By Bill Lucia, April 26, 2018 Close your eyes for a moment. Imagine if only one in six African-American students in an entire state could read at grade level. Imagine if fewer than one in five Latino students were performing at grade level in math. Imagine if less than one-third of students were proficient in…
A state takeover of JCPS and its ‘failing schools’ would show Matt Bevin is a hypocrite
(Photo: Michael Clevenger/Louisville Courier-Journal) Joseph Gerth, Published 10:37 a.m. ET April 25, 2018 | Updated 11:45 a.m. ET April 25, 2018 The mantra from the Republican Party has long been “local control.” The federal government shouldn’t dictate that states allow abortion, or tell our farmers what methods they should use, or tell us how to educate our…
#RedForEd walkout school closures will impact 840,000 Arizona students
Teachers walk arm-in-arm with students and parents into Tuscano Elementary School as they stage a “walk-in” for higher pay and school funding on April 11, 2018, in Phoenix. Teachers gathered outside Arizona schools to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries staging “walk-ins” at approximately 1,000 schools that are part of a statewide campaign…
More Arizona schools given ‘A’ ranking from state Board of Education
BY GRISELDA ZETINO APRIL 26, 2018 AT 4:44 AM PHOENIX — The Arizona State Board of Education finalized its list of letter grades for schools this week. The findings, based on the 2016-2017 school year, showed there were more schools that got an “A” and fewer schools with failing grades, compared with preliminary grades released in…
Opinion: Education fraud continues
By Walter Williams April 26, 2018 at 3:01 a.m. Earlier this month, the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka The Nation’s Report Card, was released. It’s not a pretty story. Only 37 percent of 12th graders tested proficient or better in reading, and 25 percent did so in math. Among black students, 17 percent…
China-Based Online education companies just launched an agressive hiring spree in search of U.S. Teachers
Connie Loizos@Cookie / April 26, 2018 Teachers have long supplemented their incomes by tutoring. And there’s perhaps never been a better, or easier, time to do it than right now. The reason: China-based online education companies are in an apparent race with each other to hire U.S. teachers who’d like to work from home this summer…
Teachers in Arizona and Colorado Walk Out for Funding and Pay Raises
Kassandra Domiguez leading a class this month at Sunset Ridge Elementary School in Glendale, Ariz. Many students were dressed in red in solidarity with Arizona teachers, who planned to walk out on Thursday.CreditCaitlin O’Hara for The New York Times By SIMON ROMERO and JULIE TURKEWITZAPRIL 26, 2018 PHOENIX — Thousands of teachers in Arizona and Colorado walked out…
NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers’ Right To Strike
April 26, 20185:01 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition https://www.npr.org/people/302894536/anya-kamenetz As the wave of teacher walkouts moves to Arizona and Colorado this week, an NPR/Ipsos poll shows strong support among Americans for improving teachers’ pay and for their right to strike. Just 1 in 4 Americans believe teachers in this country are paid fairly. Nearly two-thirds approve of national teachers’ unions, and…
Why Protecting Education Would Prevent Terrorism
By MOZA BINT NASSER 8:00 AM EDT Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser is the founder and chairperson of the Education Above All Foundation, a U.N. Advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals and a UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education. Education is the key that unlocks human potential. For children living in the…
Mass. high court rejects challenge to charter school cap
By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — The Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of a case challenging the state’s cap on charter schools, delivering another blow to advocates for publicly funded alternatives to traditional public schools. In its ruling, the court said plaintiff students from Boston “failed to…
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