Posted: Apr 27, 2018 9:49 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 27, 2018 1:42 PM CDT Written By Tyler Dumas COLORADO – Classes are canceled at dozens of schools across Colorado today as thousands of teachers are expected to converge on the capitol. In Southern Colorado, District 11, Academy District 20, Lewis-Palmer School District 38, Falcon District 49, at…
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What teacher strikes are really about
By Linda Darling-Hammond Updated 11:36 AM ET, Fri April 27, 2018 Signs from recent teacher strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky — some of them carried by parents and students — tell the stories best: “Speed limit 35. Not class size.” “Do the math: 28 seats, 44 students, 89°, 0 books. CPS classroom.” “Teacher…
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…
Teachers walk out of Arizona, Colorado schools for second day
BY AVERY ANAPOL – 04/27/18 07:25 AM EDT Hundreds of public schools in Arizona and Colorado closed again Friday as teachers continued their walkout for the second day. Thousands of educators in the two states are demonstrating in order to demand increases in pay and school funding, the latest to do so in a growing wave of teachers’ strikes nationwide. An…
Why American Students Haven’t Gotten Better at Reading in 20 Years
Schools usually focus on teaching comprehension skills instead of general knowledge—even though education researchers know better. NATALIE WEXLER APR 13, 2018 Every two years, education-policy wonks gear up for what has become a time-honored ritual: the release of the Nation’s Report Card. Officially known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, the data…
Bronx transfer school is shuttered after late-night vote, a first for Chancellor Carranza
Supporters of Crotona Academy protested against the city’s plans to close it at a Panel for Educational Policy meeting. BY ALEX ZIMMERMAN – April 26, 2018 Chancellor Richard Carranza’s introduction to New York City continued Wednesday with an eight hour meeting in which teachers and students desperately pled for their school not to be closed, only to…
Announcing $125 Million for Schools, de Blasio Stumbles Over #MeToo
By ELIZABETH A. HARRISAPRIL 25, 2018 In a gesture intended to highlight Albany’s inaction and his own determination to improve New York City’s schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday that his administration would spend an additional $125 million a year on public schools. But the announcement, in the grand City Hall rotunda with Corey…
#RedForEd walkout school closures will impact 840,000 Arizona students
Teachers walk arm-in-arm with students and parents into Tuscano Elementary School as they stage a “walk-in” for higher pay and school funding on April 11, 2018, in Phoenix. Teachers gathered outside Arizona schools to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries staging “walk-ins” at approximately 1,000 schools that are part of a statewide campaign…
China-Based Online education companies just launched an agressive hiring spree in search of U.S. Teachers
Connie Loizos@Cookie / April 26, 2018 Teachers have long supplemented their incomes by tutoring. And there’s perhaps never been a better, or easier, time to do it than right now. The reason: China-based online education companies are in an apparent race with each other to hire U.S. teachers who’d like to work from home this summer…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 