CASEY QUINLAN NOV 7, 2018 Voters across the country on Tuesday made ballot decisions to help fund public schools, which are increasingly starved for resources. Most of them were successful, with six education initiatives passing overall, in places like Seattle, Washington; Georgia; Maryland; Montana; and two in the state of Maine. Four education initiatives were…
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Arizona Proposition 305 fails, blocking expansion of school vouchers for families
By: The Associated Press Nov 6, 2018 PHOENIX – Arizona voters have rejected a massive expansion of the state’s private school voucher program criticized as a move to drain money from public schools and give it to rich parents to fund their kids’ private school tuition. Proposition 305 was placed on Tuesday’s ballot after educators…
Tuck has thin edge over Thurmond with nearly all votes counted in race for California school chief
NOVEMBER 7, 2018 JOHN FENSTERWALD, NICO SAVIDGE,ANDMIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN With 93 percent of the vote in , Tuck leads by 70,000 votes Marshall Tuck held a lead of 1.2 percent over Tony Thurmond with 93 percent of the vote counted Wednesday morning in a race still to close to call for California’s state superintendent of public instruction….
What the Democratic ‘blue wave’ on Election Night in Colorado means for education
BY ERICA MELTZER November 7, 2018 Colorado voters on Tuesday elected a governor who ran on bold education promises but rejected a tax increase that would have made it easier to pay for them. They also gave control of the state Senate to Democrats for the first time since 2014, increased the Democratic majority in the state House,…
Here’s what Tennessee’s next governor says about K-12 education
BY MARTA W. ALDRICH November 7, 2018 Republican businessman Bill Lee promised to bring “fresh ideas” on public education to Tennessee, and he’ll now get the chance as the state’s 50th governor. In handily defeating Democrat and former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean on Tuesday, the Williamson County millionaire and first-time candidate is poised to replace fellow…
PROGRESSIVES WIN ON MEDICAID EXPANSION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND VOTING RIGHTS THROUGH BALLOT INITIATIVES
Rachel M. Cohen November 7 2018, FROM STATE LEGISLATIVE races to the House of Representatives, progressive candidates made a dent in the 2018 election season, and will be relatively well-represented in federal and state-level governments next year. But it’s not just elected office: Left-wing activists also made their voices heard through ballot initiatives across the country. On…
Colorado Amendment 73, Tax Increase For Public Education, Has Failed
BY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO STAFF NOV 6, 2018 Voters rejected Amendment 73, which would have raised money for Colorado’s public schools by increasing income, corporate and property taxes. Great Education Colorado director and measure supporter Lisa Weil said she knew Amendment 73 would be an uphill battle. “Adequate funding, fighting for equitable funding and making sure that…
In D.C. Board of Education races, voters choose proponents of traditional public schools
By Perry Stein November 6 at 11:04 PM D.C. voters had a philosophical question about public education to answer at the polls Tuesday: Did they want candidates who would more likely be fervent advocates of the traditional public school system, or those who would bolster public charter schools? The usually sleepy races for the D.C. State…
Public schools’ struggle correlates directly to state voucher support
November 6, 2018 Tony Lux Tony Lux, a board member for the Indiana Coalition for Public Education, is the retired superintendent of Merrillville schools. The recent promulgation of eight indicators of financial health for school systems glaringly ignores the state’s role in the worsening financial condition of many public school districts. Since the 2008 recession,…
Why it matters who governs America’s public schools
By Valerie Strauss November 4, 2018 Does it matter who operates America’s public schools? That’s a central question in the national debate about education and the movement to find alternatives to school districts that are publicly funded and operated. While charter schools are publicly funded, they are privately operated and are not required in most places…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 