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The Seattle Times Education section covers schools at the district, state and federal level. The program, presented by arts education nonprofit Inside Broadway, offers students a glimpse at how Broadway shows run and operate. An attorney for one of the teachers seen restraining a student in a video that went viral from Ponchatoula Junior High School in March said the school superintendent capitulated to pressure from public opinion when she fired him earlier this week.

Ross Ramsey details data published in the Texas legislature’s Fiscal Size-Up: 2018-19 Biennium” report, which tracks what local, state and federal taxpayers have been contributing to public education in Texas over the past decade. Our retired teachers deserve better from the State of Texas.

8. He said his No. 1 priority will be school finance and said the House will take the lead in fixing the state’s “broken” school funding system. Murray’s board also approved a near $7,000 raise for all teachers. The educators were nominated by area school districts for their commitment and passion to education.

The annual event puts New York City public school students on a Broadway stage to perform excerpts from the Broadway Junior series. The committee also heard Gonzalez’ House Bill 116 that would significantly expand training requirements for school personnel who work with students with disabilities.

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The quality of education being delivered varies across private and public schools. Supporters say the bill could give small districts some measure of financial stability. The SBOE acted after TSTA legislative liaison Lisa Dawn-Fisher and representatives of other educator groups explained the key issues and proposed solutions to the board’s Committee on School Initiatives.

Look through a newspaper or magazine—or one of the education-focused news websites that have sprung up in recent years—and you’ll see plenty of stories about schools: teacher strikes, racial and socioeconomic disparities and segregation, charter schools, the role of technology, and (alas) school shootings.

The new “portrait of a graduate” adopted by the Utah State Board of Education takes “a holistic view” of what is expected of Utah students. If enacted, SB3 would help us close the $7,300 annual deficit by which the average teacher pay in Texas lags behind the national average.

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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. More than 300 Coppell Middle School West students are off sick with flu or flu-like symptoms, Coppell ISD has confirmed, some 25{861a28a83dbc1b7b1b987fadc42b035b6421658f94937813ec8062e268c0f75a} of its students. It’s celebration time for thousands of high school and college students in the Pikes Peak region. Since its inception in 2011, more than $738,000 has been awarded to some 630 schools across the nation.

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 … Read More..

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. The National Education Association has been steadfast in its mission that that all students deserve early learning opportunities, classes small enough for one-on-one attention, modern tools and textbooks, and community support services. Among new legislators taking their oaths for the first time today were two pro-public education senators and more than a dozen House members, both Democrats and Republicans, who were elected with TSTA’s support.

American International School of Utah is asking the state school board to forgive $360,000 of $514,000 in special education funding state officials say must be refunded. State Superintendent of Education John White has quietly become the co-founder and chairman of the board of a national nonprofit group aimed at connecting low-income high school graduates with solid jobs.

Supporters say the bill could give small districts some measure of financial stability. The SBOE acted after TSTA legislative liaison Lisa Dawn-Fisher and representatives of other educator groups explained the key issues and proposed solutions to the board’s Committee on School Initiatives.

Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, has proposed an unpopular amendment, among teacher groups at least, which would give teachers additional pay based on their relative performance — merit pay. The 13-member Commission was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, House Speaker Joe Straus, and State Board of Education Chair Donna Bahorich.

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As more and more low-income families move into neighborhoods that once catered to the middle or upper class, one must be on the lookout for his own personal safety and report any criminal activity going on in their surroundings. According to the investigation, based on more than 100 public records requests, thousands of pages of records and interviews with current and former endowment employees, a series of law changes since 2001 have radically reshaped the structure of the fund, impacting its performance and the amount of money it sends to schools.

The measure, which now goes to the full Senate, doesn’t include librarians, counselors, nurses and school support staff, and TSTA will continue working to include a pay raise for them as well. The House, under Bonnen’s predecessor, Joe Straus, passed legislation in 2017 to add as much as $1.8 billion to the public education budget, but it was rejected by the Patrick-led Senate.

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Christianity has been of the greatest importance to the USA since the time when the first settlers stepped on the Plymouth Rock. Although the rule language impacts Bilingual teachers, the greatest impact is on ESL teachers who, depending on the program implemented in the district, may be required … Read More..