May 20, 2019 JULIA MCEVOY Heather Burns at Martin Elementary School in South San Francisco, where she now teaches third grade. Burns was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and had to pay for her own substitute while on sick leave. Stephanie Lister/KQED A 40-year-old California law requiring public school teachers on extended…
Tag: Education Funding
St. Paul schools wrestle with budget shortfall
District faces enrollment losses, a new strategic plan even with Legislature’s boost in per-pupil funding. By Anthony Lonetree MAY 19, 2019 — The public stepped up to provide new funding for St. Paul Public Schools, but district leaders still were looking anxiously to the State Capitol for help in solving its budget problems. The deal…
Maine to become first state to ban Native American mascots in public schools
By David Williams, May 17, 2019 Skowhegan High School was the last high school in Maine with a Native American mascot. (CNN)Maine’s governor has signed a bill making the state the first to prohibit public schools, colleges and universities from using Native American symbols as mascots. Gov. Janet Mills signed the measure on Thursday and it…
Bernie Sanders’ education plan to take aim at segregation in public schools
BY CARA KORTE, LACRAI MITCHELL MAY 18, 2019 Sen. Bernie Sanders will unveil an education plan in South Carolina on Saturday that addresses de facto segregation in American public schools. The Vermont senator’s campaign says the plan is multi-faceted and partly aimed at reducing segregation in the public school system. It would end funding…
Can pay raises help rural Texas districts like Buffalo retain teachers?
Starting teacher pay in Buffalo is thousands below the state average, and it’s hard to attract people from outside the small town. The district’s superintendent hopes school finance reform will help. BY ALIYYA SWABY MAY 17, 2019 Buffalo ISD Superintendent Lacy Freeman drives a school bus because he can’t find enough qualified drivers in Buffalo. Michael Stravato…
More than 1,000 Nashville schools teachers to be absent with protest over wages expected Thursday
Jason Gonzales, May 16, 2019 More than 1,000 Metro Nashville Public Schools teachers are projected to be absent on Thursday — the same day the school board is to present its budget to Metro Council and protests over pay are planned. Some of the absences are likely tied to ongoing protests from teachers over a proposed $28.2 million…
HBCU advocates fight Senate Bill 278
By Damon Arnold | May 15, 2019 ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Albany leaders and alumni of three South Georgia Historically Black Colleges and Universities are banding together to fight a proposed a state bill. Senate Bill 278 would take the schools out of the University System of Georgia and create a system of its own. Community leaders…
Retired teachers stepping back in the classroom helping education
By: Jordan Fremstad May 13, 2019 Retired teachers stepping back in the classroom helping education need Retired teachers stepping back in the classroom helping education need WEST SALEM, Wis. (WKBT) – The need for teachers continues to affect school districts throughout Wisconsin. A News 8 Investigative Report shows La Crosse Colleges have fewer students graduating with an…
HSTA: ‘Please Stop Grading Public Schools’
1 The teachers union president echoes the school superintendent footsteps by criticizing a monthly magazine’s annual ranking of public schools. By Suevon Lee / May 13, 2019 The state teachers union is the latest party to take aim at a controversial annual ranking of Hawaii’s public schools compiled by Honolulu Magazine. The magazine’s April 2019…
Here’s what Philly teachers asked Elizabeth Warren on her first 2020 campaign stop in Pa.
by Julia Terruso, May 13, 2019- TOM GRALISH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s first presidential campaign event in Pennsylvania was spent in a Northeast Philadelphia union hall, taking questions from teachers and students and rousing the crowd with the prospect of putting a former public schoolteacher in the White House. The senator from…
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