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…
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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…
California’s public schools enrollment down, Hispanic and charter school students on the rise
Detailed CDE ‘snapshot’ for 2018-19 year breaks down enrollment by ethnicity, grade, along with English language acquisition, and can be sorted by county, district, or school By RICHARD BAMMER | April 1, 2019 at 4:38 am The most recent state data for California’s K–12 public schools indicates that overall enrollment is down slightly, while the number of…
Study: America’s Teacher Shortage Is a Bigger Problem than Thought
By: Ashley Thompson April 02, 2019 Arizona teachers and education advocates march at the Arizona Capitol highlighting low teacher pay and school funding Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) A new report says the shortage of skilled teachers in the United States is a bigger problem than people may think. The…
Kentucky teachers proud of what they accomplished this session, but what’s next?
FRANKFORT — At a glance, their differences were obvious. The women from Louisville were young. They were black. Seated nearby, the women from Eastern Kentucky were older and white. A quick listen and you could hear the differences, too. Different accents. Different life experiences. But if you stayed with them for a while you would…
With teachers in short supply, should Florida make it easier for them to get the job?
Two bills would ease the path for teachers who have trouble passing Florida’s general knowledge test. But some say the legislation goes too far. A proposed change in Florida law would give teachers more time to pass the general knowledge test and, in some case, allow them to get their teaching certificate through a mentoring…
Every school on “failing” list has more than half of students on free/reduced lunch
By Jonathan Hardison | March 20, 2019 BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – There are 76 schools on this year’s list of so-called “failing schools” and they’re spread all over the state, in both rural and urban areas, some are very diverse, others hardly at all. There is one thing all of these different schools share: most of their…
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