Nikolas Cruz is led out of the courtroom after being arraigned at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Cruz is accused of opening fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 14, killing 17 students and adults. BY JIM MCKAY / MAY 24, 2018 Mental health professionals, resource…
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The Yellow School Bus Needs a Green Makeover
SARAH HOLDER MAY 31, 2018 The diesel-sucking dinosaurs from your childhood are due for an update. Updated: June 01, 2018 When John Wargo’s daughter was 12 years old, he started sending her off to school as any loving father would: He strapped her up to an air quality monitor, walked her to the school bus, and…
Lawmakers, civil rights groups call for Betsy DeVos to set the record straight on immigration and schools
By Moriah BalingitJune 4 at 10:15 AM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continues to face a backlash after she told Congress that schools should be able to decide whether to report undocumented students to immigration authorities, an assertion that critics say flies in the face of the law and could stir fear in immigrant communities. DeVos appeared before the House…
Safety in public schools shouldn’t be a partisan concern
By George S. Christian, May 31, 2018 The health and welfare of public school students ought surely to be a nonpartisan issue. Yet the various responses to the terrible events at Santa Fe High School indicate deeply divided opinions about the appropriate response. The non-profit Partnership for Texas urges state policymakers to bury their political differences…
Mapping the Movement to Dismantle Public Education
BY MOLLY GOTT DEREK SEIDMAN It’s not just the Koch brothers: a state by state look at the forces driving school privatization. he ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country. From West Virginia to Arizona, Kentucky to Oklahoma, Colorado to North Carolina, tens of thousands of teachers have taken to the streets…
Baltimore school board considering six new charter schools
Talia Richman June 4, 2018 The Baltimore International Academy begins each morning with roughly 720 students reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in all five of the United Nations’ official languages. For the rest of their day, children in kindergarten through eighth grade can be heard chattering, learning and singing almost entirely in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian…
A cop in every public school by August? Easier said than done
For decades school police officers patrolled campuses, but next year city cops will share the job. Pictured: School district police and sheriff’s deputies investigate a school bus with two broken windows in 2012. (Richard Graulich/The Palm Beach Post) Palm Beach County schools struggle with the costs and complexities of Florida’s mandate to guard every campus….
Superintendent Stunned Conference By Blaming Racism For Detroit Public Schools Crisis
Students in the predominantly Black school system are “treated like second-class citizens.” Written By Nigel Roberts June 4, 2018 etroit schools superintendent, who’s white, shocked a group of state leaders with the unvarnished truth that racism is at the core of the city’s failed public school system. SEE ALSO: WATCH: Michigan Educators Expose Hazardous School Conditions In…
Educators rally in Charlotte:
Hundreds of Charlotte-area teachers gathered in uptown Wednesday to rally while thousands of teachers across the state protested in Raleigh. EDUCATION BY LAVENDRICK SMITH May 16, 2018 05:18 PM Updated 4 hours 59 minutes ago Dwayne Simmons had one thing on his mind as he stood in the blistering heat of First Ward Park:…
North Carolina schools prepare to close as teachers flock to state Capitol
By Moriah Balingit May 15 at 7:58 PM North Carolina teachers plan to descend Wednesday on the statehouse in Raleigh to rally for more public school funding, a protest expected to keep hundreds of thousands of students out of the classroom. The state becomes the latest to see teachers leave schools en masse to confront state…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 