Teachers by the thousands in Arizona and Colorado converged on their state capitols Thursday seeking higher wages and more school funding. In Arizona, the unprecedented strike closed most schools statewide. (April 26) AP Ricardo Cano, Updated 12:03 a.m. ET April 27, 2018 In Colorado, more than 10,000 teachers were demonstrating Thursday and Friday in Denver, using personal…
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Teachers walk out of Arizona, Colorado schools for second day
BY AVERY ANAPOL – 04/27/18 07:25 AM EDT Hundreds of public schools in Arizona and Colorado closed again Friday as teachers continued their walkout for the second day. Thousands of educators in the two states are demonstrating in order to demand increases in pay and school funding, the latest to do so in a growing wave of teachers’ strikes nationwide. An…
Announcing $125 Million for Schools, de Blasio Stumbles Over #MeToo
By ELIZABETH A. HARRISAPRIL 25, 2018 In a gesture intended to highlight Albany’s inaction and his own determination to improve New York City’s schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday that his administration would spend an additional $125 million a year on public schools. But the announcement, in the grand City Hall rotunda with Corey…
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…
A state takeover of JCPS and its ‘failing schools’ would show Matt Bevin is a hypocrite
(Photo: Michael Clevenger/Louisville Courier-Journal) Joseph Gerth, Published 10:37 a.m. ET April 25, 2018 | Updated 11:45 a.m. ET April 25, 2018 The mantra from the Republican Party has long been “local control.” The federal government shouldn’t dictate that states allow abortion, or tell our farmers what methods they should use, or tell us how to educate our…
#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…
Teachers in Arizona and Colorado Walk Out for Funding and Pay Raises
Kassandra Domiguez leading a class this month at Sunset Ridge Elementary School in Glendale, Ariz. Many students were dressed in red in solidarity with Arizona teachers, who planned to walk out on Thursday.CreditCaitlin O’Hara for The New York Times By SIMON ROMERO and JULIE TURKEWITZAPRIL 26, 2018 PHOENIX — Thousands of teachers in Arizona and Colorado walked out…
NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers’ Right To Strike
April 26, 20185:01 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition https://www.npr.org/people/302894536/anya-kamenetz As the wave of teacher walkouts moves to Arizona and Colorado this week, an NPR/Ipsos poll shows strong support among Americans for improving teachers’ pay and for their right to strike. Just 1 in 4 Americans believe teachers in this country are paid fairly. Nearly two-thirds approve of national teachers’ unions, and…
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…
Parents, advocates circulate online petition for school funding
By DANIEL DIVILIO April 24, 2018 CHESTERTOWN — While budget negotiations for the upcoming fiscal year continue between county officials and district administrators, the grassroots organization Support Our Schools is collecting online signatures for a petition to increase education funding in Kent County. Organized by a group of Kent County parents, SOS seeks to raise…
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