By The Associated Press April 24, 2018 6:52 am (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) Teacher strikes are generating a healthy focus on how far public education funding has fallen over the past decade. The full explanation, however,…
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Public school teachers could face fines, jail time for striking if new bill passes
By: Kelly Ragan, Published 4:27 p.m. MT April 23, 2018 | Updated 5:01 p.m. MT April 23, 2018 Two Republican senators proposed a bill Friday that seeks to prohibit public school teacher strikes. The bill came as Poudre School District and others announced they would cancel class Friday to accommodate large numbers of teachers who called out of work…
Eric Mackey is named Alabama state superintendent
Updated Apr 20; Posted Apr 20 By Trisha Powell Crain The Alabama Board of Education named Eric Mackey as the new state superintendent of education today. Mackey received five votes out of nine. He will start his new job May 14. His contract will be negotiated and voted on at the May 10 regular board meeting. Mackey is well-known…
Republican lawmakers want to prohibit Colorado teachers from striking, with potential fines and jail time for violators
Jeffco Public Schools teachers are planning to walk out Thursday, while Denver Public Schools teachers are planning to demonstrate on Friday By JESSE PAUL | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: April 23, 2018 at 9:56 am | UPDATED: April 23, 2018 at 11:11 pm Two Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to prohibit Colorado teachers from striking and make…
Computer glitches interrupt standardized testing in states across the country
Teacher Chandni Langford wrote inspirational messages on her fifth-graders’ desks Monday before they started four days of standardized tests in Woodbury, N.J. (Crystal Ramirez/Associated Press) By Valerie Strauss April 19 at 6:00 AM In Tennessee, an attack on a software vendor interrupted standardized testing this week and may have also caused delays in Mississippi. In Ohio, computers crashed statewide…
School Board clears new charter school in Martin County, but not without some hesitancy
Andrew Atterbury, Andrew.Atterbury@TCPalm.comPublished 4:29 p.m. ET April 18, 2018 Florida Voices is a project of the USA TODAY Network-Florida that spotlights the 2018 election issues that matter to Floridians. LEAH VOSS/TCPALMLeah Voss and Leah Voss and Leah Voss and Leah Voss, Treasure Coast MARTIN COUNTY — A new “classical” charter school is set to open next…
Study shows charter school performance debunking DeVos critics
BY BEN DEGROW, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 04/18/18 10:15 AM EDT 263 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL There is good news about the progress of the nation’s schools, though the secretary of education’s opponents may not want to see it. The results deliver a deep blow to their…
A closer look at the future of charter schools in Kentucky
By Emilie Arroyo | Posted: Wed 5:06 PM, Apr 18, 2018 | LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The Kentucky Board of Education is taking a new direction after the resignation of education commissioner Dr. Stephen Pruitt and Gov. Matt Bevin’s appointments of new board members this week. Many expect that direction to be a stronger push for charter schools, but Kentucky’s…
Letting state approve ‘new kinds’ of public schools would enhance education for the next generation
In 2011, Children wait to shake hands with Florida Gov. Rick Scott during his visit to the Florida International Academy charter school in Opa-locka. Joe Raedle Getty Images April 18, 2018 06:45 PM The Florida Constitution Revision Commission had a profound responsibility: We had to legislate for the next generation. We worked to adapt a document drafted…
‘Students aren’t quitting’: Thousands plan walkouts to protest gun violence, mark 19 years since Columbine
Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Published 8:00 a.m. ET April 18, 2018 Students at thousands of schools across the nation are planning to stage walkouts Friday to mark the 19th year since the Columbine High School massacre, an attack that marked a new era of gun violence. More than 2,300 events are planned for the National School Walkout,…
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