By Rebecca Klein 11/03/18 WAR, W.Va. ― Middle school teacher Greg Cruey can explain the most harrowing details of his students’ lives with matter-of-fact precision. That smart sixth-grader who had her hand raised last period? She’s homeless and has, in the past, been suicidal. That middle school student who seemed on edge during class? As a…
Category: Educators Protest
When a school goes, so does the community around it
By Renée Graham OCTOBER 27, 2018 ANDERSON GUERRO has one question for Mayor Marty Walsh and Laura Perille, his interim Boston Public Schools superintendent: “How would it feel if we took your house and family away?” That “house” is McCormack Middle School, now proposed for closure and extensive renovations after the 2019-20 academic year. For students like Guerro, a…
School closings are a necessary part of the rebuilding process at Boston Public Schools
The McCormack School in Dorchester is slated for closure. NOVEMBER 13, 2018 JESSICA RINALDI Each and every Boston student should go to school in a building that’s safe, comfortable, and compatible with learning. Getting there is the problem. The Boston Public Schools system — where two-thirds of the buildings were constructed before World War II…
Seattle Public Schools makes progress but doesn’t meet most improvement goals in latest scorecard
November 14, 2018 Seattle Public Schools’ latest performance report shows the district only met a third of the goals it planned to achieve by the end of the 2017-2018 school year. By: Dahlia Bazzaz The state’s largest school district just got its final grades back. By Seattle Public Schools’ own standards, the results aren’t improving fast enough….
Voters Widely Support Public Schools. So Why Is It So Hard to Pay for Them?
By Dana Goldstein Nov. 14, 2018 If it were going to happen any year, it should have been this one. After a wave of teacher walkouts fired up people on both sides of the party line, the time seemed ripe for big investments in public schools. In reality, the results for school funding after the midterm…
First-grade public school teacher’s ‘daily Bible verse’ angers parents in Texas district
By: Brandon Mulder Posted at 8:41 AM SMITHVILLE, Texas — Parents of students in a Texas public school district have taken issue with an online video a first-grade teacher showing her class repeating Bible verses, apparently in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down school-sponsored Bible readings and prayer. The video, which was posted to…
Voters raise school taxes in St. Paul, Minneapolis, suburban districts
By JOSH VERGES November 6, 2018 St. Paul Public Schools easily won a property tax increase Tuesday that will boost annual per-student funding by $475. The 10-year levy won the approval of 66 percent of voters. St. Paul property owners now will pay $1,180 per student each year in special funding for the city’s public schools….
A Public School Teacher Just Beat the Pants Off Scott Walker
A Democrat in the governor’s mansion will also put an end to Wisconsin’s role as a national petri dish for right-wing policies promulgated by the Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council by Mary Bottari State School Superintendent Tony Evers defeated incumbent Governor Scott Walker 49.6 to 48.4 in a late night finish that…
Amid new rigor, Louisiana’s A-rated public schools are falling, and those with F’s on the rise; here’s why
BY WILL SENTELL NOV 8, 2018 AT 1:35 PM In the first report cards since standards were toughened, Louisiana’s share of A-rated public schools slipped while those with F’s went up, according to figures released Thursday by the state Department of Education. In addition, officials in nearly 40 percent of schools statewide have been ordered…
Louisiana Department of Education releases public school grades
By Chandler Watkins | November 8, 2018 at 5:59 PM CST – LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) – The Louisiana Department of Education has released its 2018 report cards for public schools across the state. This year, the Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White announced the department would be using a new way to grade the state’s school…
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