Shelby Perea and Dan Boyd Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 A judge’s ruling that New Mexico has not been meeting its constitutional obligation to provide a sufficient education for all students — especially those characterized as at-risk — continued to reverberate Monday, with plaintiffs in the landmark lawsuit hailing it as a harbinger of a fairer…
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Does Florida Provide ‘High Quality’ Public Education? State Supremes Ready to Wade in
JIM SAUNDERS July 24, 2018 – When Florida voters went to the polls in 1998, more than 70 percent approved a constitutional amendment that required the state to provide an “uniform, efficient, safe, secure and high quality” system of public schools. But two decades later, the Florida Supreme Court is preparing to wade into a…
Disrupting education, the NFL way
ANDRE PERRY July 24, 2018 We’ve all heard the expression, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” when it comes to hiring. Looking at the racial disparities among teachers, it’s apparent that black would-be teachers apparently don’t know many hiring managers. Teachers of color comprised about 20 percent of the public schools in the U.S….
Eye will be on elections as Appleton hosts fourth annual public education summit
Mica Soellner, July 24, 2018 APPLETON – Public education advocates are determined to have their voices heard this election season. The fourth annual Summer Summit hosted by the Wisconsin Public Education Network will be held Aug. 1 at Appleton North High School. The summit will focus on the challenges facing public education, with guest speakers and panelists addressing…
Lawsuit challenges education amendment on Florida ballot
By Mary Ellen Klas Jul. 12, 2018 A constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would allow charter school organizers to bypass local school boards to get approval is “intentionally misleading” because it doesn’t directly explain to voters that the amendment is designed to circumvent local control and intentionally leaves out the word “charter,” a lawsuit…
Education narrative favoring wealthier, whiter states was just proven wrong
BY STAN LIEBOWITZ AND MATT KELLY, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 07/05/18 06:30 PM THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL State education rankings published by organizations such as U.S. News and World Report or Education Week are highly influential. When education is discussed, whether the focus is teacher pay, unions, common core standards, or school choice, state education rankings…
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION RECEIVES $1.7 MILLION TO PREPARE PRINCIPALS FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
July 19, 2018 UNC Greensboro today announced that the School of Education has been awarded $1.73 million to extend the Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS) program. This funding supports a cohort of 20 future leaders for 2018-2020. Supported by the North Carolina Alliance for School Leader Development, PPEERS is a partnership between…
Missouri’s education policy is failing our children, our future
By State Rep. Doug Beck July 20, 2018 Like me, you want to assume that every child in Missouri gets a strong, equal education no matter what ZIP code he or she lives in. Instead, continued state funding cuts and tricks to the books are leaving students in rural and poorer communities behind. In addition…
Parents set to lose right to veto sex education at age 15
By Katherine Sellgren 19 July 2018 The government plans to let 15-year-olds overrule their parents’ wishes and opt in to sex education lessons they have previously been withdrawn from. Education Secretary Damian Hinds says children should be able to request sex education in at least one of the three terms before their 16th birthday. Until…
TNReady test results show Hamilton County middle and high school students fell further behind
July 19th, 2018 by Meghan Mangrum Elementary school students in Hamilton County’s public schools saw slight improvements in TNReady test results compared to last year, while students in middle and high school fell further behind. The results, released Thursday by the Tennessee Department of Education, show that 34.3 percent of third- through fifth-graders are reading on grade level, compared to 32…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 