By Greta Kaul | 11/07/2019 MinnPost photo by Tony Nelson Minnetonka Public Schools Superintendent Dennis Peterson signed a three-year contract, at $23,500 annually, with a company that pledged to alert the district to “threats shared publicly.” In the summer of 2017, Minnetonka Public Schools Superintendent Dennis Peterson attended a conference in Baltimore put on by the Education Research and Development…
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CPS plan to make up days lost to teachers strike would cut into Thanksgiving, winter and summer breaks; teachers union criticizes proposal
By HANNAH LEONE NOV 05, 2019 Third graders wait in line for their teacher at Roswell Mason elementary school Friday as classes resume following an 11-day teachers strike. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) A plan by Chicago Public Schools to shorten school holidays to make up days lost to the teachers strike has been met with…
How the teachers strikes gave Democrats a win in deep red Kentucky
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin made some powerful enemies. By Alexia Fernández Campbell Nov 6, 2019 Kentucky Public school teachers rally at the Kentucky State Capitol to pressure lawmakers to override Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s veto of the state’s tax and budget bills on April 13, 2018 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Getty Images Andy Beshear just flipped Kentucky’s governor’s…
Portland Public Schools voters say yes to tax that funds 1 in 3 teachers
Updated Nov 06, 2019;Posted Nov 05, 2019 Mark Graves After waiting two years for a massive remodel to be finished, Grant High School students were able to return to their High School 2019-2020 school year Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Mark Graves/The Oregonian By Eder Campuzano 11/6/19 Voters in Portland Public Schools on Tuesday renewed the yearly…
School Shopping Demands More Than Looking At Grades, Families Say
By ANN DOSS HELMS • NOV 1, 2019 Billingsville Elementary, which has an IB magnet program, is a racially and economically diverse school with a C grade. ANN DOSS HELMS / WFAE As the 2020 school shopping season begins, narrowing the list can seem easy. A quick internet search will yield ratings from services such as Niche and GreatSchools, and North Carolina…
Were public schools better way back when? Giving today’s schools an honest grade.
By Valerie Strauss November 5, 2019 Surely you’ve heard it before: Public schools today are a mess, far worse than they used to be. Kids used to learn a lot more than they do now. When exactly that was remains unclear, but people like to say it anyway. To be sure, there are many troubled public…
‘When We Fight, We Win’: Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education
And they organized a new generation of teachers in the process. By Alan Maass NOVEMBER 4, 2019 Teachers and school workers march through Hyde Park on October 21. (Alan Maass) Ready To Fight Back? The slogan on the banner that led many of the marches during last week’s Chicago teachers strike told the story: “When we…
Here’s a look at Alabama’s ‘failing’ public schools
November 5, 2019 Alabama school officials released the “failing” public schools list on Nov. 1, 2019. By Trisha Powell Crain On the eighth annual list of “failing” Alabama schools, released Friday morning, all but 10 of the 75 public schools on the list were making a repeat appearance. Fifty-two of the schools made the list last year, too. And…
Here’s the new list of ‘failing’ schools in Alabama
Nov 01, 2019 By Trisha Powell Crain For the first time, state education officials released the “failing” schools list on Nov. 1 as required by law. This year, there are 74 schools in 28 school districts plus one public charter school on the “failing” school list. Last year, there were 76 schools in 27 districts. The Alabama…
Teacher bonuses won’t be hurt by poor ILEARN scores
Arika Herron Oct. 29, 2019 Indiana will soon scrap the much-maligned ISTEP achievement test. Its replacement, ILEARN, will roll out in the spring of 2019. Here’s what is different about the new test. Dwight Adams/IndyStar A bonus coming to Indiana teachers won’t be impacted by students’ poor performance on last year’s new ILEARN test. Schools can use…
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