Updated Nov 06, 2019;Posted Nov 05, 2019 Mark Graves After waiting two years for a massive remodel to be finished, Grant High School students were able to return to their High School 2019-2020 school year Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Mark Graves/The Oregonian By Eder Campuzano 11/6/19 Voters in Portland Public Schools on Tuesday renewed the yearly…
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Segregation in Pennsylvania schools: How a ZIP code determines the quality of a child’s education
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO, SARAH M. WOJCIK and MICHELLE MERLIN THE MORNING CALL | OCT 31, 2019 Lehigh Valley school funding Fawlco Ramos, 13, a seventh-grade student at Salisbury Middle School, takes a seat in the hallway and uses a laptop to do classwork. The Lehigh Valley’s schools vary from wealthy to poor, with some having the newest tech, while…
Here’s the new list of ‘failing’ schools in Alabama
Nov 01, 2019 By Trisha Powell Crain For the first time, state education officials released the “failing” schools list on Nov. 1 as required by law. This year, there are 74 schools in 28 school districts plus one public charter school on the “failing” school list. Last year, there were 76 schools in 27 districts. The Alabama…
Many parents are confused about how public education now works in New Orleans, report says
BY DELLA HASSELLE OCT 27, 2019 – 5:00 PM Phylisha Dannel is helped applying online for schools for her kids by Norma Martinez and Latonya Mornay, of EnrollNOLA, during the Urban League of Louisiana’s Schools Expo 2017 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Saturday, February 4, 2017. People browse the booths during the…
Public schools get failing grades in new survey by Fort Lauderdale residents
By BRITTANY WALLMAN JUN 08, 2019 Broward public schools in the city of Fort Lauderdale are not popular with city residents, a newly released survey found. (Lindsay Brown, Sun Sentinel) Public schools in Fort Lauderdale got low marks in the city’s latest annual survey, a criticism the city is getting used to hearing. Satisfaction with the…
California Teachers Pay For Their Own Substitutes During Extended Sick Leave
May 20, 2019 JULIA MCEVOY Heather Burns at Martin Elementary School in South San Francisco, where she now teaches third grade. Burns was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and had to pay for her own substitute while on sick leave. Stephanie Lister/KQED A 40-year-old California law requiring public school teachers on extended…
Local districts won’t pay for state’s mistake that left some teachers out of pay raise
BY KAYLEIGH SKINNER | MAY 9, 2019 Local school districts will not have to find a way to pay for teachers accidentally left out of a $1,500 pay raise, state officials said Thursday. The Legislature appropriated $58 million for the pay raises earlier this year, and the Mississippi Department of Education will use those funds to pay…
Teachers took grants to work in poorer schools. Thousands got hit with debt. Now, a fix is on the table.
Arika Herron, May 13, 2019 U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos stopped at Hope Academy in Indianapolis for a tour and round table discussion as part of her Rethink School tour, Sept. 15, 2017. Hear about the addiction recovery school from faculty and parents. Jenna Watson/IndyStar A federal grant program that was supposed to encourage…
Thousands of Sacramento teachers ready to walk off the job
One-day strike set for Thursday Apr 10, 2019 Mike Luery SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —Up to 2,300 teachers are poised to walk out of Sacramento City Unified School District schools Thursday for a scheduled strike. Tens of thousands of students and parents are caught in the middle of a bitter dispute. Picket signs were stacked and…
Wake County public schools join list of NC districts closing for May 1 teacher rally
By Kelly Hinchcliffe, April 10, 2019 RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County Public Schools announced Wednesday afternoon that it will close on May 1, bringing the total to seven of North Carolina’s 115 school districts to announce they are closing for the May 1 teacher rally in Raleigh. Wake County is the state’s largest public school…
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