee / About 10 hours ago Reading time: 3 minutes. Hawaii’s public schools lost 1,023 more students in the first quarter of the school year as coronavirus concerns kept many parents from sending…
Alabama public schools missing 9,800 students this year
Updated Nov 30, 2020; Posted Nov 30, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com About 9,800 fewer Alabama students enrolled in public schools this year, according to state officials, and Alabama isn’t sure where they went. In the face of the pandemic, about 15,000 students did not return to their local public schools this year, said State…
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…
With Layoffs Mounting, Educators Protest Sweeping Public Education Cuts
By Anaridis Rodriguez June 15, 2020 BROOKLINE (CBS) – As layoff notices go out across the state, educators rallied to save their jobs with a caravan through the streets of Brookline Monday. The procession, which involved an estimated 500 vehicles, started at Larz Anderson Park and ended at Brookline High — where hundreds protested sweeping education…
House Democrats call for more federal aid for public education
By Allison Stevens -June 16, 2020 WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats have called for more federal aid for education as the nation’s schools prepare to reopen this fall. “Unless the federal government provides immediate relief, it won’t be a matter of whether education funding will be cut, but how deep the cuts will be,” said U.S. Rep. Bobby…
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