BY ADAM ASHTON February 26, 2018 12:01 AM Thirteen years ago, California’s teacher union went toe-to-toe with the state’s movie star governor and crushed him at the ballot box, funding almost half of the $121 million campaign that swamped his proposals to revamp tenure and restrict government spending. The rejection of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2005 initiatives…
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West Virginia Teacher Strike Enters Its Seventh Day {#iBelieve}
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and JESS BIDGOODMARCH 2, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A statewide teacher strike in West Virginia entered its seventh day on Friday, with teachers defying efforts by the state’s governor and union leaders to end the walkout with a deal to raise pay. Earlier this week, James C. Justice, the governor, announced a plan to raise…
West Virginia educators go on strike, closing all public schools in the state
EMILY C. SINGER Feb 26th 2018 6:44PM Teachers in West Virginia are striking for the third consecutive day, closing public schools in all of the state’s 55 counties over low pay and benefits. Their strike comes as President Donald Trump argues for arming teachers in the wake of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School…
Alabama’s ‘Failing’ Schools: Inside The State’s New and Secret Ranking System (2013) -#iBelieve- 2018
Challen Stephens | cstephens@al.com August 01, 2013 at 11:20 AM Alabama, by law, must now rank all public schools based on reading and math skills. It’s the only way to determine which schools are “failing.” There was no such ranking system before the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. No existing test provides a school-wide score…
The Demographics of Alabama’s “Failing Schools!” (2013)- {#iBelieve}
Challen Stephens | cstephens@al.com June 18, 2013 at 2:05 PM The state of Alabama unveiled its list of so-called failing schools today, labeling in bold red letters 74 attendance zones throughout inner cities and rural counties.All are high-poverty schools. And nearly all are predominantly black. For those 74 schools, the list promises immediate consequences, as those…
Alabama Will Get A New List of “Failing” Schools This Fall (2013)
August 11, 2013 Challen Stephens | cstephens@al.com Alabama will be facing a new list of “failing” schools before the year is out, as the test scores from last spring are due to be released some time this fall. The new round of test data will cause the state to recalculate the scores that led…
75% Achieve Goals (2012) What about those that did not make it?
By Kim Chandler August 10, 2012 at 7:59 AM More Alabama schools in 2012 met the yearly progress goals of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Education. Seventy-five percent of Alabama’s 1,365 schools met academic standards known as Adequate Yearly Progress in 2011-2012. That’s an increase…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 