Posted: Dec 2, 2020 10:31 AM CST by Gov. Kay Ivey has issued a statement, urging school systems to return to in-person classes. On Monday, the state set a record of COVID-19 hospitalizations, at 1,717. Alabama Hospital Association President Dr. Don Williamson, the former longtime state health officer, told Alabama News Network , “Frankly, the next eight weeks,…
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Montgomery Public Schools returning to all-virtual learning Dec. 7
By WSFA Staff| November 30, 2020 at 1:39 PM CST – Updated November 30 at 6:24 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Montgomery Public Schools students will return to all-virtual learning starting Dec. 7. According to an announcement from MPS, teachers and administrators will continue to report to their classrooms and offices as usual. MPS will observe…
Alabama teacher speaks out against unsafe conditions and schools reopening
Emma Arceneaux November 6, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout Alabama, with the past two weeks seeing roughly 1,600 new cases per day and a test positivity rate of 22.6 percent. Since the start of the pandemic, 198,000 people have been infected and 3,006 have died. Under these conditions, educators are increasingly enraged…
California Teachers Pay For Their Own Substitutes During Extended Sick Leave
May 20, 2019 JULIA MCEVOY Heather Burns at Martin Elementary School in South San Francisco, where she now teaches third grade. Burns was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and had to pay for her own substitute while on sick leave. Stephanie Lister/KQED A 40-year-old California law requiring public school teachers on extended…
Oregon Teachers Stage Mass Walkout as Teacher Revolt Continues to Spread
Sophie Weiner May 9, 2019 Photo: Gillian Flaccus/AP Teachers strikes and walkouts continued to sweep the country this week, as Oregon teachers took personal days off school on Wednesday to protest at six sites across the state, according to CNN. Though the walkout was not technically a strike, 600 schools in 25 school districts were forced…
‘I’m ready to walk’: Teachers looking to lawmakers for last-minute movement on pay, funding
Arika Herron, April 16, 2019 Teacher rally better funding for K-12 education. Matt Kryger, IndyStar With one week left in the legislative session, Indiana teachers are looking at lawmakers to do more. They want more money for schools. They want better pay. And they want it now. “I’m ready to walk,” said Staci Scott-Stewart, an elementary…
How much should Utah teachers be paid? A new group is trying to figure that out.
By Courtney Tanner · April 11, 2019 In Utah, more teachers leave their job each year than the number of new instructors who enter the classroom. That created a shortage of more than 1,600 educators in 2016, according to a new survey from Envision Utah, a regional planning agency. Meanwhile, the number of students filling…
Thousands of Sacramento teachers ready to walk off the job
One-day strike set for Thursday Apr 10, 2019 Mike Luery SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —Up to 2,300 teachers are poised to walk out of Sacramento City Unified School District schools Thursday for a scheduled strike. Tens of thousands of students and parents are caught in the middle of a bitter dispute. Picket signs were stacked and…
Wake County public schools join list of NC districts closing for May 1 teacher rally
By Kelly Hinchcliffe, April 10, 2019 RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County Public Schools announced Wednesday afternoon that it will close on May 1, bringing the total to seven of North Carolina’s 115 school districts to announce they are closing for the May 1 teacher rally in Raleigh. Wake County is the state’s largest public school…
CMS to decide later this week whether to close for May 1 teacher action day
BY BRUCE HENDERSON APRIL 09, 2019 THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS MARCH IN RALEIGH AND DEMAND RESPECT On Wednesday May 16, 2018, the opening day of the legislative session, educators and their supporters from across the state traveled to Raleigh to demand more funding for public education.BY JULIA WALL UP NEXT Republican ads in NC 3rd District…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 