The McCormack School in Dorchester is slated for closure. NOVEMBER 13, 2018 JESSICA RINALDI Each and every Boston student should go to school in a building that’s safe, comfortable, and compatible with learning. Getting there is the problem. The Boston Public Schools system — where two-thirds of the buildings were constructed before World War II…
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Seattle Public Schools makes progress but doesn’t meet most improvement goals in latest scorecard
November 14, 2018 Seattle Public Schools’ latest performance report shows the district only met a third of the goals it planned to achieve by the end of the 2017-2018 school year. By: Dahlia Bazzaz The state’s largest school district just got its final grades back. By Seattle Public Schools’ own standards, the results aren’t improving fast enough….
Voters Widely Support Public Schools. So Why Is It So Hard to Pay for Them?
By Dana Goldstein Nov. 14, 2018 If it were going to happen any year, it should have been this one. After a wave of teacher walkouts fired up people on both sides of the party line, the time seemed ripe for big investments in public schools. In reality, the results for school funding after the midterm…
Voters raise school taxes in St. Paul, Minneapolis, suburban districts
By JOSH VERGES November 6, 2018 St. Paul Public Schools easily won a property tax increase Tuesday that will boost annual per-student funding by $475. The 10-year levy won the approval of 66 percent of voters. St. Paul property owners now will pay $1,180 per student each year in special funding for the city’s public schools….
A Public School Teacher Just Beat the Pants Off Scott Walker
A Democrat in the governor’s mansion will also put an end to Wisconsin’s role as a national petri dish for right-wing policies promulgated by the Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council by Mary Bottari State School Superintendent Tony Evers defeated incumbent Governor Scott Walker 49.6 to 48.4 in a late night finish that…
Voters approve additional public education funding in several states
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…
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…
Colorado Amendment 73, Tax Increase For Public Education, Has Failed
BY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO STAFF NOV 6, 2018 Voters rejected Amendment 73, which would have raised money for Colorado’s public schools by increasing income, corporate and property taxes. Great Education Colorado director and measure supporter Lisa Weil said she knew Amendment 73 would be an uphill battle. “Adequate funding, fighting for equitable funding and making sure that…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 