DA Staff

Most K12 teachers miss their classroom during summer: survey

“While it seems like summer break has just started, the reality is that parents and teachers are already looking forward to and planning for the next school year,” said Kevin Moffitt, president of Office Depot. “Starting back-to-school shopping earlier means more time to find the right products at the right prices.”

Illinois teachers spend a week at ‘Social Justice Summer Camp’

The campers were up until 2 a.m. on the first night, talking and telling stories. They’re bunking in a Northern Illinois University residence hall, so there probably weren’t s’mores. But, then again, there's a lot that’s different about this than a traditional summer camp.

2 Oklahoma men charged after contentious Board of Education meeting

They both were charged Friday in Oklahoma County District Court with obstructing passage through a state-owned building. One man also is charged with two counts of assault and battery, while the other is facing an additional charge of disturbing a state employee. All the charges are misdemeanors.

Wisconsin schools report almost 6,000 seclusion and 7,000 restraint incidents

“Reading this report and seeing these numbers can be difficult, but that is nothing in comparison with the emotional difficulty these numbers represent in the lived experiences of students and staff,” DPI Superintendent Jill Underly said in a statement.

Broward school board approves new superintendent’s contract

The base salary on the three three-year contract dropped from $360,000 to $350,000 per year with a $10,000 bonus year to year if the superintendent raises the district from a "B" to an "A" school district and maintains it.

DeKalb school board hires superintendent’s former business partner for central office post

Antonio Ross, the district's new director of leadership and development, is Superintendent Devon Horton’s former business partner, according to a report by a citizen who investigated Horton during his time as superintendent of Evanston/Skokie District 65.

Houston ISD cutting hundreds of jobs in reorganization under state-appointed superintendent

Some employees of the largest school district in Texas already have been told their positions are being eliminated, and more cuts are expected to be made during the next week and also during the 2023-24 school year.

Oklahoma superintendent brazenly claims Tulsa race massacre was not about race

Oklahoma’s far-right superintendent of public instruction thinks that schools should teach students about the Tulsa race massacre but not acknowledge that the white supremacist attack was about race.

Black principals call for investigation of Chicago school district after they were fired from their jobs

“If it happens once, it’s an incident. It happens twice, it’s a coincidence. But when it happens, three times, four times, five times, six times, seven times it is a pattern and practice of discrimination against Black principals,” Attorney Ben Crump said during a news conference on Thursday.

Amid a drop in education scores, more students turn to tutoring to catch up

Even though school is out, educators say learning should continue. There are many programs at local libraries and non-profits like the Detroit Education Society that offer free tutoring.

After Title IX investigation, Wisconsin district vows to make school safer for nonbinary kids

During the Education Department's probe of the high school in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, it was discovered that multiple teachers repeatedly used incorrect pronouns when referring to the harassed nonbinary student.

Teacher shortages at crisis level nationally and in local schools

“We’re not almost at a crisis, we’re actually knee-deep in the crisis,” David Taylor tells Channel 11. “We’re already worried. I think the general characterization that we have not been hit hard yet is not what we’re seeing in the classroom.”

Wisconsin governor gets creative with veto, increases public school funding for 400 years

The surprise move will ensure districts' state-imposed limits on how much revenue they are allowed to raise will be increased by $325 per student each year until 2425, creating a permanent annual stream of new revenue for public schools.

School voucher plan scrapped by Pennsylvania governor in budget deal

Gov. Josh Shapiro acknowledged that talks had deadlocked over a $100 million voucher program, which he had supported and which state Senate Republicans passed as part of their budget proposal last week.

Wisconsin governor uses veto powers to extend annual increases for public schools for the next four centuries

The surprise move will ensure districts' state-imposed limits on how much revenue they are allowed to raise will be increased by $325 per student each year until 2425, creating a permanent annual stream of new revenue for public schools.