DPS proposes starting base pay of $45,000 a year By MONTE WHALEY | December 17, 2018 at 6:00 am The latest contract proposal by Denver Public Schools to add millions of new dollars to base pay for teachers and offering bonuses for educators working in high poverty schools may still not be enough to avert a teacher strike early…
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What to know about MD Department of Education’s new report card
Meg Ryan, Dec. 5, 2018 Maryland State Department of Education released its 2018-19 report card this week, displaying schools’ performances across the state and in Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties. The data includes a broad number of performance indicators. Along with student success and growth on state tests in English Language Arts and mathematics, the…
Maryland’s teacher salaries are low. Officials have a plan to raise them
Meg Ryan, Dec. 14, 2018 Erin Davis once heard from a student that becoming a teacher would mean she needed to marry rich. The 16-year veteran art teacher at James M. Bennett High School in Wicomico County was surprised to hear the stigma around teacher salaries is so ingrained that even students don’t want to…
Kentucky GOP sifting through teachers’ emails for political misuse
Allison Ross and Mandy McLaren, Dec. 14, 2018 The Republican Party of Kentucky has sent a wave of open records requests for the work emails of several teachers, including some who ran for office in November’s election — a move it said was a way to see if there was widespread misuse of government resources. But some educators see…
Crowd urges District 211 board, teachers to avoid strike
Though only three of 26 speakers at Thursday’s Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 school board meeting were strongly critical of the teachers union’s position and contract negotiation tactics, a few more called on both sides equally to make avoiding a strike during final exams next week their top priority. “Your bargaining position would be no…
Kentucky court nixes pension law that prompted teacher protests
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that made changes to the state’s struggling public pension system eight months after it prompted thousands of teachers to protest, closing schools across the state. Public pension systems across the country are in trouble as workers live longer and states grapple to…
SC teachers warn legislators: ‘We’re darn close’ to a walk out
By Seanna Adcox Dec 12, 2018 COLUMBIA — South Carolina teachers are so frustrated by low pay and disrespect, an organized strike could be imminent, even without a union, teachers are warning legislators. Several dozen teachers from nine counties took personal time off Wednesday so they could advocate for public education at the Statehouse ahead…
‘Let teachers teach’: SC lawmakers push a ‘Bill of Rights’ to reduce classroom burden
Bristow Marchant, Dec. 13, 2018 COLUMBIA — As some S.C. lawmakers prepared to roll out a proposed “Teachers’ Bill of Rights” on Wednesday, teachers from across the state warned the situation in their classrooms is dire. Lexington Middle School teacher Tim Monreal noted many of his Lexington School District 1 colleagues were attending the proposal’s…
Parkland school massacre panel recommends arming teachers
Dec 13, 2018 By: TERRY SPENCER and CURT ANDERSON https://assets.scrippsdigital.com/cms/videoIframe.html?&host=www.wptv.com&title=Parkland%20school%20massacre%20panel%20recommends%20arming%20teachers&kw=&autoplay=true&m3u8=https://content.uplynk.com/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0.m3u8&mp4=https://x-default-stgec.uplynk.com/ausw/slices/662/2fbf8a5e953e4a01960f2f5161cc4953/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0_g.mp4&purl=/parkland-school-massacre-panel-recommends-arming-teachers&dtrack=1&story=1&contplay=*recent&mute=1&s=wptv FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The panel investigating the Florida high school massacre recommended Wednesday that teachers who volunteer and undergo extensive background checks and training be allowed to carry concealed guns on campus to stop future shootings. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
Oakland high school teachers strike over low wages
BY MORGAN GSTALTER – 12/11/18 03:02 A group of teachers in Oakland, Calif., participated in a one-day strike on Monday to protest low wages. Roughly 75 of the 90 teachers at Oakland High School rallied near city hall to demand higher wages, smaller class sizes and more student support services, KQED reported. The teachers’ strike was not organized…
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