The $800 billion in debt states have accumulated around teacher pensions have become a major roadblock for administrators trying to raise salaries in the classroom.
A new analysis of nearly 325,000 PK-12 students across 30 school districts in California reveals such systematic interventions are consistent with improved student attendance.
Among the very first steps a new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion took was a leadership trip to the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
The agreement includes 30% wage increases, full benefits coverage for support staff and $1,000 appreciation bonuses for those who worked during the 2020-21 school year.
House Bill 538 would allow teachers in Kentucky to immediately remove disruptive students from the classroom with no possibility of returning without an agreement from the teacher and a school administrator.
It helps to stand in your substitute teachers' shoes. Consider their uncertainty and worry from the moment they accept an assignment to the final bell of the day.
"We're actually calling 2024-25 'the bloodletting,'" said Dr. Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University. "Public education has not seen a right-sizing, fiscal cliff, whatever you want to call it, of this magnitude at any time in the past, including the last recession. I think it's going to be quite shocking."
The direction of the schools you lead will be on parents' minds when they vote in the midterm elections, and they are most concerned about violence and mental health.
This incentive could be a game-changer for school districts suffering from teacher vacancies, such as Idaho schools, which have 16 classroom teacher job openings that have been listed for at least two years.
