CASEY QUINLAN NOV 7, 2018 Voters across the country on Tuesday made ballot decisions to help fund public schools, which are increasingly starved for resources. Most of them were successful, with six education initiatives passing overall, in places like Seattle, Washington; Georgia; Maryland; Montana; and two in the state of Maine. Four education initiatives were…
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Tuck has thin edge over Thurmond with nearly all votes counted in race for California school chief
NOVEMBER 7, 2018 JOHN FENSTERWALD, NICO SAVIDGE,ANDMIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN With 93 percent of the vote in , Tuck leads by 70,000 votes Marshall Tuck held a lead of 1.2 percent over Tony Thurmond with 93 percent of the vote counted Wednesday morning in a race still to close to call for California’s state superintendent of public instruction….
What the Democratic ‘blue wave’ on Election Night in Colorado means for education
BY ERICA MELTZER November 7, 2018 Colorado voters on Tuesday elected a governor who ran on bold education promises but rejected a tax increase that would have made it easier to pay for them. They also gave control of the state Senate to Democrats for the first time since 2014, increased the Democratic majority in the state House,…
Here’s what Tennessee’s next governor says about K-12 education
BY MARTA W. ALDRICH November 7, 2018 Republican businessman Bill Lee promised to bring “fresh ideas” on public education to Tennessee, and he’ll now get the chance as the state’s 50th governor. In handily defeating Democrat and former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean on Tuesday, the Williamson County millionaire and first-time candidate is poised to replace fellow…
PROGRESSIVES WIN ON MEDICAID EXPANSION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS THROUGH BALLOT INITIATIVES
Rachel M. Cohen November 7 2018, FROM STATE LEGISLATIVE races to the House of Representatives, progressive candidates made a dent in the 2018 election season, and will be relatively well-represented in federal and state-level governments next year. But it’s not just elected office: Left-wing activists also made their voices heard through ballot initiatives across the country. On…
In D.C. Board of Education races, voters choose proponents of traditional public schools
By Perry Stein November 6 at 11:04 PM D.C. voters had a philosophical question about public education to answer at the polls Tuesday: Did they want candidates who would more likely be fervent advocates of the traditional public school system, or those who would bolster public charter schools? The usually sleepy races for the D.C. State…
School support workers vote to strike in rural district in Washington state
By Hector Cordon 6 November 2018 School support staff in the North Thurston Public School (NTPS) district in Washington state voted to authorize strike action last week against the refusal of the district to provide adequate wage increases and a state law prohibiting public employees from striking. With nearly 15,000 students the district encompasses 74…
Make public education great again [Opinion]
By Noel Candelaria November 5, 2018 It’s unrealistic to continue repeating the same action and expect a different result. However, Texas educators and parents will be deluding themselves if they once again sit out today’s election or vote against the best interests of their professions, their students and their children. There are more than 700,000…
How are America’s public schools really doing?
It’s hard to find a public official today who, when talking about public schools, doesn’t talk about what a mess they are. Failing. Some of them are, in fact, failing kids. This piece, written by Jack Schneider, an assistant professor of education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the author of “Beyond Test Scores: A…
Orleans Parish School Board expands geographic priority for admission to public elementary, middle schools
Della Hasselle October 12, 2018 The Orleans Parish School Board voted Thursday night to tweak the geographic priority component of OneApp, the lottery system used to assign seats in most of the city’s public schools, following years of complaints from parents that children have been unable to attend schools close to their homes. Now, more…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 