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…
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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…
Florida Influencers rank inequality and education as most pressing 2018 election issue
BY ADAM WOLLNER June 18, 2018 05:00 AM Updated 2 hours 55 minutes ago The yawning gap between rich and poor and lack of quality education for all are the most pressing issues facing Florida — and together they represent the top issue candidates should be discussing this election year, according to a new Miami…
Gainful-Employment Disclosures Delayed Again
Education Department announces a second yearlong delay of some gainful-employment disclosures as DeVos works on a do-over of the vocational education rule. By Paul Fain June 18, 2018 The federal government will not require colleges to publicly disclose data about their vocational programs’ graduate employment rates or debt levels — requirements under the Obama-era “gainful-employment” rule…
How The State’s ‘Grand’ Education Bargain Came To Be — And How It Comes Up Short
June 18, 2018 Max Larkin Carrie Jung Working in a Brockton elementary school, Kathleen Smith tried to hold the attention of large classes — as many as 35 grade-schoolers in one big room. And conditions were deteriorating. At Brockton High School, she remembered, “you truly had kids that would come in and sit on the radiators,” she said….
A Shadow System Feeds Segregation in New York City Schools
By Winnie Hu and Elizabeth A. Harris June 17, 2018 No other city in the country screens students for as many schools as New York — a startling fact all but lost in the furor that has erupted over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recent proposal to change the admissions process for the city’s handful of elite high…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 