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For more than 30 years, Education Week has been the most respected voice in education journalism. The most cogent comment was made by Gina Perez (El Paso), who questioned why TEA would be included with the entities encouraging high standards for teacher preparation when it allows charter districts and DOI districts to exempt themselves from those same standards.
Members of the State Board of Education have voted to pursue rules changes that would make the application process for new charter schools more transparent to the public and to local school district officials who are losing tax dollars to charter campuses.
Greg Abbott continue to push for merit” pay raises for teachers, a short-sighted idea that TSTA will continue to oppose in favor of an across-the-board pay raise. In many journalism institutions students are being taught about the online publications and online newspapers along with the printed newspapers.
The board also approved across-the-board raises for all school employees, calculated on 3 percent of the district’s mid-point salary, effective with the 2019-20 school year. The Texas Education Agency today provided school districts with information regarding the 2018-19 benefits approval process under SB1882.
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It has created a lot of opportunities for the newspapers to provide breaking news more timely. Poor school management and an emphasis on standardized testing are two major complaints that spur teachers to leave. Here is a side-by-side comparison of the Senate and House versions of HB3 , the school finance bill. The April 15 performances mark the culmination of a city-wide tour that played more than 50 New York City Public schools this past year.
Last year the school system adopted a content-focused literacy curriculum called Wit & Wisdom for kindergarten through eighth grade that includes challenging books along with related works of art for students to analyze. 19, the House Public Education Committee held its first hearings on filed bills, including House Bill 55 by Rep.
Over half a million dollars in grants and scholarships have been awarded to 30 students and 13 school communities. The Canyons Board of Education approved Tuesday a $50,000 starting wage for teachers this fall and a $7,665 annual raise for all certified teachers.
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Wall to wall career academies and a transition program for ninth graders have helped create an environment at this Texas high school in which rigorous, relevant education, inside and outside of the classroom, is the norm for all students. The New Works Lab workshop production will feature a cast made up of Professional Performing Arts School students. Commissioner Morath testified that property values are up 10{861a28a83dbc1b7b1b987fadc42b035b6421658f94937813ec8062e268c0f75a} over last year’s values, and suggested that the increase in local revenue means the state can pay less for educating the 5.4 million public school students in Texas.
Texas is spending 18.9{861a28a83dbc1b7b1b987fadc42b035b6421658f94937813ec8062e268c0f75a} less per student now ($7,983), in constant dollars with inflation factored out, than it was in 2010 ($9,845), the report reveals, while the state’s share of public education spending has dropped from 37.6{861a28a83dbc1b7b1b987fadc42b035b6421658f94937813ec8062e268c0f75a} of the total to 35{861a28a83dbc1b7b1b987fadc42b035b6421658f94937813ec8062e268c0f75a} of the total projected for the 2019 budget.
The Senate budget bill, as filed, adds $2.4 billion to cover projected enrollment growth over the next two years, but also $6 billion above that to pay for increased teacher compensation and to offset whatever revenue is lost by any property tax reform measures that become law.
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The quality of education being delivered varies across private and public schools. Estacado High is one of 64 public middle schools and high schools in 32 states awarded a total of $67,000 to aid sports programs affected by tight budgets. Baton Rouge Magnet again clocked in as the top public school in its area and came in at fifth statewide behind four New Orleans area schools and No. 377 in the nation.
Senate Bill 3 would increase education funding in the state by more than $4 billion, with most of the money going to towards a $5,000 raise to teachers. High-school students in an Iowa district are getting an opportunity to create their own food truck business plans as part of the ProStart Iowa culinary partnership.
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After years of working exclusively in New Orleans, KIPP, the prominent charter school network, was approved Monday to expand upriver to start three schools in Baton Rouge. Furthermore, this means maintaining communication with his teachers at school and looking over his report card regularly. The Texas Public School Finance Commission finished work today on its recommended school finance changes to the Legislature. The appropriate levels of tax effort necessary to implement a public school system that complies with the requirements of the Texas Constitution.
The West is generally envied by the East for its quality of education, the reason why a number of students from the East choose colleges in the West (only the rich are able to do so). In this blog post, Barbour suggests that teachers rely on other resources for facts about historical events and assign students to rewrite movie scenes to more accurately portray historical events.
Broadly, the report includes recommendations to change the funding formulas, to change accountability goals, and to provide funding for a pay-for-performance program.