By Amelia Pak-Harvey / Las Vegas Review-Journal April 17, 2018 – 9:42 am Shadow Ridge High School educators protested against pay freezes before school on Tuesday morning, matching the spirit of teacher protests in other states while working around Nevada’s anti-strike law. Roughly a dozen educators and a few students gathered at a…
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Colorado teachers stage rally at statehouse to lobby for higher pay
By NOELLE PHILLIPS and JESSE PAUL | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: April 16, 2018 at 10:25 am | UPDATED: April 16, 2018 at 6:04 pm All classes in Englewood were canceled Monday after more than 150 teachers in that district announced plans to walk out of classes Chanting “You left me no choice, I have to use my teacher voice!” hundreds of Colorado…
#blackout Bevin: Governor’s words prompting another teacher protest
BY VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS April 15, 2018 07:23 PM Updated April 15, 2018 07:26 PM Some educators on social media said they would wear black on Monday as a show of solidarity against what they viewed as Gov. Matt Bevin’s negative comments about teachers. On Friday, in a television interview, Bevin made the latest in…
Teachers in Colorado Protest for Better Pay as Oklahoma Teachers Head Home Victorious
By MOLLY OLMSTEAD APRIL 17, 201811:40 AM Thousands rallied at the Oklahoma state Capitol building during the third day of a statewide education walkout on April 4, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Scott Heins/Getty Images The teacher protest movement that led to victories in several red states in past weeks has reached the Democrat-led state of…
An Arts Education Crisis? How Potential Federal Cuts Could Decimate School Arts Programs
January 29, 2017 KEVIN MAHNKEN n 2013, the National Endowment for the Arts and its neighbor, the National Endowment for the Humanities, may have assumed they had suffered their final indignity at the hands of Donald Trump. The developer had secured a lease to build what would become the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.’s Old Post…
Parents protest Oklahoma City Public Schools consolidation proposal
Emily Collins Wednesday, March 29th 2017 OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Parents continue speaking out against a controversial proposal to save money at Oklahoma City Public Schools. Several schools in the district would close, as part of a consolidation plan. The proposed closure of two schools in particular have residents living in the surrounding areas up in…
Parents flood Baltimore school board meeting to protest freezing classrooms
CASEY QUINLANJAN 9, 2018, 8:07 PM The Baltimore City Public Schools Board Meeting on Tuesday was packed with people who wanted to voice their concerns about the frigid classroom temperatures many students were forced to endure last week, along with a host of other complaints about the condition of their schools. Community advocates and activists encouraged…
Consistently failing schools are in danger of closing
Megan Cruz ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Updated: 7:31 PM MST Dec 5, 2017 The New Mexico Public Education Department said four consistently failing schools could close by the end of next year. The schools are Dulce Elementary School, in Dulce, and Los Padillas, Hawthorne and Whittier elementary schools, all in Albuquerque. The Public Education Department said…
Oakland School Board votes to cut $9M from budget mid-school year
by Katie Utehs Thursday, December 14, 2017 OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — The Oakland Unified School District board voted 6-1 to cut the budget by $9 million mid-school year. The district is facing a budget shortfall that would leave it without an adequate reserve, which could in turn force state receivership of the district. Parents, students,…
Angry crowd protests proposed $15M Oakland school budget cuts
OAKLAND, Calif. (Jana Katsuyama/KTVU) – An angry crowd of Oakland parents, teachers and students rallied outside the Oakland Unified District school voard budget meeting Monday before entering the room with signs and loud chants saying “Cut from the top.” The anger was over a proposed $15.1 million in cuts the board voted last week to make…
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