Teachers make an average state salary of $58,000 a year. Several teachers tell News 3 Reporter Antoinette DelBel that even with a 10% raise spread out over two years that the General Assembly passed last session, that isn’t enough to keep up with inflation.
Salazar Principal Alyssa Maestas said educators at the school work hard to develop pride in each student’s racial, ethnic and cultural identities during holidays and heritage months but also year-round.
Many more schools now have a makerspace yet educators are still looking for guidance in connecting the projects, tools, and technologies to classroom curriculum.
Father-son duo David and Charlie Levine will guide educators at FETC with ideas to keep students from falling behind, including instructional coaching and organizational technology.
"As you turn each corner of this building it's like what we envisioned," incoming Phelps Principal Michelle Scheufele said. "We envisioned neighborhood pods, common areas to learn, to teach and learn in, and I think one of the biggest excitements is just seeing everything we thought come alive."
The shooting of a first-grade teacher by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence, with many in the Virginia shipbuilding city where it happened demanding metal detectors in every school.
Across the country, schools have shifted toward career-focused education in recent years, reviving a long-running debate on whether the purpose of education is to prepare students for jobs or to be well-rounded citizens.
The student had taken the gun from his residence and put it in his backpack before bringing it to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said Monday. Drew said the 9mm handgun had been legally purchased by the student's mother in York County.
In U.S. News' list of the top 100 "Best Jobs," you won't find an education-related job in the top 50. You will, however, find mental health support staff.
Louisiana’s growing problem with student truancy requires state leaders to consider sweeping changes, including stricter rules on student attendance, requiring students to wear badges to track attendance and yanking the driver's license of those who repeatedly miss school, according to a state task force.
