If 2018 was the year teachers went on strike, 2019 may be the year they pay the price. That’s what union leaders are worried about as lawmakers consider new bills in states where teachers protested. From West Virginia to Arizona,…
t 10:21 a.m. on december 6, Lake Brantley High School, in Florida, initiated a “code red” lockdown. “This is not a drill,” a voice announced over the PA system. At the same moment, teachers received a text message warning of…
Thanks to a swipe of Gov. Phil Murphy’s pen Wednesday, New Jersey’s 2,500 public schools will soon be required to have silent panic alarms used to help protect students during emergencies like an active shooter. Murphy signed into law legislation…
Signs that read “Parkland Strong” and “MSD Strong” still dot the well-manicured Florida town where a young gunman carried out the deadliest U.S. high school shooting on Valentine’s Day in 2018. But as the Feb. 14 anniversary of the massacre…
Lawyers for the Chicago Board of Education wanted to question the family of a student who had reported being raped about the boy’s prior sexual history. On Wednesday, a judge said no. In a sharply worded order from the bench,…
Alabama schools could have a record amount of money to spend next year, but the state still faces a dire shortage of teachers, state schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said Wednesday. “We are looking into our massive teacher shortage,” Mackey said…
“Art lives in two places – in the artist’s mind and in your mind,” visual arts teacher Alexandra Gelles Etscovitz told her lively third-graders before they scrambled to work on their multimedia pieces. Etscovitz, who has taught at Memorial Spaulding…
Proponents of restorative justice suffered a blow recently with the late 2018 release of a much anticipated RAND study of restorative practices in Pittsburgh schools. The study’s results showed restorative practices were not as effective as many hoped – or…
The Oakland school board has a problem: too many schools and too few students. To stay afloat, the district plans to close as many as two dozen schools over the next five years. That decision has not gone over well…
Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers went on strike several weeks ago calling for, among other issues, schools fully staffed with counselors, social workers, and psychologists. That demand for more support is a powerful expression of how important school-based…
Lima schools received a commitment Tuesday from Nutrien to provide $30,000 over three years to help fifth-graders from South Science and Technology Magnet, Lima North Middle School and Liberty Arts Magnet to learn more about science through the Imagination Station…
Howell Middle School eighth-graders used virtual reality to explore careers during an expo that showed them the career and technical program paths they can pursue in high school at Victoria ISD before they sign up for their freshman classes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide is the second-leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24. That’s why state lawmakers are making a push for mental health education and wellness in the…
Students were transported to the Hawaiian islands during Tuesday’s music class at Lincoln Heights as they continued their unit on the ukulele. During Tuesday’s class, fifth-graders practiced properly holding the bottom of the ukulele with their right hand and using…
Unionized educators at four Chicago International Charter School campuses went on strike Tuesday, launching the city’s second work stoppage at independently operated campuses after hours of negotiations failed to reach a last-minute contract agreement. Educators at Wrightwood Elementary School, Ellison…
