Talks to end four-day Denver teachers’ strike stretch overnight
March 12, 2019
DENVER (Reuters) – Denver teachers and school district officials reached an agreement early on Thursday after an all-night bargaining session to end a strike that disrupted classes for 92,000 students this week, the union said. FILE PHOTO: Teachers, students and members of the community march toward the Denver Central Library, where contract negotiations between school…
Striking instructors in Denver shut down performance rewards – here’s how that will effect Denver schools
March 12, 2019
Editor’s note: Denver teachers reached a tentative deal on Feb. 14 that ended a three-day strike. Besides raises of 7 to 11 percent, one of the concessions they won was the end of performance-based pay, which they said was unreliable and led to unacceptably low base pay. Nathan Favero, an education policy expert at American…
WV L awmakers Slam Brakes on Personal Charter Schools After Public Teacher Strike
March 12, 2019
US02:10 20.02.2019(updated 02:13 20.02.2019) Get short URL Just as West Virginia public school teachers were gearing up for another statewide strike, state lawmakers voted to table the bill the teachers were protesting. While the wave of US teacher strikes began in the state last year, Tuesday’s protest is now only the latest part of a…
Why Colorado pot loan has no effect on the Denver teachers strike
March 12, 2019
Although more tax dollars are derived from marijuana sold within Denver’s city limits than in any other place in Colorado, very little of it actually makes its way into classrooms there or anywhere else in the state. That’s because the system legislators created to distribute marijuana tax revenues did not intend for the money to…
Denver public school to gather student cell phones during strike, email says
March 11, 2019
Students at Denver Discovery School will not have access to their cellphones during the upcoming Denver teachers strike, according to an email shared by a parent. The email says, “Please do not bring backpacks, binders or anything of value,” and warns that students will not have access to their lockers during the strike. Also, it says school…
Denver instructor strike, Westminster Kennel Club Pet Dog Program: 5 things to know Tuesday
March 11, 2019
Government shutdown: Will Trump agree to new agreement? After President Donald Trump used an El Paso, Texas, rally to make his case for border wall funding, details of the agreement lawmakers made “in principal” to avoid another government shutdown are expected to be released Tuesday. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Republican Sen. Richard Shelby and Democratic Rep. Nita…
Latest instructors strike released in Oakland, California
March 11, 2019
Some 3,000 teachers in Oakland, California, walked off the job on Thursday in a contract dispute over salaries, class size and a proposal to close two dozen schools, the latest in a series of strikes by U.S. educators that began last year. The Oakland Unified School District vowed to keep schools open during the strike,…
Colorado’s Cooperative Educational Purchasing Council selects DHE C omputer Systems and Boxlight as preferred companies for Classroom Audio Visual Solutions
March 11, 2019
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DHE Computer Systems, a nationally recognized technical sales and services company, announced today that it has been awarded Colorado’s Cooperative Educational Purchasing Council’s (CEPC) Audio Visuals bid, in partnership with Boxlight (BOXL), a leading provider of interactive technology solutions for the global education market. The bid process, led by JeffCo Public Schools, operates…
Denver students sharing photos, video with media throughout teachers strike say they’re getting pushback from principals
March 11, 2019
Students who have been sharing photos, video and other information with local media in an effort to help document conditions inside their schools during Denver’s first teachers strike in 25 years say they’re receiving pushback from school administrators. Toby Lichenwalter, a 17-year-old who is executive producer of East High School’s broadcast team, was called to…
Students say schools discouraging them from reporting Denver teacher strike
March 9, 2019
Students at public schools in Denver who are seeking to document the impact in schools from a teachers’ strike are being constrained by school administrators, according to The Denver Post. The administrators are pushing back against the students who have shared images, videos or other information with local media outlets, the Post reported. Toby Lichenwalter, a…