By: Sonja Haller, December 10, 2018 Parents who do not pay their lunch balances at a school district in Rhode Island will receive a letter from a collection agency. (Photo: Getty Images) A Rhode Island school district hired a collection agency to get parents to ante up for unpaid lunch balances. To solve a problem that districts…
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2018 was by far the worst year on record for gun violence in schools
A database, going back to 1970, shows there were more incidents and more deaths in 2018 than any other year on record. By German Lopez December 10, 2018 If it seemed like 2018 was a particularly bad year for gun violence in schools, that’s because it was. According to data from the US Naval Postgraduate School, there…
Star-rating system unveiled for DC’s public schools
By Kate Ryan December 7, 2018 WASHINGTON — Nearly 40 percent of D.C.’s public schools, including charters, got a rating of three stars under the new school performance rating unveiled Friday. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled the new system at Harriet Tubman Elementary School. The five star-system — schools can get from one to five stars…
Nation’s first charter school strike ends, but could portend more battles on choice
Aamer Madhani, December 10, 2018 CHICAGO – Teachers and administrators agreed Sunday to suspend the nation’s first-ever charter school strike, ending a four-day work stoppage at one of the largest charter networks in Chicago. But the fight could portend more to come in the labor movement’s long-running battle with the alternative schools. The strike against the Acero charter school…
7 Corridor public school districts have had contracts scaled back
TIFFIN — Almost as soon legislative changes allowed, everything but wages were shed from Clear Creek Amana Community School District teachers’ contracts. The teachers’ union agreed to the changes, the Clear Creek Amana Education Association’s chief bargainer Marcia Charbon said, primarily because of its faith in the current school board and superintendent. “I don’t…
Public school allies sound the alarm over Corcoran recommendation and committee chairs
By: James Call, December 10, 2018 Public school advocates don’t like what they see and hear coming out of Tallahassee. Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis’s selection of Richard Corcoran as his choice to be the next Education Commissioner and the appointment of two pro-charter school lawmakers – with questionable credentials, according to their critics – have led public education allies…
Geneva teacher strike continues for fourth day; Union reps say progress made in negotiations
Friday, December 07, 2018 GENEVA, Ill. (WLS) — A teacher strike in Geneva continues for a fourth day Friday. Representatives with the teachers union said they made progress in negotiations, but they have not come to an agreement, so a fourth day of class has been cancelled. Thursday night, teams for the school board and…
No deal reached Thursday in Geneva teachers contract; bargaining to resume Friday night (Day 4)
Rafael Guerrero December 7, 2018 Geneva School District 304 teachers and administrators will meet again Friday after a Thursday night bargaining session failed to produce a contract deal. Friday marks the fourth day of the Geneva Education Association’s strike. A spokesperson for the Geneva Education Association said progress was made during Thursday’s bargaining session. The two…
Atlanta school board votes to restrict use of school taxes for Westside projects
By: Vanessa McCray December 7, 2018 The Atlanta school board voted today to restrict further use of school property taxes to fund future development on the city’s Westside, despite concerns from two board members who fear the move could escalate tensions with the city. The school board’s 7-2 vote came a month after Atlanta City Council approved a…
An Arizona school district banned a state representative from its campuses after he said that African Americans ‘don’t blend in’
By Antonia Noori Farzan December 7, 2018 An Arizona legislator who suggested that only white immigrants have been successfully assimilated into American society has been banned from the largest school district in the community that he represents, according to a letter sent to parents and teachers on Wednesday. State Rep. David Stringer (R) has been…
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