The Akron Board of Education and the Akron Education Association, the union that represents the district's teachers, reached a tentative agreement Sunday night during a federal mediation session to avoid a strike that would have disrupted learning for more than 20,000 students
The pandemic all but silenced high school music programs. If they picked up their instruments at all, students played at home on their own or virtually in Zoom sessions. The harmonic feeling and sound that comes with playing alongside bandmates was lost.
The parent advocates have been joined in some cases by teachers and reading specialists who’ve called instead for top-to-bottom curriculum overhauls. Their claim: A generation of pandemic-scarred students won’t ever get back on track if they aren’t properly taught to read.
The legislation closely mirrors a Florida bill passed last year, dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which detractors say would further isolate LGBTQ students and open teachers and school districts to legal risks.
Superintendent of Putnam County Schools Rick Surrency will share his tour of Finland's schools in 2022, where his outlook on education changed forever.
80% of the superintendents surveyed rated their boards as "highly effective" or "effective," but also cited politically driven parents as the most difficult group to work with.
"I know that what I learn at FETC will be new, exciting and engaging for my students in my classroom," says Technology Specialist for the Cherokee County School District Kristen Brooks.
