Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has not shown interest in raising taxes for education, noting teachers in 2017 saw a 4.3 percent increase in pay from 2016, following passage of Proposition 123 and additional state funds. (Photo: David Wallace/The Republic) Craig Harris, The Republic | azcentral.comPublished 6:00 a.m. MT April 9, 2018 The Republican governor of a…
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Richardson talks Montgomery Public School student achievement, charter schools (Alabama)
Friday, April 6th 2018, 5:58 pm By Morgan Young, Reporter MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – In a sit-down interview with WSFA 12 News, Interim Alabama State Superintendent Dr. Ed Richardson covered a number of topics concerning the status of Montgomery Public Schools, a system that remains under state intervention. As MPS draws closer to the end of the…
California closes in on compromise for complying with federal education law
By: John Fensterwald After a high-level, face-to-face meeting in Washington and continued negotiations, state officials are expressing confidence that the federal Department of Education will approve California’s plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act and avert a standoff with U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos over differing interpretations of the federal law. As a result…
California Governor’s Community College Funding Proposal Creates Controversy
by Sammy G. Allen California Gov. Jerry Brown’s bold new budget proposal that awards community college districts funding not just for each enrolled student, but also based on the number of low-income students being served, has drawn praise and criticism. Under the funding formula in the new proposal, a district would receive an incentive grant…
Funding Education: Online Sales Tax Bill Clears Oklahoma State House
BY BONNIE CAMPO, NEWS 9 OKLAHOMA CITY – House Bill1019XX, touting $20.5 million towards education, passed the Oklahoma house Wednesday evening. The online tax revenue bill allows the state to collect sales tax from third-party vendors that don’t have brick and mortar stores, like Amazon. That measure, along with “ball and dice” legislation, could…
Teachers seize every floor of Oklahoma Capitol during strike {#iBelieve}
BY MORGAN GSTALTER – 04/04/18 11:38 AM EDT Oklahoma teachers seized every floor of the state Capitol on Tuesday during their ongoing strike for more education funding. Teachers and other school staff filled the Capitol on the second day of organized strikes, vowing not to leave until the Republican-controlled legislature passes more funding for school resources, ABC News reported Tuesday….
Fed up with school spending cuts, Oklahoma teachers prepare to walk out
By Moriah Balingit April 2 at 6:00 AM DUNCAN, Okla. — On Easter morning, at the nearby Baptist church, Kenita Self closed her eyes and bowed her head in prayer. The teacher prayed for her third-grade students, who face a high-stakes reading test this year that will determine whether they advance to fourth grade. She prayed for…
Oklahoma teachers say they’re going on strike next week {#iBelieve}
Tax cuts and budget cuts forced 20 percent of public schools in the state to switch to four-day weeks. By Alexia Fernández Campbell Mar 29, 2018, 9:26am EDT Time is running out for Oklahoma lawmakers. They have until April 2 to reach a spending deal or teachers will strike en masse. Oklahoma’s teachers are rebelling against years…
A QUICK LOOK AT STANDARDIZED TESTING AND STEREOTYPE THREAT {#iBelieve}
A QUICK LOOK AT STANDARDIZED TESTING AND STEREOTYPE THREAT Tom Rudd March 2011 “Stereotype threat” is a very complex and nuanced concept. In simple terms, it is an unconscious response to a prevailing negative stereotype about an identifiable group by a member of that group. For example: the statistical fact that Afri can American students…
Commentary: The Failed Promise of Local Control {#iBelieve}
Locally run schools offer a legacy of racial segregation, funding inequity and academic mediocrity. By Peter Cunningham ContributorMarch 23, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. As federal data shows, low income kids of color and students with special needs are far more likely to be suspended or expelled than middle-class white kids. THE NEW FEDERAL education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act,…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 