Thu., April 11, 2019, 10:45 p.m. Spokane Public Schools superintendent Shelley Redinger delivers the grim news of major budget cutbacks for the school district, Thursday, April 11, 2019, the downtown offices. She is flanked by Chief Academic Officer Adam Swinyard, left, and spokesperson Brian Coddington. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review) One of every 12 employees…
Category: Funding For Education
Senate pushes Teacher Appreciation Grant, teachers say they rather see a salary raise
Lindsay Moore, April 11, 2019 bStudents listen as speakers talk about the lack of teacher salary raises in the state of Indiana, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High School in West Lafayette. Greater Lafayette teachers and community members gathered outside schools before walking in to demand teacher salary raises. (Nikos Frazier |…
How much should Utah teachers be paid? A new group is trying to figure that out.
By Courtney Tanner · April 11, 2019 In Utah, more teachers leave their job each year than the number of new instructors who enter the classroom. That created a shortage of more than 1,600 educators in 2016, according to a new survey from Envision Utah, a regional planning agency. Meanwhile, the number of students filling…
Thousands of Sacramento teachers ready to walk off the job
One-day strike set for Thursday Apr 10, 2019 Mike Luery SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —Up to 2,300 teachers are poised to walk out of Sacramento City Unified School District schools Thursday for a scheduled strike. Tens of thousands of students and parents are caught in the middle of a bitter dispute. Picket signs were stacked and…
Wake County public schools join list of NC districts closing for May 1 teacher rally
By Kelly Hinchcliffe, April 10, 2019 RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County Public Schools announced Wednesday afternoon that it will close on May 1, bringing the total to seven of North Carolina’s 115 school districts to announce they are closing for the May 1 teacher rally in Raleigh. Wake County is the state’s largest public school…
CMS to decide later this week whether to close for May 1 teacher action day
BY BRUCE HENDERSON APRIL 09, 2019 THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS MARCH IN RALEIGH AND DEMAND RESPECT On Wednesday May 16, 2018, the opening day of the legislative session, educators and their supporters from across the state traveled to Raleigh to demand more funding for public education.BY JULIA WALL UP NEXT Republican ads in NC 3rd District…
Boston Public Schools need health care providers, stat
By ANNISSA ESSAIBI GEORGE | April 3, 2019 | Today, 44 Boston Public Schools do not have a full-time nurse. Instead, these schools share part-time nurses that travel back and forth between buildings every day. In these schools, our students will not have complete access to the medical attention they require on a day-to-day basis. In order…
California’s public schools enrollment down, Hispanic and charter school students on the rise
Detailed CDE ‘snapshot’ for 2018-19 year breaks down enrollment by ethnicity, grade, along with English language acquisition, and can be sorted by county, district, or school By RICHARD BAMMER | April 1, 2019 at 4:38 am The most recent state data for California’s K–12 public schools indicates that overall enrollment is down slightly, while the number of…
Study: America’s Teacher Shortage Is a Bigger Problem than Thought
By: Ashley Thompson April 02, 2019 Arizona teachers and education advocates march at the Arizona Capitol highlighting low teacher pay and school funding Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) A new report says the shortage of skilled teachers in the United States is a bigger problem than people may think. The…
Many Texas teachers have second jobs or live paycheck to paycheck. They’re anxiously watching the teacher pay debate.
“I never anticipated that I would take a summer job at Wendy’s just so that I could replace a broken dishwasher,” said one high school English teacher who makes $45,000 per year. BY MARÍA MÉNDEZ APRIL 3, 2019 Houston teacher Brady Mayo moved back in with his parents while he was paying for his kids to…
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