By Deangelo McDaniel Jun 21, 2018 Decatur City Schools is returning to a proven program — the Alabama Reading Initiative — that has raised academic performance, and every elementary teacher in the district is attending training on it this week. The district’s more than 200 teachers are spending a week of professional development acquiring or retooling…
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Teachers Need More Training Than Rules Allowed, Judge Says
By Elizabeth A. Harris June 20, 2018 A New York state judge on Tuesday overturned new rules that would have allowed some charter schools to decide on their own who was qualified to teach. The rules, enacted last year by the State University of New York, one of the two entities that grants charters in the state, were…
Pension reform ruling a victory for Louisville teachers, advocates say
Thomas Novelly, June 20, 2018 Education advocates rejoiced Wednesday after Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd struck down Kentucky’s new pension law, saying the rushed manner in which the bill was passed was unconstitutional. Brent McKim, president of the Jefferson County Teachers Association, said the ruling was a win for Louisville’s teachers and should be a lesson in transparency to lawmakers….
In U.S., 18% of teachers work second job
The report comes in a year when educators in three states rallied for higher wages. BY MORIAH BALINGIT June 20, 2018 They work as private tutors and soccer coaches, as waiters, grocery clerks and ride-share drivers. Across the country, 18 percent of teachers earn income outside the classroom, according to a National Center for Education Statistics…
How bad is teacher pay? Nearly 1 in 5 teachers works a second job, report says
By: Moriah Balingit They work as private tutors and soccer coaches, as waiters, grocery clerks and ride-share drivers. Across the country, 18 percent of teachers earn income outside the classroom, according to a National Center for Education Statistics report released Wednesday. The finding comes from a nationally representative survey of teachers conducted in the 2015-2016…
For First Time, New York City Teachers Will Get Paid Parental Leave
Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, at a news conference earlier this month. On Wednesday, Mr. Mulgrew said getting paid parental leave for union members has been “a long fight.”CreditSeth Wenig/Associated Press By Elizabeth A. Harris and J. David Goodman June 20, 2018 New York City public schoolteachers will get paid parental leave beginning this…
Opinion: Higher Education in America Finds Itself on a Slippery Slope
Our great research universities risk getting left behind Posted Jun 18, 2018 Norman Augustine A decade ago I chaired a committee that was established on a bipartisan basis by members of the House and Senate to assess America’s future economic competitiveness. The committee’s 20 members included CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, former presidential appointees, presidents…
Education inequity is holding back American potential
BY JOHN BRIDGELAND AND CARMEL MARTIN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 06/07/18 Every day, teachers perform the heroic work of educating children. In the process, they make dozens of quick judgments about their students. Of course, teachers are no different from the rest of us — we all do this. Unfortunately, research shows these snap judgments are often influenced…
Fixing accreditation: The third rail of higher education reform
EMILY BOUCK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 06/18/18 A student entering college today is more likely to leave with debt than a degree, and 31 million Americans have some college credit, but no degree or credential at all. Yet the degree is still the North Star for economic opportunity: a bachelor’s degree-holder earns one million dollars moreover their lifetime than their…
Chicago promised that closing nearly 50 schools would help kids in 2013. A new report says it didn’t.
By Valerie Strauss May 24, 2018 In 2013, the Chicago school district closed 49 elementary schools and one high school program in the face of a $1 billion deficit, the largest mass school closure in the country’s modern history. Schools officials and Mayor Rahm Emanuel made this promise to nearly 12,000 mostly African American students from…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 