BY COLLEEN WRIGHT AND EMILY L. MAHONEY October 12, 2018 08:07 AM Top education leaders have spent years pleading, lobbying and rallying at the state capitol, but Tallahassee lawmakers keep making life harder and harder for Florida’s public school teachers. The Florida Education Association advocates for the state’s nearly 200,000 educators, but it…
Category: Failing Schools
There are still fewer public school teachers than there were before the Great Recession, and that’s a problem
Quentin Fortrell Oct 5, 2018 Earlier this year, teachers in Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and West Virginia protested for better wages and school funding J Pat Carter/Getty ImagesElla Roach holds a protest sign in support of her teacher, Kimberly Cox, during a rally in Oklahoma City last April. She was one of thousands of teachers demanding…
Pittsburgh Public Schools consider arming school police
JAMIE MARTINES Oct. 2, 2018, Pittsburgh Public Schools are exploring a possible policy change that would allow school police officers to carry guns. Pittsburgh Public Schools police Chief George Brown told the board Monday that officers need guns to do their jobs. He added that they’ve been trained to work with all students and to…
Pittsburgh Public Schools police chief wants his officers armed
PITTSBURGH — Marcie Cipriani October 3, 2018 The police chief for Pittsburgh Public Schools on Monday asked the district’s policy committee to change the policy that prevents school officers from carrying firearms. “I want to stop whatever’s coming from the outside inside,” Chief George Brown said. “We’re trying to keep the streets out of our…
Seattle Public School District Says Teacher Displacement Is Not a Race or Economic-Equity Issue
by Nathalie Graham • Oct 3, 2018 at 11:52 am SPS says recent teacher displacements don’t have anything to do with teacher strikes either. KELLY O Staffing adjustments happen every fall for Seattle Public Schools (SPS). This fall was different because of an enrollment prediction error. For the first time in 10 years, Seattle’s overall enrollment rate was lower than…
More Than Money: A Tech Giant’s Commitment to Public Schools
Caitlin Reilly October 4, 2018 Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce, recently committed $15.5 million to local school districts in San Francisco and Oakland. With this gift, Salesforce has given more than $50 million to Bay Area public schools over the company’s five-year partnership with the districts. Salesforce has long been a trailblazer in corporate…
Indianapolis Public Schools continue to lag behind on ISTEP scores
Arika Herron, Oct. 3, 2018 Only one in five Indianapolis Public School students passed both the English and math portions of the ISTEP exam administered last spring, making it one of the lowest-performing school districts in the state and the lowest-performing in Marion County. IPS officials released a statement Wednesday acknowledging the challenges facing the…
Local superintendents address state of public education at forum
MIDDLETOWN — Schools are often seen as a reflection of society, as Middletown schools Superintendent Richard Del Moro put it during a town hall discussion about the state of public education Thursday evening. For example, district administrators are hiring more experts to help students cope with issues outside the classroom. These experts often include psychologists,…
Why public school funding isn’t working in Texas
By David DeMatthews and David S. Knight Sep. 27, 2018 Texas is a prosperous state, but lawmakers are failing to adequately finance public education, and communities and students are suffering the academic, physical and economic consequences. The upcoming legislative session provides a unique opportunity for our state’s elected leaders to right the past wrongs, but…
New York Test Scores Highlight Gaps Among Students from Different Backgrounds
Public-school students’ state test results showed wide disparities by racial and socioeconomic background, prompting calls for more urgent action 49 COMMENTS By Leslie Brody Updated Sept. 26, 2018 6:41 p.m. ET With only one out of three black and Hispanic students passing New York’s tests in reading and math last spring, educators and advocates called Wednesday…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 