“The community is united behind a UTLA strike if that’s what it takes to reinvest in public education instead of cut it to the bone.” byJulia Conley, staff writer Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers rallied in the city’s downtown area Saturday, ahead of a possible strike. (Photo: @magoo_tweets_2u/Twitter) Los Angeles teachers set out to…
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Thousands of Los Angeles teachers march as potential strike looms
By SONALI KOHLI DEC 15, 2018 Thousands of teachers, students and union allies marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, from City Hall to the Broad Museum, a month ahead of a possible strike that L.A. educators have threatened if Los Angeles Unified doesn’t meet demands that include retroactive raises, smaller class sizes and more nurses…
Denver schools offer teachers a raise as a January strike deadline looms
DPS proposes starting base pay of $45,000 a year By MONTE WHALEY | December 17, 2018 at 6:00 am The latest contract proposal by Denver Public Schools to add millions of new dollars to base pay for teachers and offering bonuses for educators working in high poverty schools may still not be enough to avert a teacher strike early…
What to know about MD Department of Education’s new report card
Meg Ryan, Dec. 5, 2018 Maryland State Department of Education released its 2018-19 report card this week, displaying schools’ performances across the state and in Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties. The data includes a broad number of performance indicators. Along with student success and growth on state tests in English Language Arts and mathematics, the…
Maryland’s teacher salaries are low. Officials have a plan to raise them
Meg Ryan, Dec. 14, 2018 Erin Davis once heard from a student that becoming a teacher would mean she needed to marry rich. The 16-year veteran art teacher at James M. Bennett High School in Wicomico County was surprised to hear the stigma around teacher salaries is so ingrained that even students don’t want to…
Alabama Public schools systems prepare to monitor juvenile sex offenders
Krista Johnson, Dec. 13, 2018 State education officials will create a model policy to ensure all Alabama public school systems are ready to monitor student sex offenders in two years. A committee will draft the policy – required by the passage of Annalyn’s Law earlier this year — that each local education authority can use for their…
Kentucky GOP sifting through teachers’ emails for political misuse
Allison Ross and Mandy McLaren, Dec. 14, 2018 The Republican Party of Kentucky has sent a wave of open records requests for the work emails of several teachers, including some who ran for office in November’s election — a move it said was a way to see if there was widespread misuse of government resources. But some educators see…
Kentucky court nixes pension law that prompted teacher protests
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that made changes to the state’s struggling public pension system eight months after it prompted thousands of teachers to protest, closing schools across the state. Public pension systems across the country are in trouble as workers live longer and states grapple to…
SC teachers warn legislators: ‘We’re darn close’ to a walk out
By Seanna Adcox Dec 12, 2018 COLUMBIA — South Carolina teachers are so frustrated by low pay and disrespect, an organized strike could be imminent, even without a union, teachers are warning legislators. Several dozen teachers from nine counties took personal time off Wednesday so they could advocate for public education at the Statehouse ahead…
Number of international teachers in TUSD on the rise as teacher shortage continues
By Emily Biehl | December 13, 2018 TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) – As the teacher shortage in Arizona continues, school districts are forced to look to other avenues to find educators for their students. That’s a large part of why Tucson Unified says they search for and recruit teachers from not just across the country, but…
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