Mark Simon: Can the Schools of D.C. Recover from More Than a Years of Failed Reforms?
March 14, 2019
“ Mark Simon, a former teacher and current parent activist in D.C., is hopeful that the District is ready to reverse the failed policies launched by Michelle Rhee in 2007. The district is under mayoral control, which itself is a failed structure that bears no relationship to improving schools. The mayor chose Lewis Ferebee as…
Denver Teacher Strike Ends; Chicago Designer Revamps School Uniforms
March 14, 2019
Students at Betty Shabazz Academy in Chicago show off Desmond “Des Money” Owusu’s new school uniform designs. Courtesy of Nolis Anderson hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Nolis Anderson Students at Betty Shabazz Academy in Chicago show off Desmond “Des Money” Owusu’s new school uniform designs. Courtesy of Nolis Anderson You’re reading NPR’s weekly roundup…
‘We Are Left With No Other Choice’: WV T eachers Strike Again A Y ear Later
March 14, 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Nearly a year to the day after West Virginia teachers went on a strike that launched a national “Red4Ed” movement, they’re doing it again. Teachers and school support workers lined streets outside schools with picket signs and packed the state Capitol for the first day of a walkout Tuesday over complicated…
It’s official: Oakland instructors walk out for more pay, extra support personnel
March 13, 2019
OAKLAND, Calif. – More than 3,000 teachers and staff walked off the job and onto picket lines Thursday, claiming they are among the lowest-paid educators in the Bay Area and demanding a 12 percent pay hike over three years. Waving signs and chanting bilingual slogans, including “Up with teachers. Down with school closures” and “Education, not incarceration,”…
New Research and Blueprint4SummerCO Fuel ReSchool’s Efforts to Address Disparities in Summer Learning for Denver Metro-Area Youth
March 13, 2019
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ReSchool, a Denver-based non-profit organization focused on designing a more expansive, equitable and accessible education system with, and for, learners across Colorado, is announcing efforts to address learning disparities in Denver based on new research that found students with low access to summer camps and classes are more likely to be Black and Latino,…
California’s instructors’ strikes hide a dispute of generations
March 13, 2019
“I LIKE CATS, unicorns and peace, but I love my teacher!” declares one sign, with two rainbows, held by a young pupil at Crocker Highlands Elementary School in Oakland on a weekday morning. She should have been at school, but instead she joined her mother and thousands of Oakland’s teachers outside City Hall. Oakland’s teachers…
As instructors in Denver demand much better pay, Republicans in Washington state do not have of money isn’t what ails public education
March 13, 2019
WASHINGTON — In Denver, a teachers strike entered its second day. In Gary, Ind., a school has not had heating for several weeks. In San Diego, a high school senior found rat feces in his school lunch. And in Washington, a conservative economist said that school funding was not what contributed to what is…
There’s not much efficiency in Denver schools’ ‘pay for performance’ system – There’s not much efficiency in Denver schools’ ‘pay for efficiency’ system
March 13, 2019
On Monday, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) went on strike, the latest in a series of teacher strikes that have erupted across the country over the past year. While Denver teachers have voiced concerns about class sizes, support staff, and starting salaries, the consensus is that the issue at the heart of the strike…
Talks to end three-day Denver teachers strike resume after progress reported
March 13, 2019
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – Negotiators for striking Denver teachers and the city school district returned to the bargaining table on Wednesday after a productive session the previous day, as the walkout affecting 92,000 students entered a third day. The two sides sounded an optimistic note on Tuesday after resuming talks that had broken…
Teachers strike in California impacts 36,000 students
March 13, 2019
Teachers in Oakland, California, went on strike Thursday, part of a national wave of discontent by educators over classroom conditions, pay and other issues. Recent walkouts have taken place in West Virginia, Los Angeles and Denver. The city’s 3,000 teachers want a 12 percent retroactive raise covering 2017 to 2020 to compensate for what they…