Updated Jan 17, 2018; Posted Jan 17, 2018 By Brian McVicar A new school finance study shows Michigan is underfunding its schools, and additional dollars should be invested in students with the greatest needs, including those who are low-income, have a limited grasp of English or require special education. The study was released Wednesday by the School Finance Research Collaborative, an…
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How are Michigan’s Public Schools Funded?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress’ “report card” showed that less than 40 percent of Michigan’s students are proficient in reading and math. Some experts are blaming the state’s formula for funding education. As part of the series ‘Policy Meets the People: MI Voice MI Vote’, WDET takes a look at how Michigan’s public schools are funded and whether changes in…
EMPTY SCHOOLS, EMPTY PROMISES Behind sale of closed schools, a legacy of segregation
By Kalyn Belsha | January 13, 2017 Key Elementary School, a sandy-colored brick building on a tree-lined street on Chicago’s West Side, sits empty now. Several windows near its entrance are boarded up, giving the school’s façade the look of a smile that is missing front teeth. The school is in a busy, historic section of the Austin…
Private schools, poised to grow in Illinois, move into closed Chicago public schools
By Kalyn Belsha | 3 hours ago Photo by José Alejandro Córcoles The Field School, a small private Christian school currently housed at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, bought Key Elementary on the West Side for $125,000 as their new location. The district sold the shuttered school to them for $50,000 less than they originally bid since…
States are favoring school choice at a steep cost to public education
By The Associated Press April 24, 2018 6:52 am (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) Teacher strikes are generating a healthy focus on how far public education funding has fallen over the past decade. The full explanation, however,…
Public school teachers could face fines, jail time for striking if new bill passes
By: Kelly Ragan, Published 4:27 p.m. MT April 23, 2018 | Updated 5:01 p.m. MT April 23, 2018 Two Republican senators proposed a bill Friday that seeks to prohibit public school teacher strikes. The bill came as Poudre School District and others announced they would cancel class Friday to accommodate large numbers of teachers who called out of work…
Eric Mackey is named Alabama state superintendent
Updated Apr 20; Posted Apr 20 By Trisha Powell Crain The Alabama Board of Education named Eric Mackey as the new state superintendent of education today. Mackey received five votes out of nine. He will start his new job May 14. His contract will be negotiated and voted on at the May 10 regular board meeting. Mackey is well-known…
Republican lawmakers want to prohibit Colorado teachers from striking, with potential fines and jail time for violators
Jeffco Public Schools teachers are planning to walk out Thursday, while Denver Public Schools teachers are planning to demonstrate on Friday By JESSE PAUL | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: April 23, 2018 at 9:56 am | UPDATED: April 23, 2018 at 11:11 pm Two Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to prohibit Colorado teachers from striking and make…
Everything you need to know about why Colorado teachers are walking out of classes and onto the Capitol
What do the teachers want? What have they been doing? And why is there a bill trying to ban teachers from striking? By DANIKA WORTHINGTON | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: April 24, 2018 at 6:00 am | UPDATED: April 24, 2018 at 8:16 am Teachers are normally at the front of the classroom, scribbling on the board. Or monitoring students…
Alabama schools hiring new superintendent: Who the board might select and why
By Trisha Powell Crain tcrain@al.com By the end of the day, members of the Alabama Board of Education will very likely have voted to hire the next person to lead the state’s K-12 schools. Selecting the next state schools’ superintendent has been labeled the “most important decision” the board will make this year by Gov. Kay Ivey and others who witnessed a…
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