The University of Texas at San Antonio President Taylor Eighmy wants more collaboration with local public schools. By Silvia Foster-Frau April 19, 2018 Updated: April 19, 2018 8:05pm The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of five UT System universities entering a new partnership that will connect their colleges of education with failing public schools…
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More Michigan schools are failing: Most are charters
Lori Higgins, 12:42 p.m. ET March 30, 2018 | Updated 5:11 p.m. ET March 30, 2018 Sixteen charter schools are on a new list of schools and districts that are subject to agreements with the state to turn around failing performance. The Michigan Department of Education released the list Friday of 21 school districts that officials will…
#RedForEd walkout school closures will impact 840,000 Arizona students
Teachers walk arm-in-arm with students and parents into Tuscano Elementary School as they stage a “walk-in” for higher pay and school funding on April 11, 2018, in Phoenix. Teachers gathered outside Arizona schools to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries staging “walk-ins” at approximately 1,000 schools that are part of a statewide campaign…
More Arizona schools given ‘A’ ranking from state Board of Education
BY GRISELDA ZETINO APRIL 26, 2018 AT 4:44 AM PHOENIX — The Arizona State Board of Education finalized its list of letter grades for schools this week. The findings, based on the 2016-2017 school year, showed there were more schools that got an “A” and fewer schools with failing grades, compared with preliminary grades released in…
China-Based Online education companies just launched an agressive hiring spree in search of U.S. Teachers
Connie Loizos@Cookie / April 26, 2018 Teachers have long supplemented their incomes by tutoring. And there’s perhaps never been a better, or easier, time to do it than right now. The reason: China-based online education companies are in an apparent race with each other to hire U.S. teachers who’d like to work from home this summer…
Why Protecting Education Would Prevent Terrorism
By MOZA BINT NASSER 8:00 AM EDT Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser is the founder and chairperson of the Education Above All Foundation, a U.N. Advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals and a UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education. Education is the key that unlocks human potential. For children living in the…
Valuable Progress, More Work Ahead for Public School Funding in Georgia
By Claire Suggs – April 18, 2018 Georgia lawmakers reached a critical milestone during the 2018 legislative session: They ended 16 years of shortchanging the state’s formula for funding K-12 schools. The General Assembly added $167 million to the 2019 state budget to send school districts across Georgia the full amount promised under the formula…
How are Michigan’s Public Schools Funded?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress’ “report card” showed that less than 40 percent of Michigan’s students are proficient in reading and math. Some experts are blaming the state’s formula for funding education. As part of the series ‘Policy Meets the People: MI Voice MI Vote’, WDET takes a look at how Michigan’s public schools are funded and whether changes in…
EMPTY SCHOOLS, EMPTY PROMISES Behind sale of closed schools, a legacy of segregation
By Kalyn Belsha | January 13, 2017 Key Elementary School, a sandy-colored brick building on a tree-lined street on Chicago’s West Side, sits empty now. Several windows near its entrance are boarded up, giving the school’s façade the look of a smile that is missing front teeth. The school is in a busy, historic section of the Austin…
Santa Fe Public Schools face red tape for armed officers
By Robert Nott | The New Mexican – Apr 23, 2018 Updated 10 hrs ago The leaders of Santa Fe Public Schools have a lot of paperwork to do before they can put armed resource officers on campuses, an attorney hired by the district said Monday. Lawyer Geno Zamora said the school board has to set policies…
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