By: Renee Allen Posted: Jun 18, 2018 08:17 PM CDT A coalition of teachers, students, parents and leaders are in Baton Rouge to fight for public funding for education. Rachelle Dehrab represents the Louisiana Association of Educators and teaches in Iberia Parish. Dehrab is headed to Baton Rouge to join others who don’t want to see…
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Why are we ignoring the best news about Arizona teachers?
Arizona students are improving on national tests even when they shouldn’t be. Why? I’m fairly sure teachers have something to do with it. Joanna Allhands, May 4, 2018 As the #RedforEd walkout rages, a few readers have told me that teachers don’t deserve extra funding until they improve performance among their students. But that overlooks some…
Díaz: Great news, Arizona! A Texas district wants to lure our teachers
Elvia Diaz: Teachers everywhere should unapologetically seek competitive salaries to save themselves and the profession. Elvia Díaz May 30, 2018 No one can blame opportunists for luring low-paid Arizona teachers to their ranks. In fact, we must welcome them shamelessly advertising in Arizona for better-paying teaching jobs elsewhere in the wake of the recent massive walkout….
Arizona’s ‘free college for teachers’ program is underfunded. That’s a good thing
Opinion: There are more teaching students than money available to help them. How is that not good news? Joanna Allhands, June 18, 2018 It doesn’t shock me that Arizona’s “free college for teachers” program doesn’t yet pay for all four years of school, as promised. Or that it doesn’t apply to all teachers, just those in certain…
Dallas teachers to strike on Tuesday as board passes budget, but no contract
Dallas School District Superintendent Thomas Duffy, left, offers remarks as board president Sherri Newell and solicitor Vito DeLuca look on during the school board meeting on Monday night at Dallas High School. – Bill Tarutis | June 18, 2018 By Eileen Godin DALLAS TWP. — No new vote, no new contract, no school today. A contentious…
Teacher pay and school outcomes don’t have to compete for state dollars
June 17, 2018 School budgets and teacher contracts should focus on making sure every child in Washington gets a good education that prepares them for college and career. By Seattle Times editorial board The Seattle Times The school year might be ending, but many districts and teachers unions across Washington are negotiating their first contracts…
Unwieldy Health Costs Often Stand Between Teachers And Fatter Paychecks
West Virginia teachers, students and supporters hold signs on a Morgantown street as they continue their strike on March 2, 2018. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) By: Emmarie Huetteman June 18, 2018 As teacher strikes flared this spring in more than half a dozen states, from West Virginia to Arizona, protesters bemoaned stagnant salaries, overcrowded classrooms and…
Mapping the Movement to Dismantle Public Education
BY MOLLY GOTT DEREK SEIDMAN It’s not just the Koch brothers: a state by state look at the forces driving school privatization. he ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country. From West Virginia to Arizona, Kentucky to Oklahoma, Colorado to North Carolina, tens of thousands of teachers have taken to the streets…
Public vs private schools: The Great Ed funding debate continues
Among the conferees signing off on last year’s omnibus education bill are David Sharpe, D-Bristol, second from left, and Sen. Philip Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, both sharp critics of the Scott adminstration’s approach to education funding in 2018. File photo by Tiffany Danitz Pache/VTDigger By Tiffany Danitz Pache Jun 3 2018, 9:56 PM The Scott administration has declared…
Educators rally in Charlotte:
Hundreds of Charlotte-area teachers gathered in uptown Wednesday to rally while thousands of teachers across the state protested in Raleigh. EDUCATION BY LAVENDRICK SMITH May 16, 2018 05:18 PM Updated 4 hours 59 minutes ago Dwayne Simmons had one thing on his mind as he stood in the blistering heat of First Ward Park:…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 