The main reason school districts have been gerrymandered to perpetuate segregation is the tacit, and at times explicit, approval of people of means. Stefan Lallinger June 23, 2020 Would George Floyd be alive today had he and Derek Chauvin grown up together and attended the same schools? It’s an impossible question to answer, but it’s an…
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Coronavirus has changed school forever, let’s make it an improvement
It’s time to re-imagine public education not just to face the pandemic, but to eliminate racial and economic inequities we’ve long known about Arne Duncan and Rey SaldañaOpinion contributors As an unprecedented academic year grinds to an end, with schools shuttered and millions of children learning remotely in every state, education leaders face the daunting…
Texas Teachers Object To School Reopening Plan
Chelsey Zhu June 19, 2020 Two teachers’ unions in Texas have strong objections to Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan for reopening public schools in August. They’re criticizing the governor’s lack of transparency with educators. Abbott told lawmakers yesterday that schools would reopen in the fall for in-person instruction. Remote learning will be available for families with health concerns,…
Union Preserves Teacher Raises As Denver Public Schools Tries To Salvage Its ‘Unprecedented Budgetary Shortfall’
By Jenny Brundin June 19, 2020 Denver’s teachers’ union has successfully fought back attempts to freeze pay raises it won after a historic 3-day strike last February, even as Colorado’s largest school district faces an unprecedented budget shortfall. Denver Public Schools and the district’s teacher’s union spent 13-hours at the virtual bargaining table Thursday as district officials…
How well-funded a Wisconsin kid’s public school depends on which side of the tracks they live
Many say that’s unfair. Some are trying to change it. By: Racine County Eye June 17, 2020 Milwaukee Public School Teachers and supporters picket outside the Milwaukee Public Schools Administration Building in April 2018. Photo: Charles Edward Miller. Nearly half of funding for public schools in Wisconsin comes from local property taxes. That means the…
With Layoffs Mounting, Educators Protest Sweeping Public Education Cuts
By Anaridis Rodriguez June 15, 2020 BROOKLINE (CBS) – As layoff notices go out across the state, educators rallied to save their jobs with a caravan through the streets of Brookline Monday. The procession, which involved an estimated 500 vehicles, started at Larz Anderson Park and ended at Brookline High — where hundreds protested sweeping education…
House Democrats call for more federal aid for public education
By Allison Stevens -June 16, 2020 WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats have called for more federal aid for education as the nation’s schools prepare to reopen this fall. “Unless the federal government provides immediate relief, it won’t be a matter of whether education funding will be cut, but how deep the cuts will be,” said U.S. Rep. Bobby…
COMMENTARY: Still committed to public education
The Monitor Board of Contributors – June 7, 2020 Last session, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 3 to invest more state dollars in our classrooms and give a much-needed salary increase to our teachers. With the coronavirus pandemic, we have learned to appreciate even more the role of our schools and teachers. Unfortunately, given the…
Massachusetts educators protest layoffs and sweeping cuts to public education
By Will McCalliss and Evan Blake17 June 2020 On Monday, educators from across the state of Massachusetts held a rally in Brookline, a part of the Greater Boston area, to protest the devastating budget cuts and job losses that are mounting statewide. Educators in over 50 school districts across the state have now been given…
The Pandemic & Higher Education: Old Problems, New Opportunities
Barbara Kurshan June 15, 2020 The crises sweeping through our college and university campuses today – student debt, escalating costs, and the move to online and remote learning – did not arrive with the virus but have been building for decades. Fourteen years ago, long-time educational leader Kenneth Hartman wrote an op-ed titled “Schools must…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 