Mayor Bill de Blasio brought together city officials, elected leaders and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza to seek to elminate a single test from being the only factor in deciding whether a student gets into a top high school in New York City. (Todd Maisel / New York Daily News) By CATHERINA GIOINO and ERIN DURKIN JUN 04,…
Category: Students and Parents Protest
Are public schools the enemy, or the answer, to the challenges before us now?
Franklin Graham speaks during his “Decision America” California tour stop at the Fresno Fairgrounds on Monday, May 28, 2018. CRAIG KOHLRUSS Fresno Bee file BY ANDREW FIALA June 01, 2018 10:00 AM Updated June 01, 2018 10:00 AM When the Rev. Franklin Graham was in Fresno last week, he said “the enemy has gotten control of our schools,…
Santa Fe Public Schools board votes to postpone decision on closing schools
Fernanda Lopez Posted: May 30, 2018 05:23 AM MDT Updated: May 30, 2018 02:31 PM MDT SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe Public School board members are once again putting off a decision on what to do with three aging elementary schools in Santa Fe. There was a lot of disagreement at a school board meeting…
Safety in public schools shouldn’t be a partisan concern
By George S. Christian, May 31, 2018 The health and welfare of public school students ought surely to be a nonpartisan issue. Yet the various responses to the terrible events at Santa Fe High School indicate deeply divided opinions about the appropriate response. The non-profit Partnership for Texas urges state policymakers to bury their political differences…
Pay raises for teachers, staff vary across Arizona school districts after #RedForEd
#RedForEd teachers celebrate after Arizona’s legislature passed a state budget early Thursday that included nearly $273 million aimed at giving teachers pay raises. David Wallace, The Republic | azcentral.com Ricardo Cano, The Republic | 6:00 a.m. MT June 3, 2018 The pay stubs for teachers in these districts, such as the Washington Elementary and Tempe Union school districts, will look…
North Carolina’s Teacher Revolt Was Decades in the Making
Paul Blest and Nick Martin May 18, 2018 A derecho of red shirts swept through Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday as thousands of teachers and their allies flooded the capitol, in defiance of the pouring rain, to demand better conditions in their state’s public schools. In a march from the headquarters of the North Carolina Association of Educators…
Betsy DeVos knows little about public education. And she doesn’t want to learn.
By Helaine Olen May 16 at 4:09 PM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited New York City this week. And what did she learn? Nothing about public education, that’s for sure. While in New York, DeVos did not visit a single public school. Not a traditional public school, and not a charter school. DeVos, however, did make time to tour a pair…
Educators rally in Charlotte:
Hundreds of Charlotte-area teachers gathered in uptown Wednesday to rally while thousands of teachers across the state protested in Raleigh. EDUCATION BY LAVENDRICK SMITH May 16, 2018 05:18 PM Updated 4 hours 59 minutes ago Dwayne Simmons had one thing on his mind as he stood in the blistering heat of First Ward Park:…
Nationwide Teacher Strikes Highlight The Dire State Of US Public Education
By Kim Bussing May 16, 2018 WV Teacher Strike at Bunker Hill Elementary School in Berkeley County, West Virginia (Photo Credit: Eric Bourgeois CC BY-SA 4.0 from Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, May 16, thousands of North Carolina educators took to the streets to protest against low teacher salaries and deteriorating school conditions. Their one-day strike is part of…
North Carolina schools prepare to close as teachers flock to state Capitol
By Moriah Balingit May 15 at 7:58 PM North Carolina teachers plan to descend Wednesday on the statehouse in Raleigh to rally for more public school funding, a protest expected to keep hundreds of thousands of students out of the classroom. The state becomes the latest to see teachers leave schools en masse to confront state…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 