Red for Ed Action Day INDIANAPOLIS – More than 15,000 people were expected to flood downtown Indianapolis on Tuesday for what could be the largest Indiana Statehouse rally in more than 20 years. The Red for Ed Action Day, organized by the Indiana State Teachers Association and other labor groups, was expected to include educators from every…
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Detroit Students Fight for the Right to Literacy
By Kristiana Bolzman November 12, 2019 A 2016 lawsuit re-emerged last month that, if successful, could be the first to codify a fundamental right to literacy. But proponents ignore the possibility that competition within education may be a more effective solution to the challenges students face. The lawsuit began in 2016, when several Detroit students sued the State…
ANALYSIS: Teachers Are Changing American Politics In Kentucky And Elsewhere
By Perry Bacon Jr. November 8, 2019 Teachers are changing American politics. We can’t quantify exactly how much of a role teachers and their opposition to Matt Bevin played in Andy Beshear’s victory this week. The teachers didn’t directly get Beshear elected on their own. There are about 42,000 public school teachers in Kentucky, so even if every one…
Pittsburgh Public Schools unveils next phase of equity plan
Nov 7, 2019 Pittsburgh Public Schools unveils next phase of equity plan PITTSBURGH – It’s a push for change and fairness in the classroom that Pittsburgh Public Schools district leaders hope will continue elsewhere. The Pittsburgh Board of Public Education unveiled Thursday the next phase of its equity plan. The plan will help reduce…
Here’s how much each Alabama school spent on students
Spending in Alabama’s public schools By Trisha Powell Crain August 9, 2019 As the result of a new requirement under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, the public is getting a close look at how much money public schools—not just districts—spent educating Alabama’s children. And those numbers, from the 2017-18 school year, are all over the…
New teacher survey shows many educators report feeling satisfied in their job — but undervalued by their community
Mark Keierleber | June 26, 2019 Teachers in the Univted State work long hours and feel undervalued by the public-but like their jobs anyway! Those findings, from an international education survey released this month, offer fodder for all sides of a debate about teacher pay and working conditions that is mobilizing teachers to protest across the country….
Teachers quit in Florida, citing ‘toxic’ conditions and a ‘testing nightmare’
(iStock) (Michael Quirk/iStock) By Valerie Strauss June 5, 2019 Florida has a serious teacher shortage. During this school year, there were more than 2,200 vacancies at one point or another. Why? In a recent post, Fed Ingram, Miami-Dade County teacher of the year in 2006 and now president of the Florida Education Association cited several reasons,…
Illinois teachers get new minimum base salary
By Michael Urbanec 8:26 pm The Times files A new minimum salary for Illinois teachers passed through the House and Senate around the same time lawmakers worked on recreational marijuana legalization and a gambling expansion. The bill is aimed at addressing the state’s teacher shortage. The new legislation sets the salary floor at $40,000 for public…
Bipartisan bill to build Minnesota’s ranks of teachers of color sputtered
By Faiza Mahamud JUNE 9, 2019 GLEN STUBBE – STAR TRIBUNE Rep. Jim Davnie, co-author of the bill, said less than half of the $3 million from the $543 million in education spending went to the effort to boost the number of teachers of color. Minnesota is increasing spending to hire and retain teachers of color…
Franklin Lakes board of education seeks ’emergency court action’ after teachers walk out
Kaitlyn Kanzler, Matt Fagan and Tariq Zehawi, June 10, 2019 Franklin Lakes teachers protest expired contract. Tariq Zehawi, NorthJersey The Franklin Lakes Board of Education is looking to take “emergency court action” to force teachers back into the schools after they shut down four schools with a protest to demand relief from rising healthcare costs and a contract…
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