By The Hechinger Report, Contributor March 26, 2018, at 11:30 a.m. Most low-income schools don’t receive enough money to help kids hit average math and reading scores, a new study shows. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST to educate a child? It often feels like policymakers pick numbers out of a hat. Utah spends less than $7,000 a year on…
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Commentary: The Failed Promise of Local Control {#iBelieve}
Locally run schools offer a legacy of racial segregation, funding inequity and academic mediocrity. By Peter Cunningham ContributorMarch 23, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. As federal data shows, low income kids of color and students with special needs are far more likely to be suspended or expelled than middle-class white kids. THE NEW FEDERAL education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act,…
10 Reasons the U.S. Education System Is Failing {#iBelieve}
By Matthew Lynch on August 27, 2015 9:43 AM Once upon a time, enthusiasts designed a formal education system to meet the economic demands of the industrial revolution. Fast forward to today and, with the current global economic climate, it seems apparent that the now established education system is unable to meet the needs of our hyper-connected society…
The Myth of Public School Failure {#iBelieve}
The Myth of Public School Failure RICHARD ROTHSTEIN SPRING 1993 Public schools are actually performing remarkably well. What they need is not radical reform but more support. There’s a conventional wisdom about public schools: Graduates don’t have the skills needed for a technologically advanced economy. We’ve doubled funds for public education since the mid-1960s, but…
Alabama education chief calls out schools for not preparing graduates
By Trisha Powell Crain Updated Mar 26, 1:11 PM; Posted Mar 26, 1:11 PM tcrain@al.com Alabama interim state superintendent Dr. Ed Richardson has called out more than 150 schools for not preparing their high school graduates to either go to college or begin a successful path to a career. In a strongly-worded memo to superintendents statewide last week, Richardson wrote, “This is…
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) {#iBelieve}
A New Education Law The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015, and represents good news for our nation’s schools. This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation’s national education law and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students. The new…
No Child Left Behind: An Overview
By Alyson Klein (@politicsk12) The No Child Left Behind law—the 2002 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—effectively scaled up the federal role in holding schools accountable for student outcomes. In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act to replace NCLB. ESSA moved in the opposite direction—it seeks to pare back the federal role…
Arizona teachers wear red, talk strike amid frustration over low wages
Ricardo Cano and Angel Mendoza, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 6:00 a.m. MT March 7, 2018 | Updated 7:40 p.m. MT March 7, 2018 Arizona teachers wore red to school Wednesday in protest of what many described as the state’s lethargic response to a teacher crisis that’s driven thousands of qualified educators out of the classroom. A group of Arizona teachers spontaneously…
Their Pay Has Stood Still. Now Oklahoma Teachers Could Be the Next to Walk. {#iBelieve}
By DANA GOLDSTEIN MARCH 20, 2018 TULSA, Okla. — When she woke up one morning last week, Tiffany Bell, a teacher at Hamilton Elementary School here, had $35 in her bank account. On take-home pay of $2,200 per month, she supports her husband, a veteran who went back to school, and their three children, all of whom…
West Virginia teachers will strike for eighth day after legislative impasse {#iBelieve}
By Sarah Jorgensen and Ralph Ellis, CNN Updated 10:54 AM ET, Mon March 5, 2018 West Virginia public school teachers will strike for an eighth day Monday because the state legislature didn’t meet their demand for higher pay and better benefits over the weekend. All 55 counties announced school closures for Monday. About 20,000 teachers…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 