By ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 03, 2018 | 7:15 AM | PHOENIX Arizona lawmakers pulled an all-nighter to enact a budget Thursday that provides big raises for many of the state’s striking teachers, and Gov. Doug Ducey signed the teacher funding part while the House continued debating the rest of the state’s the $10.4-billion budget plan. The Senate passed the…
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Special Report: Arming Educators
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) — Giving teachers guns is a controversial idea, but it’s something President Trump and Governor Reynolds say deserves consideration. And while education groups largely oppose arming teachers, others believe gun-free zones are easy targets. Iowa Code section 724.4B prohibits firearms on school grounds, with some exceptions. One of those exemptions has received…
Schools need more funds. What are we willing to sacrifice?
04/29/2018 10:01:21 PM MDT Despite what you may have heard, when RE-1 Valley and other area teachers joined the statewide walkout efforts Friday, rallying at the Logan County Courthouse, they weren’t there just because of their paychecks. We’d wager a guess that, while certainly teacher pay and PERA uncertainty were part of the motivation behind the…
Oklahoma Rural, Urban Educators Disagree on School Needs
Many Oklahoma rural, urban educators disagree on school needs during a walkout despite unified calls for increased pay, additional classroom spending and reduced class sizes. April 30, 2018, at 1:02 a.m. By JANELLE STECKLEIN, CNHI OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Even as they presented unified calls for increased funding, rural and urban educators had starkly different…
Capitol Report: Thousands of teachers rallied at the Capitol, but no one knows what comes next
BY ERICA MELTZER – April 30, 2018 Good afternoon and welcome to another edition of Capitol Report. We’re getting into the home stretch, that point where everyone starts to panic a little at how many bills are still outstanding. Two big ones are the overhaul of the public employees retirement system and a Republican-backed transportation…
Bill to punish striking teachers goes to Colorado Senate committee
By KKTV/Kyla Galer | Posted: Mon 7:26 AM, Apr 30, 2018 DENVER (KKTV) – A bill aiming to prevent public school teachers from striking heads to a Senate committee Monday. The bill was introduced by two El Paso County lawmakers earlier in the month, as teacher call-outs were picking up steam. Teachers across the state have been using sick…
American Federation of Teachers president coming to Arizona
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Apr 29, 2018, 6:30 PM ET The president of the American Federation of Teachers is coming to Phoenix on Monday to support striking Arizona teachers as they continue rallying for more funding. Randi Weingarten will speak at a rally and hold a news conference next to the state Capitol, which is where…
Teachers say ‘frustration’ over decade of cuts to education is fueling nationwide revolt
NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia speaks at the #RedForEd Walkout, By BILL HUTCHINSON BARBARA SCHMITT Apr 29, 2018, 9:13 PM ET On most Mondays, Stacy Masciangelo, a teacher in Mesa, Arizona, would be in her classroom teaching 33 junior high school students computer technology with outdated equipment that sometimes takes eight minutes just to log on….
We can expect more from teachers when we pay them like pros: Bloomberg and Weingarten
Michael Bloomberg and Randi Weingarten, Opinion contributors Published 3:15 a.m. ET April 27, 2018 Teachers participating in walkouts deserve better pay and greater authority. They shouldn’t have to take part time jobs to make ends meet. Funding for New York City public schools was inadequate. Teachers had gone years without a raise and were badly…
Teachers strike in Arizona for more education money; protests spread to Colorado
Teachers by the thousands in Arizona and Colorado converged on their state capitols Thursday seeking higher wages and more school funding. In Arizona, the unprecedented strike closed most schools statewide. (April 26) AP Ricardo Cano, Updated 12:03 a.m. ET April 27, 2018 In Colorado, more than 10,000 teachers were demonstrating Thursday and Friday in Denver, using personal…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 