Dec. 1, 2020 at 6:00 am 1 of 3 | In Clarkston, Asotin County, Parkway Elementary School fourth-grader Joslyn Walkup prepares for the first day of class with… (Pete Caster / For The Seattle Times) By Hannah Furfaro and Dahlia Bazzaz At least once a week, Emily Oster receives a message from a state official seeking help on coronavirus outbreaks in schools….
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New York City Schools Will Reopen With New COVID-19 Testing Protocol
November 29, 2020 – 8:38 PM ET CHRISTIANNA SILVAEnlarge this image New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that the city will no longer use its previous threshold for closing schools.Andrew Burton/Getty Images Just 10 days after closing New York City’s schools because of rising coronavirus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday…
When Covid-19 closed schools, Black, Hispanic and poor kids took biggest hit in math, reading
An analysis of 4.4 million student test scores showed most children fell short in math — and the most vulnerable students likely fell further behind. Pandemic-related school closures have robbed some students of important skills that could hamper their progress unless their parents and teachers act quickly to help them catch up.Ojima Abalaka / for…
Teacher bonuses won’t be hurt by poor ILEARN scores
Arika Herron Oct. 29, 2019 Indiana will soon scrap the much-maligned ISTEP achievement test. Its replacement, ILEARN, will roll out in the spring of 2019. Here’s what is different about the new test. Dwight Adams/IndyStar A bonus coming to Indiana teachers won’t be impacted by students’ poor performance on last year’s new ILEARN test. Schools can use…
Bernie Sanders’ education plan to take aim at segregation in public schools
BY CARA KORTE, LACRAI MITCHELL MAY 18, 2019 Sen. Bernie Sanders will unveil an education plan in South Carolina on Saturday that addresses de facto segregation in American public schools. The Vermont senator’s campaign says the plan is multi-faceted and partly aimed at reducing segregation in the public school system. It would end funding…
‘I’m ready to walk’: Teachers looking to lawmakers for last-minute movement on pay, funding
Arika Herron, April 16, 2019 Teacher rally better funding for K-12 education. Matt Kryger, IndyStar With one week left in the legislative session, Indiana teachers are looking at lawmakers to do more. They want more money for schools. They want better pay. And they want it now. “I’m ready to walk,” said Staci Scott-Stewart, an elementary…
A Half-Billion Steps in the Right Direction for Public Schools
By Stephen Owens – April 9, 2019 In the 2019 legislative session Georgia lawmakers committed more than half a billion dollars to increase pay for teachers from Pre-K through 12th grade. Legislators intend for the allotment to increase salaries for certified teachers by $3,000 beginning July 1, 2019. This significant investment acts as a down…
Thousands of Sacramento teachers ready to walk off the job
One-day strike set for Thursday Apr 10, 2019 Mike Luery SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —Up to 2,300 teachers are poised to walk out of Sacramento City Unified School District schools Thursday for a scheduled strike. Tens of thousands of students and parents are caught in the middle of a bitter dispute. Picket signs were stacked and…
Boston Public Schools need health care providers, stat
By ANNISSA ESSAIBI GEORGE | April 3, 2019 | Today, 44 Boston Public Schools do not have a full-time nurse. Instead, these schools share part-time nurses that travel back and forth between buildings every day. In these schools, our students will not have complete access to the medical attention they require on a day-to-day basis. In order…
California’s public schools enrollment down, Hispanic and charter school students on the rise
Detailed CDE ‘snapshot’ for 2018-19 year breaks down enrollment by ethnicity, grade, along with English language acquisition, and can be sorted by county, district, or school By RICHARD BAMMER | April 1, 2019 at 4:38 am The most recent state data for California’s K–12 public schools indicates that overall enrollment is down slightly, while the number of…
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