Sarah PotterOn June 5, 2020 Photo Tom Wagner/Missouri S&T: James Trusler, a 2016 Missouri S&T history graduate, with his seventh-grade social studies class at Rolla Junior High School. ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T will offer teacher certification in middle school math, science, English language arts and social studies this fall after earning approval for the…
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Teachers, families try to adapt to online learning
Maria Allard | June 5, 2020 On a social media post, Warren Consolidated Schools art teachers remind the students of the importance of art while school is not in session. Photo provided by Warren Consolidated SchoolsAdvertisement CENTER LINE/WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS — March 13 was the last day many local children attended school for the 2019-2020 school year. On…
1 Million Teachers And Staff Lost Their Job In April
Zack Friedman June 6, 2020 In April alone, more than 1.1 million teachers and staff lost their jobs. Here’s what you need to know. Unemployment According to reporting from Reuters, citing a U.S. Labor Department report: Public Schools: 469,000 public school kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and other school personnel lost their jobs in April alone. Private Schools and Colleges: 457,000 teachers and other school…
Texas tells ISDs to follow DeVos guidance boosting relief funding for private schools
Jacob Carpenter May 28, 2020 Texas Education Agency officials are advising school districts to follow controversial federal guidance on a key section of the coronavirus relief law, which some education advocates believe will result in private schools getting millions of dollars more at the expense of public schools. The guidance, issued in late April by…
Public schools face a fall with a lot more costs and a lot less funding
By Laura Meckler and Valerie Strauss May 27, 2020 As school districts consider how and when to get students back to classrooms, they are facing a financial riddle with enormous implications: Every back-to-school plan involves new spending at a time when states and districts are bracing for significant cuts. The needs are enormous. Students who fell behind this…
Alabama prepares for more students to choose online school next year
Updated May 28, 9:22 AM; Posted May 28, 7:30 AM By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama’s schools could look very different when classes start again in August, and not just because teachers could be wearing masks. Alabama classrooms could also be missing hundreds of thousands of children. “There’s a real belief among all of us that we’re going to…
DeVos Demands Public Schools Share Pandemic Aid With Private Institutions
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says she will force public school superintendents to share coronavirus rescue funds with private schools, some of which are facing ruin. By Erica L. Green May 27, 2020 WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, defiant amid criticism that she is using the coronavirus to pursue a long-sought agenda, said she would force public…
‘You worry about them’: Outnumbered school counselors struggle to keep kids safe remotely
Neal Morton May 23, 2020 As educators everywhere try to figure out how to do their jobs remotely, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted another problem facing schools across the country: the instability of relying on one counselor, or just a few, to guide hundreds of students through new academic hurdles, prepare them for an uncertain…
Cincinnati Public considering year-round school, one school visit a week, other ideas
Cincinnati Public School leaders are considering dramatic changes to education, such as year-round school, one visit to school per student per week or staggered scheduling to reduce the number of students in school at once. The coronavirus, which led to a statewide closure of schools in March, will continue to affect education in the fall, said Superintendent Laura…
Teachers, administrators hand-deliver diplomas to 2020 Mason graduates on decorated school buses
Cameron Hardin May 22, 2020 There are 881 students graduating from Mason High School on Sunday. But on Friday, a ceremony that no one ever expected will be held to congratulate them. Thirty buses will go door to door and hand deliver diplomas in a socially distanced version of a ceremony. “This is our home…
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