Sophie Weiner May 9, 2019 Photo: Gillian Flaccus/AP Teachers strikes and walkouts continued to sweep the country this week, as Oregon teachers took personal days off school on Wednesday to protest at six sites across the state, according to CNN. Though the walkout was not technically a strike, 600 schools in 25 school districts were forced…
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‘I’m ready to walk’: Teachers looking to lawmakers for last-minute movement on pay, funding
Arika Herron, April 16, 2019 Teacher rally better funding for K-12 education. Matt Kryger, IndyStar With one week left in the legislative session, Indiana teachers are looking at lawmakers to do more. They want more money for schools. They want better pay. And they want it now. “I’m ready to walk,” said Staci Scott-Stewart, an elementary…
A Half-Billion Steps in the Right Direction for Public Schools
By Stephen Owens – April 9, 2019 In the 2019 legislative session Georgia lawmakers committed more than half a billion dollars to increase pay for teachers from Pre-K through 12th grade. Legislators intend for the allotment to increase salaries for certified teachers by $3,000 beginning July 1, 2019. This significant investment acts as a down…
Spokane schools issues 325 layoff notices amid budget shortfall
Thu., April 11, 2019, 10:45 p.m. Spokane Public Schools superintendent Shelley Redinger delivers the grim news of major budget cutbacks for the school district, Thursday, April 11, 2019, the downtown offices. She is flanked by Chief Academic Officer Adam Swinyard, left, and spokesperson Brian Coddington. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review) One of every 12 employees…
How much should Utah teachers be paid? A new group is trying to figure that out.
By Courtney Tanner · April 11, 2019 In Utah, more teachers leave their job each year than the number of new instructors who enter the classroom. That created a shortage of more than 1,600 educators in 2016, according to a new survey from Envision Utah, a regional planning agency. Meanwhile, the number of students filling…
Thousands of Sacramento teachers ready to walk off the job
One-day strike set for Thursday Apr 10, 2019 Mike Luery SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —Up to 2,300 teachers are poised to walk out of Sacramento City Unified School District schools Thursday for a scheduled strike. Tens of thousands of students and parents are caught in the middle of a bitter dispute. Picket signs were stacked and…
Wake County public schools join list of NC districts closing for May 1 teacher rally
By Kelly Hinchcliffe, April 10, 2019 RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County Public Schools announced Wednesday afternoon that it will close on May 1, bringing the total to seven of North Carolina’s 115 school districts to announce they are closing for the May 1 teacher rally in Raleigh. Wake County is the state’s largest public school…
CMS to decide later this week whether to close for May 1 teacher action day
BY BRUCE HENDERSON APRIL 09, 2019 THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS MARCH IN RALEIGH AND DEMAND RESPECT On Wednesday May 16, 2018, the opening day of the legislative session, educators and their supporters from across the state traveled to Raleigh to demand more funding for public education.BY JULIA WALL UP NEXT Republican ads in NC 3rd District…
Kelly signs Kansas public school funding bill into law
TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Laura Kelly has signed legislation to increase public school funding a day after Kansas lawmakers approved the plan. Kelly, a Democrat, signed the bill at a ceremony Saturday, saying she was following through on a campaign promise to be the state’s “education governor” and to try to end a protracted education funding lawsuit….
State finds Tulsa Public Schools not complying with basic federal requirements for students with disabilities
By Andrea Eger Apr 6, 2019 Tulsa Public Schools will make a sweeping review of records for all 7,000-plus special education students after a parent’s formal complaint revealed the district is not complying with requirements for how students with disabilities must be served. World file photo The Oklahoma State Department of Education is requiring Tulsa…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 