By Emily Biehl | December 13, 2018 TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) – As the teacher shortage in Arizona continues, school districts are forced to look to other avenues to find educators for their students. That’s a large part of why Tucson Unified says they search for and recruit teachers from not just across the country, but…
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‘Let teachers teach’: SC lawmakers push a ‘Bill of Rights’ to reduce classroom burden
Bristow Marchant, Dec. 13, 2018 COLUMBIA — As some S.C. lawmakers prepared to roll out a proposed “Teachers’ Bill of Rights” on Wednesday, teachers from across the state warned the situation in their classrooms is dire. Lexington Middle School teacher Tim Monreal noted many of his Lexington School District 1 colleagues were attending the proposal’s…
Parkland school massacre panel recommends arming teachers
Dec 13, 2018 By: TERRY SPENCER and CURT ANDERSON https://assets.scrippsdigital.com/cms/videoIframe.html?&host=www.wptv.com&title=Parkland%20school%20massacre%20panel%20recommends%20arming%20teachers&kw=&autoplay=true&m3u8=https://content.uplynk.com/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0.m3u8&mp4=https://x-default-stgec.uplynk.com/ausw/slices/662/2fbf8a5e953e4a01960f2f5161cc4953/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0/6621021d94a940aaa02c1f2ed40362b0_g.mp4&purl=/parkland-school-massacre-panel-recommends-arming-teachers&dtrack=1&story=1&contplay=*recent&mute=1&s=wptv FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The panel investigating the Florida high school massacre recommended Wednesday that teachers who volunteer and undergo extensive background checks and training be allowed to carry concealed guns on campus to stop future shootings. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
Alabama suffers from shortage of trade teachers
By Lydia Nusbaum | December 12, 2018 MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – Alabama is suffering from a shortage of career technical education teachers, those who provide instruction on trades including plumbing, electrical, and mechanical fields. Many of these skilled workers want to teach their trades in high school classrooms, but they’re facing difficulties becoming certified teachers. “We’ve got…
Miami-Dade Schools, Teachers Union Reach Tentative Agreement on Pay Raises
This is the largest pay increase in the history of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, according to a teachers union December 11, 2018 Miami-Dade County Public Schools and a teachers union have reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on the upcoming school year’s pay raises and the distribution of funds generated by a voter-approved property tax raise….
Anchorage teachers, district nearing agreement
December 11th 2018 By: Dave Goldman Play Video Anchorage teachers and the Anchorage School District are one step away from labor peace for the next two and half years. At this point an announcement appears to be a formality. The two sides have agreed on a contract through June 2021. On Monday teachers ratified what was…
Providence teachers’ contract heads to full City Council for vote
City teacher contract on track to pass By: Dan McGowan Dec 12, 2018 08:59 AM EST – PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Providence teachers are one step closer to having a three-year union contract after a City Council subcommittee gave its blessing to the agreement Tuesday evening. The School Department Oversight Committee voted unanimously to send the…
Whom do teachers trust?
By: Maureen Downey December 12, 2018 In a new survey on issues affecting k-12 education, public school teachers voiced more concerns about testing than parents and expressed more confidence in their principals and students than in union leaders or government agencies. The 2018 Schooling in America Survey sponsored by EdChoice found. Public school teachers as a group appear to…
Oakland High teachers walk out to protest pay; district considers discipline
Jill Tucker Dec. 10, 2018 More than 100 Oakland teachers and students ditched school Monday to protest teacher pay and larger class sizes, an illegal action that could be a precursor to a district-wide strike. Oakland High School teachers called in sick or took a personal day in an unauthorized walkout despite threats from district officials that…
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…
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