Joseph Spector, Albany Bureau ChiefPublished 1:41 p.m. ET April 11, 2018 ALBANY — Some students taking multiple-choice exams on computers had all the possible answers show up as “system error.” Other schools couldn’t log into the exams at all Wednesday morning, while others reported having students’ work lost when the system crashed. The state Education…
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They marched across Oklahoma. Now Tulsa teachers are ready to confront lawmakers
By Holly Yan, CNN Updated 6:20 AM ET, Wed April 11, 2018 (CNN)Many teachers go the extra mile for students. Tulsa teachers just walked 110 miles for theirs. For the past week, they marched with agonizing blisters and slept on gymnasium floors on their way to demand more school funding and higher raises. Their journey culminated…
Report: North Dakota Student Test Scores Remain Stagnant
Results of a national assessment show reading and math scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students in North Dakota had little improvement since 2015. April 11, 2018, at 3:42 p.m. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Results of a national assessment show reading and math scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students in North Dakota made little improvement since 2015. The…
In California, national test scores show enduring achievement gaps
By JOY RESMOVITS APR 09, 2018 | 9:00 PM Every two years, the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders are tested in math and reading — and newly released results from last year’s tests give California at least a little reason to be pleased. The 2017 results — out Monday night — were mostly flat nationwide, though the average…
Test Scores Show Students Made Little Progress in National Exam
By Tawnell D. Hobbs Updated April 9, 2018 11:26 p.m. ET American students had nearly flat results in math and reading on a national exam, continuing a pattern of stagnation over most of the past decade, as some of the lowest performers fell further behind. Eighth-graders made the only statistically significant gain—1 point—in reading, for…
Kentucky governor signs controversial pension bill as teachers call for rally
(CNN)Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin signed a controversial pension reform bill that is firmly opposed by a teachers’ group, which has called for a “day of action” later this week. The Kentucky Education Association urged its members to come to the state Capitol on Friday, in response to key decisions by the governor. It had called…
Trump Underscores Commitment to HBCUs Despite Signaling Potential Funding Cuts
By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter May 8, 2017, at 12:38 p.m. JUST DAYS BEFORE THE secretary of education is set to deliver a controversial commencement address at one of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, the Trump administration is defending its support of the HBCU community after signaling it may eliminate construction funding for the schools due…
A Punishing Decade for School Funding
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 BY MICHAEL LEACHMAN KATHLEEN MASTERSON ERIC F IGUEROA Public investment in K-12 schools — crucial for communities to thrive and the U.S. economy to offer broad opportunity — has declined dramatically in a number of states over the last decade. Worse, some of the deepest-cutting states have also cut income tax rates, weakening their…
Trump Seeks to Cut Education Budget by 5 Percent, Expand School Choice Push
By Andrew Ujifusa on February 12, 2018 1:05 PM President Donald Trump is seeking a roughly 5 percent cut to the U.S. Department of Education’s budget for fiscal 2019 in a proposal that also mirrors his spending plan from last year by seeking to eliminate a major teacher-focused grant and to expand school choice. Trump’s proposed budget, released…
DeVos seeks cuts from Education Department to support school choice
By Valerie Strauss, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Moriah Balingit February 13 More than $1 billion would be spent on private school vouchers and other school choice plans under the budget proposal released Monday by President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The proposal also calls for slashing the Education Department’s budget and devoting more resources to career training, at the expense…
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