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…
Tag: Failing Schools
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…
S.C. Department of Education taking over historically failing Williamsburg County schools
By Seanna Adcox Apr 11, 2018 COLUMBIA — The S.C. Department of Education is taking over 12 schools in Williamsburg County, making it the second district-wide takeover in less than a year. State Superintendent Molly Spearman declared a state of emergency Wednesday for the rural district of about 3,800 students, citing major fiscal and academic problems….
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…
Struggling Kentucky schools can’t succeed if experienced teachers keep bailing. I won’t.
Jenna Fracasso, teaches math in her Kindergarten class at Maupin Elementary. April 24, 2018(Photo: Michael Clevenger/Louisville Courier Journal) Jenna Fracasso, Opinion Contributor Published 1:11 p.m. ET April 26, 2018 | Updated 1:20 p.m. ET April 26, 2018 As I think back to my student-teaching experiences in college, I remember my studies being solely focused on the…
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…
WHEN TEXAS SCHOOLS DON’T MAKE THE GRADE
Every year, Texas schools are given a grade by the Texas Education Agency. A school starts facing consequences as soon as its first year with a failing rating. And the stakes get higher the longer the school stays on the state’s failing list. A 2015 law allows the state to shut down schools that for five straight years…
A state takeover of JCPS and its ‘failing schools’ would show Matt Bevin is a hypocrite
(Photo: Michael Clevenger/Louisville Courier-Journal) Joseph Gerth, Published 10:37 a.m. ET April 25, 2018 | Updated 11:45 a.m. ET April 25, 2018 The mantra from the Republican Party has long been “local control.” The federal government shouldn’t dictate that states allow abortion, or tell our farmers what methods they should use, or tell us how to educate our…
#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! 