Fourth- and eight-graders in the Bay State outperformed their peers on the National Assessment of Educational Progress exams in 2017. by HAYLEY GLATTER· 4/10/2018, 9:05 a.m. It may supposedly be lonely at the top, but we’d say the view is just fine from up here. The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress exams were…
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Kentucky governor signs controversial pension bill as teachers call for rally
(CNN)Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin signed a controversial pension reform bill that is firmly opposed by a teachers’ group, which has called for a “day of action” later this week. The Kentucky Education Association urged its members to come to the state Capitol on Friday, in response to key decisions by the governor. It had called…
Trump Underscores Commitment to HBCUs Despite Signaling Potential Funding Cuts
By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter May 8, 2017, at 12:38 p.m. JUST DAYS BEFORE THE secretary of education is set to deliver a controversial commencement address at one of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, the Trump administration is defending its support of the HBCU community after signaling it may eliminate construction funding for the schools due…
A Punishing Decade for School Funding
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 BY MICHAEL LEACHMAN KATHLEEN MASTERSON ERIC F IGUEROA Public investment in K-12 schools — crucial for communities to thrive and the U.S. economy to offer broad opportunity — has declined dramatically in a number of states over the last decade. Worse, some of the deepest-cutting states have also cut income tax rates, weakening their…
Trump Seeks to Cut Education Budget by 5 Percent, Expand School Choice Push
By Andrew Ujifusa on February 12, 2018 1:05 PM President Donald Trump is seeking a roughly 5 percent cut to the U.S. Department of Education’s budget for fiscal 2019 in a proposal that also mirrors his spending plan from last year by seeking to eliminate a major teacher-focused grant and to expand school choice. Trump’s proposed budget, released…
DeVos seeks cuts from Education Department to support school choice
By Valerie Strauss, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Moriah Balingit February 13 More than $1 billion would be spent on private school vouchers and other school choice plans under the budget proposal released Monday by President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The proposal also calls for slashing the Education Department’s budget and devoting more resources to career training, at the expense…
Matt Bevin warns Kentucky teachers against a walkout: ‘That would be a mistake’
Mandy McLaren, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 12:29 p.m. ET April 9, 2018 As Kentucky teachers contemplate their next moves one week after a massive rally in the state Capitol, Gov. Matt Bevin said a teacher walkout would be “irresponsible” and a “mistake.”… As Kentucky teachers contemplate their next moves one week after a massive rally in…
Arizona teachers, schools prepare for a walkout over salaries, education money {#iBelieve}
Arizona teachers prep for walkout Author: Ricardo Cano and Kaila White and Lily Altavena, The Republic | azcentral.com Published: 9:30 AM EDT April 10, 2018 PHOENIX — Across Arizona, parents, teachers, schools boards and superintendents are bracing for the a likely walkout as educators pressure state leaders to act on their demands for 20% pay raises and more education…
Alabama’s national test scores still low, but not last
By Trisha Powell Crain tcrain@al.com Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, released Tuesday, show Alabama’s scores in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math remain unchanged from 2015, the last time the tests were given. Scores at the national level were flat, too, except in eighth-grade reading, where scores increased. Scores in Alabama were…
Keith Ellison: Why teachers are fighting back
By Keith Ellison Updated 5:02 PM ET, Mon April 9, 2018 (CNN)In 1968, more than 1,000 garbage collectors walked off the job in Memphis, Tennessee, to protest poverty wages, unpaid overtime, and poor — sometimes lethal — working conditions. Last month, West Virginia public school teachers in all 55 counties did the same — not out of symbolism, but…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 