By Linda Darling-Hammond Updated 11:36 AM ET, Fri April 27, 2018 Signs from recent teacher strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky — some of them carried by parents and students — tell the stories best: “Speed limit 35. Not class size.” “Do the math: 28 seats, 44 students, 89°, 0 books. CPS classroom.” “Teacher…
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We can expect more from teachers when we pay them like pros: Bloomberg and Weingarten
Michael Bloomberg and Randi Weingarten, Opinion contributors Published 3:15 a.m. ET April 27, 2018 Teachers participating in walkouts deserve better pay and greater authority. They shouldn’t have to take part time jobs to make ends meet. Funding for New York City public schools was inadequate. Teachers had gone years without a raise and were badly…
Teacher Strikes Might Hurt Republicans This Time
Labor unrest harmed Democrats in the 1960s and 1970s. This time the GOP might be the loser. By Stephen Mihm April 27, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT It has been a very long time since the U.S. has seen a wave of teacher strikes. But in the past few months, teachers have walked off the job…
Teachers strike in Arizona for more education money; protests spread to Colorado
Teachers by the thousands in Arizona and Colorado converged on their state capitols Thursday seeking higher wages and more school funding. In Arizona, the unprecedented strike closed most schools statewide. (April 26) AP Ricardo Cano, Updated 12:03 a.m. ET April 27, 2018 In Colorado, more than 10,000 teachers were demonstrating Thursday and Friday in Denver, using personal…
Teachers walk out of Arizona, Colorado schools for second day
BY AVERY ANAPOL – 04/27/18 07:25 AM EDT Hundreds of public schools in Arizona and Colorado closed again Friday as teachers continued their walkout for the second day. Thousands of educators in the two states are demonstrating in order to demand increases in pay and school funding, the latest to do so in a growing wave of teachers’ strikes nationwide. An…
Why American Students Haven’t Gotten Better at Reading in 20 Years
Schools usually focus on teaching comprehension skills instead of general knowledge—even though education researchers know better. NATALIE WEXLER APR 13, 2018 Every two years, education-policy wonks gear up for what has become a time-honored ritual: the release of the Nation’s Report Card. Officially known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, the data…
You can’t fix struggling schools until you truly help our hurting kids
Latascha Craig, Opinion Contributor Updated 2:51 p.m. ET April 26, 2018 “Fixing underperforming schools” is a much bigger phenomena than we as a state realize. And the responsibility to “fix” this situation is not incumbent upon one entity. Consider psychological trauma. It has an enormous impact on families, and more specifically, on the achievement of students…
S.C. Department of Education taking over historically failing Williamsburg County schools
By Seanna Adcox Apr 11, 2018 COLUMBIA — The S.C. Department of Education is taking over 12 schools in Williamsburg County, making it the second district-wide takeover in less than a year. State Superintendent Molly Spearman declared a state of emergency Wednesday for the rural district of about 3,800 students, citing major fiscal and academic problems….
Bronx transfer school is shuttered after late-night vote, a first for Chancellor Carranza
Supporters of Crotona Academy protested against the city’s plans to close it at a Panel for Educational Policy meeting. BY ALEX ZIMMERMAN – April 26, 2018 Chancellor Richard Carranza’s introduction to New York City continued Wednesday with an eight hour meeting in which teachers and students desperately pled for their school not to be closed, only to…
Struggling Kentucky schools can’t succeed if experienced teachers keep bailing. I won’t.
Jenna Fracasso, teaches math in her Kindergarten class at Maupin Elementary. April 24, 2018(Photo: Michael Clevenger/Louisville Courier Journal) Jenna Fracasso, Opinion Contributor Published 1:11 p.m. ET April 26, 2018 | Updated 1:20 p.m. ET April 26, 2018 As I think back to my student-teaching experiences in college, I remember my studies being solely focused on the…
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