Many say that’s unfair. Some are trying to change it. By: Racine County Eye June 17, 2020 Milwaukee Public School Teachers and supporters picket outside the Milwaukee Public Schools Administration Building in April 2018. Photo: Charles Edward Miller. Nearly half of funding for public schools in Wisconsin comes from local property taxes. That means the…
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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…
COMMENTARY: Still committed to public education
The Monitor Board of Contributors – June 7, 2020 Last session, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 3 to invest more state dollars in our classrooms and give a much-needed salary increase to our teachers. With the coronavirus pandemic, we have learned to appreciate even more the role of our schools and teachers. Unfortunately, given the…
Massachusetts educators protest layoffs and sweeping cuts to public education
By Will McCalliss and Evan Blake17 June 2020 On Monday, educators from across the state of Massachusetts held a rally in Brookline, a part of the Greater Boston area, to protest the devastating budget cuts and job losses that are mounting statewide. Educators in over 50 school districts across the state have now been given…
The Pandemic & Higher Education: Old Problems, New Opportunities
Barbara Kurshan June 15, 2020 The crises sweeping through our college and university campuses today – student debt, escalating costs, and the move to online and remote learning – did not arrive with the virus but have been building for decades. Fourteen years ago, long-time educational leader Kenneth Hartman wrote an op-ed titled “Schools must…
Alabama roadmap to open K-12 schools nearly ready, state chief says
June 11, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama’s roadmap for reopening K-12 public schools in August will be a multi-tiered plan and will include a virtual option for parents uncomfortable sending their children back inside school buildings, according state superintendent Eric Mackey. Tiers in the plan will be based on the spread of coronavirus in the…
A tale of two ZIP codes: COVID-19 exposes deep disparities in U.S. schools
“All COVID has done is put a magnifying glass on inequity in this country,” said Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District. Xavier Prater, 17, a Grosse Pointe South High School student, with his laptop outside his father’s home in Detroit.Brittany Greeson / for NBC NewsJune 8, 2020, 4:11 PM CDTBy Kenzi Abou-Sabe,…
How to Reopen America’s Schools
Many questions remain as experts weigh options for getting children back into the classroom. By The Editorial Board The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstandingvalues. It is separate from the newsroom. June 6, 2020 Parents who have watched their children struggle with online…
In State of the Union, Trump makes clear his aversion to public schools
By Valerie Strauss Feb. 4, 2020 If for some reason you haven’t been clear about what President Trump thinks about traditional public schools, consider what he said about them in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. There was this: “For too long, countless American children have been trapped in failing government schools.” What’s a…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 