DAN ALEXANDERPublished: April 30, 2021COVID-19 protocol at the Hedgepeth-Williams Middle School in Trenton (Brian McCarthy) TRENTON — In-person classroom instruction will return to public schools in the state’s capital city on Monday after a Superior Court judge ordered teachers back to work. The school district announced students would be back in classrooms for the first…
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Traditional public schools getting triple the state cuts of charters
By Darrel Rowland and Randy Ludlow May 15, 2020 Traditional public schools are getting cut at a rate more than three times as much as charter schools in budget reductions ordered by Gov. Mike DeWine. The traditional districts saw their state allocation drop an average of 3.72%, compared to 1.03% for charter schools, which are taxpayer funded but generally…
DeVos guidance directs school districts to increase funding to private schools
BY MARTY JOHNSON – 05/15/20 © Greg Nash Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued guidance to the country’s school districts on how they should allocate funds received from Congress’s $2 trillion CARES Act, telling the districts that they should increase the amount of money given to private schools. The New York Times, which published a story about the DeVos guidance…
Painful cuts coming to public school funding from coronavirus impact
FOX 2 – Public schools rely on state funding primarily from sales tax and Michigan businesses are struggling to sell things at the moment. School districts find themselves planning for a future with less money and costly problems to solve. Right now school districts across the state are bracing for impact they know cuts are coming due…
On a 6-3 vote, Minneapolis school board approves controversial redistricting plan
The crucial vote in a virtual meeting came after some parents urged a delay. By Ryan Faircloth MAY 13, 2020 CARLOS GONZALEZ – The Minneapolis school board, shown in January 2019. In a virtual meeting Tuesday night, board members voted 6-3 to approve a sweeping and controversial plan that will reshape the district for years to…
Teachers grapple with how to keep track of students during distance learning
The state isn’t requiring teachers to take attendance, but still encourages it. DISTANCE LEARNING MAY 11, 2020 ALI TADAYON PHOTO: BRIAN FEULNER/SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE/POLARISKai Sanchez, 14, takes an online Spanish class from one of her teachers at Half Moon Bay High School on April 1, 2020 at her home in Half Moon Bay. Taking attendance has…
The kids aren’t all right
Bryan Walsh May 9, 2020 A young boy in Thailand. Photo: Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Image Experts fear children will be suffering from the psychological effects of the pandemic for decades — even down to the level of their genes. Why it matters: Children are not exempt from the stress associated with the pandemic and…
No technology can replace schools: CNY teachers, parents react to Cuomo
May 8, 2020 By Mark Weiner Joyce Suslovic says she’s always innovating and thinking of new and inclusive ways to teach — even in her 41st year in a Central New York classroom. That’s why she took it personally this week when Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested that remote learning could become a permanent part of life for New…
After coronavirus subsides, we must pay teachers more
Andre M. Perry Monday, March 30, 2020 As Wall Street takes a pounding from the COVID-19 pandemic, the stock we place in teachers is on the rise. If you didn’t appreciate the expertise, labor, and dedication that teachers patiently pour into our children most days of the week, then you probably do now. To help…
Philadelphia mom, daughter receive school choice scholarship at Trump’s State of the Union
Gov. Wolf has opposed expanding Pennsylvania’s program in favor of adequately funding Pennsylvania’s public school systems BY MICHAEL TANENBAUM2-5-20 SOURCE/THE WHITE HOUSE Stephanie and Janiyah Davis, a mother and daughter from Philadelphia, will attend the State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration invited them over the issue of school choice funding programs…
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