Arizona teachers prep for walkout Author: Ricardo Cano and Kaila White and Lily Altavena, The Republic | azcentral.com Published: 9:30 AM EDT April 10, 2018 PHOENIX — Across Arizona, parents, teachers, schools boards and superintendents are bracing for the a likely walkout as educators pressure state leaders to act on their demands for 20% pay raises and more education…
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Alabama’s national test scores still low, but not last
By Trisha Powell Crain tcrain@al.com Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, released Tuesday, show Alabama’s scores in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math remain unchanged from 2015, the last time the tests were given. Scores at the national level were flat, too, except in eighth-grade reading, where scores increased. Scores in Alabama were…
Keith Ellison: Why teachers are fighting back
By Keith Ellison Updated 5:02 PM ET, Mon April 9, 2018 (CNN)In 1968, more than 1,000 garbage collectors walked off the job in Memphis, Tennessee, to protest poverty wages, unpaid overtime, and poor — sometimes lethal — working conditions. Last month, West Virginia public school teachers in all 55 counties did the same — not out of symbolism, but…
Why Are Our Most Important Teachers Paid the Least? {#iBelieve}
Many preschool teachers live on the edge of financial ruin. Would improving their training — and their pay — improve outcomes for their students? By JENEEN INTERLANDIJAN. 9, 2018 One snowy February morning at the Arbors Kids preschool branch in downtown Springfield, Mass., 38-year-old Kejo Kelly crouched low over a large, faded carpet and locked…
N.C. educator takes on critic who said teachers have it easy and should stop complaining {#iBelieve}
Angie Scioli, a North Carolina teacher, is the subject of a 2017 documentary. (Image from “Teacher of the Year” documentary) By Valerie Strauss April 9 at 1:33 PM Angie Scioli is an award-winning veteran high school social studies teacher and education activist at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, N.C. She was the subject of the well-received…
Teacher of the year winner looking for better pay elsewhere
By: Matt Rodewald POSTED: APR 09 2018 02:28PM MST FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (KSAZ) – Arizona, according to many surveys, ranks near the bottom when it comes to teacher pay, an issue that has been highlighted in recent weeks, as the topic of education is at the forefront of national debates. Despite Arizona Governor Ducey saying he will work on the…
Thousands of educators walk to Oklahoma State Capitol for teacher walkout
EDMOND, Okla. – Thousands of teachers, parents and students have marched to the Oklahoma State Capitol for the sixth day of the statewide teacher walkout. “As teachers, our nature is the best for our students,” Leah Hedger, an Edmond teacher, told News 4 during the Monday morning march to the state capitol. “So, we’re going to…
How Nevada took on teacher pay and lured some Arizona educators in the process
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has not shown interest in raising taxes for education, noting teachers in 2017 saw a 4.3 percent increase in pay from 2016, following passage of Proposition 123 and additional state funds. (Photo: David Wallace/The Republic) Craig Harris, The Republic | azcentral.comPublished 6:00 a.m. MT April 9, 2018 The Republican governor of a…
High teacher turnover helps fuel educators’ march on statehouses
by Phil McCausland and Melanie Bencosme / Apr.08.2018 / 4:58 AM ET “I don’t know what I’m going to do,” one teacher said. “I love teaching and I love the kids, but I don’t know that I can continue to do it.” TULSA, Okla. — Brogan Spears and her husband, both public school teachers here in Tulsa, don’t…
Teachers Rally To Send Message To Governor – Kentucky {#iBelieve}
Updated: Apr 09, 2018 4:53 PM LEXINGTON, Ky (LEX 18) Teachers are fired up by the governor’s comments about public pensions and education funding. They gathered outside of the Fayette County Public Schools building in Lexington for a rally. In Governor Bevin’s news conference, he vetoed the budget bill, which would include hundreds of millions of…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 