Kimberly Veklerov Feb. 4, 2019 Oakland teachers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, ratcheting up their dispute with administrators of the financially troubled district over wages and class sizes, the union said Monday. The vote allows union leaders to call a strike after Feb. 15, when a neutral fact-finder is expected to release a report…
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Houston legislator wants metal detectors in every public school
By Tom Abrahams February 5, 2019 Politicians in Austin have made it clear that education is the centerpiece of this year’s legislative session. However, it’s not all about funding classrooms and paying teachers more. It’s also about keeping them safer than they’ve been. Shawn Thierry is a state representative from Houston. She’s also a parent with…
Military program aims to help Alabama ease its teacher shortage
February 3, 2019 By: Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The military is aiming to ease Alabama’s shortage of teachers. Military officials are leading two efforts designed to increase the number of teachers in the state’s public schools, The Montgomery Advertiser reported. “In order to replace teachers that are retiring and those that are choosing not to go…
Montana’s ‘last resort’ for finding teachers is becoming increasingly common in rural schools
By MATT HOFFMAN February 4, 2019 Barely any Montana schools used emergency authorizations to certify teachers a few years ago. Now, that number has jumped to 94, more than double what it was last year. And almost all of them are in small, rural schools. Whether the jump illustrates a worsening teacher shortage in those…
BY SAMIR SONTI February 4, 2019 The Los Angeles teachers’ strike is a model for a popular, militant working-class movement advancing a broad vision of education justice. That model can be replicated everywhere. Educators, parents, students, and supporters of the Los Angeles teachers’ strike rally on January 22, 2019 in downtown Los Angeles. Scott Heins /…
Deborah Gist Used to Fight Teachers Unions. Now She’s Marching With Them.
ULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. Gist was there to surprise Kamara with the school year’s first Golden Apple Award, recognizing him…
EDUCATION Seattle Public Schools Face High-Stakes Election
On Feb. 12, voters will decide on two levies that fund staff, special education By Melissa Hellmann January 29, 2019 “We need nurses in schools, we need counselors in schools. We need all of those staff that make up an education system that can address the entire needs of the students,” Seattle Public Schools (SPS)…
Utah public school funding up more than $1 billion since 2012
By: Marjorie Cortez January 29, 2019 6:09 pm SALT LAKE CITY – Funding for Utah public schools has increased by more than $1 billion since 2012, according to a briefing Tuesday to members of the Utah Legislature’s Public Education Appropriations subcommittee. From FY11 to FY19, the total change in revenue has been $1.22 billion, which committee…
LA teachers reach tentative deal to end strike
BY BRETT SAMUELS – January 22, 2019 Los Angeles teachers struck a tentative deal on Tuesday to end a strike that had stretched into a second week in the nation’s second-largest school district. The Los Angeles Unified School District said in a tweet that it had reached a “tentative agreement” with the teachers’ union, but did…
Los Angeles teachers strike to go into second week even if agreement reached, union says
The union and LA Unified School District are at odds over issues including salary, class size and support staff. Striking public school teachers and their supporters march during the 34th annual Kingdom Day Parade on Martin Luther King Jr Day in Los Angeles on January 21, 2019.Robyn Beck / AFP – Getty Images Jan. 21,…
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