Lori Higgins, Detroit Free PressPublished 12:09 p.m. ET Jan. 17, 2018 | Updated 6:27 p.m. ET Jan. 17, 2018 Michigan’s charter schools should receive the same amount of funding as traditional public schools and the state must invest more overall in its schools, according to a report released Wednesday that examines school funding in the state. It’s…
Category: Students and Parents Protest
Republican lawmakers want to prohibit Colorado teachers from striking, with potential fines and jail time for violators
Jeffco Public Schools teachers are planning to walk out Thursday, while Denver Public Schools teachers are planning to demonstrate on Friday By JESSE PAUL | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: April 23, 2018 at 9:56 am | UPDATED: April 23, 2018 at 11:11 pm Two Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to prohibit Colorado teachers from striking and make…
Florida education news: Student walkouts, security, constitutional amendments and more
By Jeffrey Solochek Published: April 20, 2018 STUDENT PROTESTS: Aiming to keep their gun control and school safety message alive, high school students around the Tampa Bay area and Florida will hold another class walkout in memory of the 1999 Columbine shooting. “After Parkland, I’ve felt so much more empowered than I’ve ever felt before,” St. Petersburg High student Taylor Redington…
Proposal to arm school personnel gets backlash at Brevard County meeting
Monique Valdes , Ken Tyndall Updated: Apr 18, 2018 – 12:34 AM BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The Brevard County School Board got an earful Tuesday night from people opposed to arming school personnel on campuses. Dozens of people spoke out at a meeting against the so-called Sheriff Trained Onsite Marshal Program, or STOMP. The idea came about…
‘Students aren’t quitting’: Thousands plan walkouts to protest gun violence, mark 19 years since Columbine
Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Published 8:00 a.m. ET April 18, 2018 Students at thousands of schools across the nation are planning to stage walkouts Friday to mark the 19th year since the Columbine High School massacre, an attack that marked a new era of gun violence. More than 2,300 events are planned for the National School Walkout,…
#blackout Bevin: Governor’s words prompting another teacher protest
BY VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS April 15, 2018 07:23 PM Updated April 15, 2018 07:26 PM Some educators on social media said they would wear black on Monday as a show of solidarity against what they viewed as Gov. Matt Bevin’s negative comments about teachers. On Friday, in a television interview, Bevin made the latest in…
Paid summer breaks and other common myths about teachers
By Dakin Andone, Updated 7:24 PM ET, Sun April 15, 2018 As teachers in several states across the United States protest for higher pay and more funding for public education, lawmakers and onlookers are debating whether teachers deserve more money. But many of the arguments against teachers’ demands are based on misconceptions about the…
An Arts Education Crisis? How Potential Federal Cuts Could Decimate School Arts Programs
January 29, 2017 KEVIN MAHNKEN n 2013, the National Endowment for the Arts and its neighbor, the National Endowment for the Humanities, may have assumed they had suffered their final indignity at the hands of Donald Trump. The developer had secured a lease to build what would become the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.’s Old Post…
Milwaukee parents, educators, students protest against public school takeover
Bridget Shanahan MILWAUKEE — Before classes began at schools all throughout the Milwaukee Public Schools district, hundreds gathered to walk in and make their voices heard. Teachers, parents, community and union members joined forces against a public school takeover: eventually under performing schools within MPS will be run by private entities. “I think the question…
Parents protest Oklahoma City Public Schools consolidation proposal
Emily Collins Wednesday, March 29th 2017 OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Parents continue speaking out against a controversial proposal to save money at Oklahoma City Public Schools. Several schools in the district would close, as part of a consolidation plan. The proposed closure of two schools in particular have residents living in the surrounding areas up in…
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