By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Apr 29, 2018, 6:30 PM ET The president of the American Federation of Teachers is coming to Phoenix on Monday to support striking Arizona teachers as they continue rallying for more funding. Randi Weingarten will speak at a rally and hold a news conference next to the state Capitol, which is where…
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Thousands of Colorado teachers converge on state capitol
Posted: Apr 27, 2018 9:49 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 27, 2018 1:42 PM CDT Written By Tyler Dumas COLORADO – Classes are canceled at dozens of schools across Colorado today as thousands of teachers are expected to converge on the capitol. In Southern Colorado, District 11, Academy District 20, Lewis-Palmer School District 38, Falcon District 49, at…
Teacher Strikes Might Hurt Republicans This Time
Labor unrest harmed Democrats in the 1960s and 1970s. This time the GOP might be the loser. By Stephen Mihm April 27, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT It has been a very long time since the U.S. has seen a wave of teacher strikes. But in the past few months, teachers have walked off the job…
Teachers strike in Arizona for more education money; protests spread to Colorado
Teachers by the thousands in Arizona and Colorado converged on their state capitols Thursday seeking higher wages and more school funding. In Arizona, the unprecedented strike closed most schools statewide. (April 26) AP Ricardo Cano, Updated 12:03 a.m. ET April 27, 2018 In Colorado, more than 10,000 teachers were demonstrating Thursday and Friday in Denver, using personal…
Teachers walk out of Arizona, Colorado schools for second day
BY AVERY ANAPOL – 04/27/18 07:25 AM EDT Hundreds of public schools in Arizona and Colorado closed again Friday as teachers continued their walkout for the second day. Thousands of educators in the two states are demonstrating in order to demand increases in pay and school funding, the latest to do so in a growing wave of teachers’ strikes nationwide. An…
WHEN TEXAS SCHOOLS DON’T MAKE THE GRADE
Every year, Texas schools are given a grade by the Texas Education Agency. A school starts facing consequences as soon as its first year with a failing rating. And the stakes get higher the longer the school stays on the state’s failing list. A 2015 law allows the state to shut down schools that for five straight years…
California schools are failing the vast majority of students
By Bill Lucia, April 26, 2018 Close your eyes for a moment. Imagine if only one in six African-American students in an entire state could read at grade level. Imagine if fewer than one in five Latino students were performing at grade level in math. Imagine if less than one-third of students were proficient in…
#RedForEd walkout school closures will impact 840,000 Arizona students
Teachers walk arm-in-arm with students and parents into Tuscano Elementary School as they stage a “walk-in” for higher pay and school funding on April 11, 2018, in Phoenix. Teachers gathered outside Arizona schools to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries staging “walk-ins” at approximately 1,000 schools that are part of a statewide campaign…
Parents, advocates circulate online petition for school funding
By DANIEL DIVILIO April 24, 2018 CHESTERTOWN — While budget negotiations for the upcoming fiscal year continue between county officials and district administrators, the grassroots organization Support Our Schools is collecting online signatures for a petition to increase education funding in Kent County. Organized by a group of Kent County parents, SOS seeks to raise…
Two studies say Michigan is underfunding public education
By LOUISE WREGE – HP Staff Writer Mar 4, 2018 For the second time in two years, a statewide study shows that Michigan is underfunding its K-12 public schools. The second study was released in January by a bipartisan group of educators and business people who formed the School Finance Research Collaborative. It found that…
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