Meg Ryan, Dec. 5, 2018 Maryland State Department of Education released its 2018-19 report card this week, displaying schools’ performances across the state and in Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties. The data includes a broad number of performance indicators. Along with student success and growth on state tests in English Language Arts and mathematics, the…
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Maryland’s teacher salaries are low. Officials have a plan to raise them
Meg Ryan, Dec. 14, 2018 Erin Davis once heard from a student that becoming a teacher would mean she needed to marry rich. The 16-year veteran art teacher at James M. Bennett High School in Wicomico County was surprised to hear the stigma around teacher salaries is so ingrained that even students don’t want to…
Alabama Public schools systems prepare to monitor juvenile sex offenders
Krista Johnson, Dec. 13, 2018 State education officials will create a model policy to ensure all Alabama public school systems are ready to monitor student sex offenders in two years. A committee will draft the policy – required by the passage of Annalyn’s Law earlier this year — that each local education authority can use for their…
Kentucky GOP sifting through teachers’ emails for political misuse
Allison Ross and Mandy McLaren, Dec. 14, 2018 The Republican Party of Kentucky has sent a wave of open records requests for the work emails of several teachers, including some who ran for office in November’s election — a move it said was a way to see if there was widespread misuse of government resources. But some educators see…
Crowd urges District 211 board, teachers to avoid strike
Though only three of 26 speakers at Thursday’s Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 school board meeting were strongly critical of the teachers union’s position and contract negotiation tactics, a few more called on both sides equally to make avoiding a strike during final exams next week their top priority. “Your bargaining position would be no…
Kentucky court nixes pension law that prompted teacher protests
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that made changes to the state’s struggling public pension system eight months after it prompted thousands of teachers to protest, closing schools across the state. Public pension systems across the country are in trouble as workers live longer and states grapple to…
SC teachers warn legislators: ‘We’re darn close’ to a walk out
By Seanna Adcox Dec 12, 2018 COLUMBIA — South Carolina teachers are so frustrated by low pay and disrespect, an organized strike could be imminent, even without a union, teachers are warning legislators. Several dozen teachers from nine counties took personal time off Wednesday so they could advocate for public education at the Statehouse ahead…
Number of international teachers in TUSD on the rise as teacher shortage continues
By Emily Biehl | December 13, 2018 TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) – As the teacher shortage in Arizona continues, school districts are forced to look to other avenues to find educators for their students. That’s a large part of why Tucson Unified says they search for and recruit teachers from not just across the country, but…
‘Let teachers teach’: SC lawmakers push a ‘Bill of Rights’ to reduce classroom burden
Bristow Marchant, Dec. 13, 2018 COLUMBIA — As some S.C. lawmakers prepared to roll out a proposed “Teachers’ Bill of Rights” on Wednesday, teachers from across the state warned the situation in their classrooms is dire. Lexington Middle School teacher Tim Monreal noted many of his Lexington School District 1 colleagues were attending the proposal’s…
Parents, educators disappointed in special needs staffing recommendations
By: Keely Arthur Dec 10, 2018 10:55 PM CST MADISON, Wis. – A new report is out recommending changes to Madison Metropolitan School District special education staffing. While the report recommends additional staffing overall there are cuts in some areas. Parents and educators spoke against the report at the Madison Metropolitan School Board meeting saying…
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