Students and teachers in 2019 will gain more control—over everything from the topics they study to the technology they use to the types of tests they take.
For the second year in a row, the growing mental health needs of young people topped the priorities of the nearly 340 district leaders who participated in DA's annual Outlook Survey.
School violence and teacher strikes dominated education news during 2018. But last year also saw empowered students voicing their frustrations: Youth activism surged around gun control, safer schools, immigration, voting and LGBTQ issues.
Working with $211 million, Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ plan includes a 5 percent supplement from the referendum funding for instructional personnel and full-time paraprofessionals in January, ahead of double-digit percentage increases promised by the referendum ready in July. The agreement also comes with about a 1 percent raise for recurring salary adjustments for teachers. After […]
Teachers and management of Chicago’s Acero Schools reached a tentative deal, putting an end to the nation’s first-ever charter school strike. The agreement includes wage increases for paraprofessionals, caps on class size at 30 students, a shorter school year and more. Teachers and management of Chicago’s Acero Schools reached a tentative deal Sunday, putting an […]
Teachers working for the Acero Schools network in Chicago could be the first charter school teachers to go on strike. The strike deadline is Tuesday. The teachers have been in negotiations and asking for higher pay, smaller class sizes and a shorter school year. Teachers working for the Acero Schools network in Chicago could be […]
In American education, 2018 has been the year of the teacher. It was this year that long-timid American teachers stood up by the tens of thousands in a handful of states to strike for better pay and for more funding for sorely under-resourced schools. So why not make this year’s Time’s Person of the Year “The American […]
Recently, I reread Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, and I was struck by how he viewed success in the United States. We forget that much of individual success is built on hard work with a focus on what we enjoy doing. We see successful people and call them "lucky." Gladwell's stories about success impacted me as an […]
Our public education system was developed to serve all children, with taxpayers supporting the common good. Recent years have seen the growth of private, charter and voucher schools that divert funding from public schools. The legality of this practice is often challenged, yet legislators still find ways to funnel tax dollars into private schools. How […]
