BY JAKE BURNS December 5, 2018 RICHMOND, Va – Students, teachers, and advocates plan to march from MLK Middle School in Richmond to the steps of the state capitol on Saturday. The “March for More” was organized by local city and school leader to call for more funding from the state for public education. Per pupil…
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Will Alabama’s schools show improvement on report cards?
By Trisha Powell Crain It’s the end of the calendar year, so you know it’s that time again: time for the release of the new round of report cards for schools and districts and a new batch of school-related information required under federal law. The Alabama State Board of Education will learn the state-level report…
New York charter looking to take over a struggling public school in Kansas City
BY MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS December 05, 2018 05:30 AM Updated 1 hour 3 minutes ago A college preparatory public charter school may be on its way from New York City’s Harlem neighborhood to take over a struggling school in Kansas City, and a state charter schools agency has rolled out the welcome mat. “I’m…
How The Michigan GOP Gutted A Minimum Wage Hike And Paid Sick Leave
Emily Peck 12/05/2018 “We consider it just an undermining of democracy, the will of the people, and a slap in the face to all of the work that we did,” said one activist. Republican lame-duck state legislators in Michigan voted this week to gut a bill that would’ve raised the state’s minimum wage and given…
More public schools are marketing themselves, potentially opening them up to new legal risks
Arika Herron, Dec. 2, 2018 Radio spots. Billboards. Ads on the sides of public buses. These are just a few of the places that the marketing efforts of schools — public and private — are starting to crop up as competition for students and the money that follows them heats up. Some in education see the new…
Oklahoma GOP county chair says public education should be abolished
Andrew Lopez, chair of the Canadian County Republican Party, says public schools should seek endowments. CASEY QUINLAN DEC 3, 2018, The head of the Republican Party for a large suburban county in Oklahoma, Andrew Lopez, signed a letter last week arguing for end of public school systems. According to the Associated Press, Lopez, chair of the Canadian…
3 ways New Orleans public schools can change the status quo
By Wilborn P. Nobles III December 3, 2018 New Orleans is home to one of the first public school systems in the South, but the city has historically educated certain segments of the city rather than the public at large, an extensive new report by The Data Center describes. In order to provide a high-quality education that’s…
Indianapolis superintendent chosen to lead D.C. Public Schools
By Perry Stein December 3, 2018 Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday named the Indianapolis schools superintendent to be the next leader of D.C. Public Schools, choosing an heir to the educational philosophy that put the city’s classrooms in the national spotlight a decade ago. Lewis D. Ferebee, who served for five years as superintendent…
How President George H.W. Bush helped pave the way for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Valerie Strauss December 4 at 7:00 AM If you were to create a list of the most influential presidents when it comes to education policy, it isn’t likely that George H.W. Bush would be on it. His son, George W. Bush, would be, with his 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. And Barack Obama might…
8 Pieces of Advice to Improve Public Education
By Guest Blogger Chris Gleason The instructions for living a life, according to great American poet Mary Oliver, are: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Recently, I had an opportunity to put Mary Oliver’s declaration in action when I attended the NEA Foundation’s Keeping the Promise of Public Education Symposium. Many speakers shared their stories…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 