by Phil McCausland and Melanie Bencosme / Apr.08.2018 / 4:58 AM ET “I don’t know what I’m going to do,” one teacher said. “I love teaching and I love the kids, but I don’t know that I can continue to do it.” TULSA, Okla. — Brogan Spears and her husband, both public school teachers here in Tulsa, don’t…
Category: Pension & Salary
Teachers Rally To Send Message To Governor – Kentucky {#iBelieve}
Updated: Apr 09, 2018 4:53 PM LEXINGTON, Ky (LEX 18) Teachers are fired up by the governor’s comments about public pensions and education funding. They gathered outside of the Fayette County Public Schools building in Lexington for a rally. In Governor Bevin’s news conference, he vetoed the budget bill, which would include hundreds of millions of…
Teachers, pensions and overrides: What to know about Bevin’s tax reform and budget vetoes
Morgan Watkins, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 1:56 p.m. ET April 9, 2018 Gov. Matt Bevin announced Monday morning that he will veto the tax reform and biennial budget bills that Kentucky’s Republican-controlled legislature passed. That sets the stage for a potentially tumultuous final two days of the 2018 lawmaking session. Here’s what you need to know about…
Jefferson County union urging Kentucky teachers to protest on Friday
Thomas Novelly, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 2:57 p.m. ET April 9, 2018 The Jefferson County teachers union has called for more protests after Gov. Matt Bevin announced on Monday he would veto both the budget and tax reform bills. And the Jefferson County Teachers Association called on the statewide union, the Kentucky Education Association, to spread the word. “JCTA leadership…
Teachers Protest; Discipline Disparities Persist; Trans Students In The Classroom
April 7, 20187:31 PM ET CLARE LOMBARDO This past week started with teacher strikes in Oklahoma, where educators descended on the capitol in Oklahoma City to protest low pay and dismal education funding. Dozens of districts in the state were closed through the week. Representatives headed home on Friday before passing a bill that teachers were…
Oklahoma teachers strike enters second week with rally at Capitol {#iBelieve}
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Reuters) – Oklahoma teachers carried their strike into a second week on Monday, with educators gathering at the state capitol after a $44 million tax and revenue package passed last week fell short of their demands to boost school spending. Teachers are pushing for $200 million in increased annual education funding…
Funding Education: Online Sales Tax Bill Clears Oklahoma State House
BY BONNIE CAMPO, NEWS 9 OKLAHOMA CITY – House Bill1019XX, touting $20.5 million towards education, passed the Oklahoma house Wednesday evening. The online tax revenue bill allows the state to collect sales tax from third-party vendors that don’t have brick and mortar stores, like Amazon. That measure, along with “ball and dice” legislation, could…
Oklahoma teachers strike for 2nd day, canceling class for at least 230,000 students {#iBelieve}
Kaila White and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY NetworkPublished 9:32 a.m. ET April 3, 2018 OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma teachers continued to rally Tuesday, shuttering many schools for a second day to demand higher pay and education funding, in an effort that also recently engulfed West Virginia, Kentucky and Arizona. Oklahoma teachers won raises last week averaging 16%, or…
Why are teachers protesting in Oklahoma, Kentucky and other states? {#iBelieve}
By Abby HamblinContact Reporter Educators in Oklahoma and Kentucky could be seen all over social media on Monday as they skipped school or used their spring break vacations to march in protest of changes to their pensions and advocate for more school funding. The teachers and their supporters were inspired by their colleagues who…
Kentucky, Oklahoma teachers rally as rebellion grows {#iBelieve}
By Sean Murphy and Bruce Schreiner, The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — The state Capitol in Kentucky filled with teachers protesting pension changes and demanding generous school funding Monday, and thousands of Oklahoma educators walked out of classrooms in the latest evidence of teacher rebellion in some Republican-led states. Many Oklahoma schools were closed Monday, and…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 