BY JACINTHIA JONES – March 8, 2019 PHOTO: Jacinthia Jones/Chalkbeat Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee delivers his State of West Tennessee address at the University of Memphis. Gov. Bill Lee doubled down Thursday on his plan to give “educational choices” — including vouchers — to students from low-income families in Tennessee’s lowest-performing districts, and he said that his proposal…
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Kentucky teachers are calling out sick to protest bills in Legislature
By Dakin Andone, March 7, 2019 Hundreds of teachers fill the Kentucky Capitol on March 7. (CNN)Several Kentucky school districts were closed Thursday after teachers called out sick to voice their opposition to a bill they believe will benefit private schools at the expense of underfunded public schools. It wasn’t clear exactly how many teachers called…
Oklahoma No Longer First In Lack Of Public School Funding
Wednesday, March 6th 2019 By: NewsOn6.com Play Video TULSA, Oklahoma – Oklahoma is no longer number one for lack of public school funding in the nation. But we are number two, behind only Texas, according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Last year’s teacher walkout led to the largest public education…
JCPS closes schools for third time in a week due to teacher absences
Kevin Wheatley Mar 7, 2019 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky’s largest school district has called off classes for the third day in a week as teachers plan to continue demonstrating at the Capitol against bills they see as anti-public education. JCPS canceled Thursday classes around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday “due to significant teacher absences and the…
March 5, 2019 | : by Tiffany Pennamon WASHINGTON — Institutional leaders, elected officials, advocates and other supporters of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were in attendance Tuesday for the United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) inaugural State of the HBCU Address, which put forth a comprehensive legislative agenda for Congressional members to further support…
Howard University Participates In Second Annual HBCU STEAM Day Of Action On Capitol Hill
March 7, 2019 | Written by Howard Newsroom Staff WASHINGTON (March 7, 2019) – Today, Howard University joined the Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus and the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) Caucus for the second annual HBCU STEAM Day of Action on Capitol Hill. The annual event brings together education and industry leaders and Members of…
Higher education presidents: Decline in state funding impacts the region
By Brandi Addison Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Photo: Tim Fischer IMAGE 1 OF 3 Steve Thomas, president of Midland College, Gregory Williams, president of Odessa College and Sandra Woodley, president of University of Texas of the Permian Basin, speak about the state of higher education … more Presidents of higher education institutes across the Permian Basin have spoken…
Groups rally at Capitol for higher education funding
Associated Press Mar 6, 2019 ALBANY — The Cuomo administration must boost funding for the state public university system so that most individual campuses don’t have to divert operational funds to close a gap in tuition assistance, student and faculty union groups said Wednesday. Advocacy organizations from across the state held a rally at the…
Report says average NC teacher salary is nearly $54,000. But NCAE says that figure is ‘skewed.’
BY T. KEUNG HUI MARCH 06, 2019 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. The average salary for a North Carolina public school teacher has risen 5 percent to nearly $54,000 this…
The diversity gap for public school teachers is actually growing across generations
he public teacher workforce has been slowly growing more racially diverse over the last three decades. A notable study from Richard Ingersoll and Lisa Merrill finds the number of teachers of color more than doubled between 1987 and 2012, resulting in the share of nonwhite teachers in America’s public schools expanding from 12 to 17 percent over…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 