By Dakin Andone, Holly Yan and Sara Weisfeldt, February 14, 2019 Instructors march to school district headquarters in Denver a day before a tentative deal was reached. Denver (CNN)Denver educators have been promised pay raises as part of a tentative deal they reached with their school district after three days on strike. Under the tentative agreement between Denver…
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How The Pittsburgh Public School District Is Trying To Create A Diverse Teacher Pipeline
By SARAH SCHNEIDER Rason Conner reads with a class of Phillips Elementary School Students. SARAH SCHNEIDER / 90.5 WESA Rason Conner has almost exclusively been taught by white, female teachers. The Brashear High School senior can only recall having two black male teachers, both in high school. His relationships with those two men were challenging and Conner said…
Denver Teacher Strike Reveals US Divide Over Bonus Pay
Denver’s teachers have gone on strike over pay, but the fight isn’t that simple. BY COLLEEN SLEVIN AND CAROLYN THOMPSON, February 13, 2019 DENVER (AP) — Denver teachers went on strike to improve their pay, but the fight wasn’t that simple. Emboldened by teacher activism nationwide and struggling to live in a rapidly growing city,…
Denver Teachers Reach Tentative Deal To End Walkout
February 14, 2019 SASHA INGBER Teachers from Castro Elementary School cheer at a rally at the Colorado State Capitol on Monday. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Teachers in Denver who were on strike over wages and bonuses have reached a tentative agreement with school district officials to end their walkout. The strike began Monday, after 15 months…
Florida could expand law that allows armed teachers
By Associated Press | February 13, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature took the first steps to expand a law that now allows some teachers to carry guns in schools when the Senate Education Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would make all teachers eligible for the program. The committee approved the bill on a…
Denver teachers strike to continue for third day as marathon negotiations show “pathway forward”
The two sides returned to the bargaining table on Day 2 of the city’s first teachers strike since 1994 Denver Public School teachers on strike, students and supporters leave Civic Center Park to march to the Denver Public Library on February 12, 2019, in Denver, Colorado. By ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ | February 13, 2019 Denver’s teachers strike will…
I don’t pay the price for Arizona’s still-too-low teacher pay. My students do
Christine Marsh, Feb. 12, 2019 https://uw-media.azcentral.com/embed/video/109194112?sitelabel=reimagine&placement=snow-smallarticleattophtml5&keywords=teacher-compensation%2Cpride%2Chope%2Coverall-neutral%2Cteacher-shortages%2Cprices-and-pricing&simpleTarget=&simpleExclusion=&pagetype=story&cst=news%2Fopinion&ssts=opinion%2Fop-ed&series= Arizona is in the midst of a teacher shortage. Many schools and students are grappling with the consequences. What’s behind the shortage? Republic reporter Ricardo Cano explains in this episode of azcentral Rewind. Opinion: Teachers can leave the profession – and many still are, despite a recent raise. But…
Alabama teacher pay raise likely; amount in question
By Mike Cason | With Alabama taxpayers pumping more dollars into the state’s education coffers, there is agreement among state leaders that a pay raise for educators is appropriate. But it is unclear how much of a raise legislators are likely to approve. Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, who chairs the Alabama Senate’s education budget committee, said during…
‘Not Just a Teacher Issue’: Oakland Students Stage Sickout Over School Woes
Hundreds of Oakland students from high schools across the city skipped class Friday morning to march from Oakland Technical High School to the school district’s downtown headquarters in a spirited show of support for their teachers, who are threatening to strike amid tense contract negotiations. Oakland Teachers Say They’re Ready to Strike “I’m here to…
Denver Teachers Go On Strike For The First Time In 25 Years
The teachers union announced its decision to strike after failed negotiations with the school district over base pay. Colleen Slevin DENVER (AP) — Denver teachers went on strike Monday after failing to reach a deal with administrators on pay. The school district said schools will remain open during the strike and will be staffed by…
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