Jan 7, 2019 BOSSIER PARISH, LA) – What do blueberries have to do with public education? Everything, as respected businessman and attorney Jamie Vollmer learned after being taken to task by a teacher after he vocally condemned public schools. Once a harsh critic, Vollmer is now an award-winning champion of public education and author of…
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Rural Republican proposes tax increase for public education
By: Ben Giles January 7, 2019 Republican Sen. Sylvia Allen wants voters to approve a sales tax hike to boost funding for K-12 schools and higher education. Voters already approved the 0.6-cent sales tax for education in 2000, a levy that generated more than $700 million in the previous fiscal year. Allen, a Snowflake Republican, wants…
Education year in review: Alabama 2018 edition
By Trisha Powell Crain January 1, 2019 From the hiring of a new superintendent to school safety dominating the national conversation to a charter school leading the way, 2018 was a busy year in education in Alabama. Here’s a look back at 2018. Data, data, and more data As is happening nationally, educators and policymakers…
Brevard teachers union halts raise negotiations, calling district’s offers ‘laughable’
Following months of negotiations, the Brevard County school district and the teachers union are at a standstill over teacher raises after the union called impasse this week. District negotiators and union leaders have made little progress since starting bargaining talks nearly six months ago, and despite millions of dollars in budget savings are struggling to find money for salaries….
MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE FAIL NORTH CAROLINA MATH EXAM TO BECOME LICENSED TEACHERS
Neetu Chandak December 19, 2019 An education standards commission in North Carolina unanimously voted to phase out a portion of a teaching licensing test as about 2,400 teachers failed the math exam. The commission voted to replace for-profit Pearson publishing company’s math test with a math exam from Praxis, created by nonprofit test provider Educational Testing Service (ETS). The…
Los Angeles Teachers Prepare to Strike
Esther Wang December 20, 2018 This year saw a wave of teacher strikes, from West Virginia to Oklahomaand Arizona. Now, educators in Los Angeles, who work in the second-largest school district in the country, have announced that unless the district meets their demands for, among other things, a salary increase and additional hires, they will go on strike on January 10. As Jacobin noted, “The…
SC ‘children lose’ in the classroom, teachers say. Here’s what they would change
COLUMBIA, SC On a Tuesday in November, Jared arrived in Jeff Maxey’s elementary school class, accompanied by a state caseworker. The night before, the child’s mother was arrested. Hours later, he was balled up in a fetal position under his teacher’s desk, “scared and alone,” Maxey told S.C. House members Monday. “The social and emotional…
Harford superintendent proposes cutting 179 teaching, administrative positions to close $35 million budget gap
Erika Butler December 18, 2018 In an effort to close a $35 million gap between revenues and expenses in the Harford County Public Schools budget for the next fiscal year, Superintendent Sean Bulson has proposed cutting 179 positions, he said at a Board of Education meeting Monday night. Bulson said, however, that he hopes no…
As D.C. Grows More Diverse, Report Shows Public Schools Remain Racially Segregated
Jenny Abamu December 18, 2018 D.C. residents talk about the city’s shifting demographics all the time. Since 2006, the District has become wealthier, whiter and younger. And residents see the changes all around them, particularly in new housing developments and rising rent prices. But these demographic changes are less evident in schools, according to a new report….
Two-thirds of teachers think of quitting over bad behaviour, survey finds
December 16, 2018 The Guardian Three-quarters of teachers frequently have to deal with disruptive behaviour in school and many have considered quitting as a result, a survey has suggested. Almost two thirds of teachers are considering or have previously thought about leaving the profession, while 71% said would-be teachers are being put off by concerns…
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