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…
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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…
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…
Kentucky teachers proud of what they accomplished this session, but what’s next?
FRANKFORT — At a glance, their differences were obvious. The women from Louisville were young. They were black. Seated nearby, the women from Eastern Kentucky were older and white. A quick listen and you could hear the differences, too. Different accents. Different life experiences. But if you stayed with them for a while you would…
With teachers in short supply, should Florida make it easier for them to get the job?
Two bills would ease the path for teachers who have trouble passing Florida’s general knowledge test. But some say the legislation goes too far. A proposed change in Florida law would give teachers more time to pass the general knowledge test and, in some case, allow them to get their teaching certificate through a mentoring…
Every school on “failing” list has more than half of students on free/reduced lunch
By Jonathan Hardison | March 20, 2019 BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – There are 76 schools on this year’s list of so-called “failing schools” and they’re spread all over the state, in both rural and urban areas, some are very diverse, others hardly at all. There is one thing all of these different schools share: most of their…
U.S. schools are failing to protect kids from lead in drinking water, report finds
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Boston Public Schools teachers and supporters rally for new contract
By TAYLOR PETTAWAY March 20, 2019 Hundreds of parents, teachers, students and concerned citizens circled around the Boston Public School’s district office to rally for teacher contract negotiations they say will help improve schools. “We need to speak the truth about our broken school system,” said Rosalinda Mindence, a student support staff member at Boston Day…
Business leaders: Repealing Common Core means ‘dumbing down’ Alabama
Mar 20, 2019 Business leaders across the state announced their opposition to repealing Common Core standards for public schools, banding together to send letters to state senators to stop the proposed change. The chambers of commerce in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa as well as the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama joined on the…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 