Highschoolers weigh in on controversy about tests and teacher evaluations By Rick Karlin Updated 5:28 pm, Thursday, May 31, 2018 Albany Lawmakers, activists and teachers have been fighting for years over the role that student test scores should play when it comes to evaluating teacher performance. The fight continues this month as legislators wrangle over a bill…
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State teachers union calls 2018 standardized testing “abusive”
Josh Bazan 6:43 PM, May 23, 2018 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) – Computer glitches. Lost answers. Tests extending into three class days. Stressed and concerned students. These frustrations from public school teachers across New York State are outlined in a new, eye-opening report from New York State United Teachers (NYSUT). The report, called The Tyranny of Testing,…
De Blasio’s plan to diversify elite NYC high schools would admit top performers from every middle school
Mayor Bill de Blasio brought together city officials, elected leaders and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza to seek to elminate a single test from being the only factor in deciding whether a student gets into a top high school in New York City. (Todd Maisel / New York Daily News) By CATHERINA GIOINO and ERIN DURKIN JUN 04,…
Are public schools the enemy, or the answer, to the challenges before us now?
Franklin Graham speaks during his “Decision America” California tour stop at the Fresno Fairgrounds on Monday, May 28, 2018. CRAIG KOHLRUSS Fresno Bee file BY ANDREW FIALA June 01, 2018 10:00 AM Updated June 01, 2018 10:00 AM When the Rev. Franklin Graham was in Fresno last week, he said “the enemy has gotten control of our schools,…
Santa Fe Public Schools board votes to postpone decision on closing schools
Fernanda Lopez Posted: May 30, 2018 05:23 AM MDT Updated: May 30, 2018 02:31 PM MDT SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe Public School board members are once again putting off a decision on what to do with three aging elementary schools in Santa Fe. There was a lot of disagreement at a school board meeting…
Spokane Public Schools Investing Dollars, Personnel in School Safety
Nikolas Cruz is led out of the courtroom after being arraigned at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Cruz is accused of opening fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 14, killing 17 students and adults. BY JIM MCKAY / MAY 24, 2018 Mental health professionals, resource…
The Yellow School Bus Needs a Green Makeover
SARAH HOLDER MAY 31, 2018 The diesel-sucking dinosaurs from your childhood are due for an update. Updated: June 01, 2018 When John Wargo’s daughter was 12 years old, he started sending her off to school as any loving father would: He strapped her up to an air quality monitor, walked her to the school bus, and…
Lawmakers, civil rights groups call for Betsy DeVos to set the record straight on immigration and schools
By Moriah BalingitJune 4 at 10:15 AM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continues to face a backlash after she told Congress that schools should be able to decide whether to report undocumented students to immigration authorities, an assertion that critics say flies in the face of the law and could stir fear in immigrant communities. DeVos appeared before the House…
Safety in public schools shouldn’t be a partisan concern
By George S. Christian, May 31, 2018 The health and welfare of public school students ought surely to be a nonpartisan issue. Yet the various responses to the terrible events at Santa Fe High School indicate deeply divided opinions about the appropriate response. The non-profit Partnership for Texas urges state policymakers to bury their political differences…
Mapping the Movement to Dismantle Public Education
BY MOLLY GOTT DEREK SEIDMAN It’s not just the Koch brothers: a state by state look at the forces driving school privatization. he ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country. From West Virginia to Arizona, Kentucky to Oklahoma, Colorado to North Carolina, tens of thousands of teachers have taken to the streets…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 