By Maureen Downey 10-28-19 You can’t fix public schools while promoting increased options for families to flee them Brian Kemp arrived in the governor’s office 10 months ago with no history as an education advocate. In his first year in office, he wooed teachers with a pay raise, but dismayed public education supporters with his embrace…
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Chicago Teachers Strike: City reaches deal with SEIU, talks to resume with Chicago Teachers Union; classes canceled Monday
By ABC7 Eyewitness News Team Coverage 10-28-19 CHICAGO (WLS) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Sunday night that a tentative deal has been reached with members of SEIU Local 73, however talks continue to stall with the Chicago Teachers Union as the end of the two weekslong strike remains out of sight. SEIU Local 73 represents CPS support…
Many parents are confused about how public education now works in New Orleans, report says
BY DELLA HASSELLE OCT 27, 2019 – 5:00 PM Phylisha Dannel is helped applying online for schools for her kids by Norma Martinez and Latonya Mornay, of EnrollNOLA, during the Urban League of Louisiana’s Schools Expo 2017 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Saturday, February 4, 2017. People browse the booths during the…
Elizabeth Warren’s public schools plan calls for increased teacher pay, free lunch for all students
Kim Norvell, Oct. 21, 2019 U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to invest $800 billion in public schools to ensure all students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade can have equal access to quality education, she announced Monday. Warren, a former special education teacher, proposes reducing states’ reliance on property taxes to fund education, fighting against segregation,…
New teacher survey shows many educators report feeling satisfied in their job — but undervalued by their community
Mark Keierleber | June 26, 2019 Teachers in the Univted State work long hours and feel undervalued by the public-but like their jobs anyway! Those findings, from an international education survey released this month, offer fodder for all sides of a debate about teacher pay and working conditions that is mobilizing teachers to protest across the country….
Teachers quit in Florida, citing ‘toxic’ conditions and a ‘testing nightmare’
(iStock) (Michael Quirk/iStock) By Valerie Strauss June 5, 2019 Florida has a serious teacher shortage. During this school year, there were more than 2,200 vacancies at one point or another. Why? In a recent post, Fed Ingram, Miami-Dade County teacher of the year in 2006 and now president of the Florida Education Association cited several reasons,…
Illinois teachers get new minimum base salary
By Michael Urbanec 8:26 pm The Times files A new minimum salary for Illinois teachers passed through the House and Senate around the same time lawmakers worked on recreational marijuana legalization and a gambling expansion. The bill is aimed at addressing the state’s teacher shortage. The new legislation sets the salary floor at $40,000 for public…
Bipartisan bill to build Minnesota’s ranks of teachers of color sputtered
By Faiza Mahamud JUNE 9, 2019 GLEN STUBBE – STAR TRIBUNE Rep. Jim Davnie, co-author of the bill, said less than half of the $3 million from the $543 million in education spending went to the effort to boost the number of teachers of color. Minnesota is increasing spending to hire and retain teachers of color…
Franklin Lakes board of education seeks ’emergency court action’ after teachers walk out
Kaitlyn Kanzler, Matt Fagan and Tariq Zehawi, June 10, 2019 Franklin Lakes teachers protest expired contract. Tariq Zehawi, NorthJersey The Franklin Lakes Board of Education is looking to take “emergency court action” to force teachers back into the schools after they shut down four schools with a protest to demand relief from rising healthcare costs and a contract…
Richmond Public Schools apologizes for misleading high school graduation data
By JUSTIN MATTINGLY Jun 7, 2019 Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras said the way the data were presented to the School Board “led to, understandably, a lot of anxiety and a lot of concern.” There will be more than eight students graduating from Armstrong High School on Sunday. Data presented to the Richmond School…
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