BY MOLLY GOTT DEREK SEIDMAN It’s not just the Koch brothers: a state by state look at the forces driving school privatization. he ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country. From West Virginia to Arizona, Kentucky to Oklahoma, Colorado to North Carolina, tens of thousands of teachers have taken to the streets…
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A cop in every public school by August? Easier said than done
For decades school police officers patrolled campuses, but next year city cops will share the job. Pictured: School district police and sheriff’s deputies investigate a school bus with two broken windows in 2012. (Richard Graulich/The Palm Beach Post) Palm Beach County schools struggle with the costs and complexities of Florida’s mandate to guard every campus….
Superintendent Stunned Conference By Blaming Racism For Detroit Public Schools Crisis
Students in the predominantly Black school system are “treated like second-class citizens.” Written By Nigel Roberts June 4, 2018 etroit schools superintendent, who’s white, shocked a group of state leaders with the unvarnished truth that racism is at the core of the city’s failed public school system. SEE ALSO: WATCH: Michigan Educators Expose Hazardous School Conditions In…
Nationwide Teacher Strikes Highlight The Dire State Of US Public Education
By Kim Bussing May 16, 2018 WV Teacher Strike at Bunker Hill Elementary School in Berkeley County, West Virginia (Photo Credit: Eric Bourgeois CC BY-SA 4.0 from Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, May 16, thousands of North Carolina educators took to the streets to protest against low teacher salaries and deteriorating school conditions. Their one-day strike is part of…
The one way North Carolina’s teacher rally Wednesday could spark change
Kentucky teachers rally last month. Rallies in Kentucky, Colorado, Arizona and elsewhere have encouraged North Carolina teachers, who will rally in Raleigh on Wednesday. Bryan Woolston AP photo BY THE OBSERVER EDITORIAL BOARD May 15, 2018 10:11 AM Will the 15,000 N.C. teachers gathering in Raleigh Wednesday for the largest teachers rally in state history succeed?…
NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers’ Right To Strike
As the wave of teacher walkouts moves to Arizona and Colorado this week, an NPR/Ipsos poll shows strong support among Americans for improving teachers’ pay and for their right to strike. Just 1 in 4 Americans believe teachers in this country are paid fairly. Nearly two-thirds approve of national teachers’ unions, and three-quarters agree teachers have the right to strike. That…
NC’s average teacher pay is $51,214. How many teachers make that?
By Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter RALEIGH, N.C. — In March, the state education department released the new figure – North Carolina’s average teacher pay reached $51,214 this year, the first time it has surpassed $50,000. Media outlets, including WRAL News, reported the salary estimate. Soon after, comments came streaming in to the WRAL newsroom, disputing the…
Cooper calls for freezing some tax cuts to give teachers raises
By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday called for freezing tax cuts supposed to take effect next year for businesses and wealthy individuals to free up money to give every public school teacher in North Carolina a raise of at least…
Triad educators outline goals for teacher rally
May 11, 2018 Steve King Reporter WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Local educators have outlined their goals for attending the March for Students and Rally for Respect in Raleigh on Wednesday. About 1,600 school district staff members from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools will be absent on Wednesday during the rally. For that reason, school district leaders announced school…
‘Red for Ed’ movement kindles political fire in educators
By: Carmen Forman and Paulina Pineda Arizona Capitol Times May 10, 2018 Jennifer Samuels took a heightened interest in state politics last year when her representative, House Majority Leader John Allen, said teachers were taking second jobs so they could buy boats. Now, the eighth grade English teacher wants to teach him a lesson. Samuels, a Democrat,…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 