June 18, 2018
NBC News Connects Discrimination Narrative to Charters without Raising Analogous Questions for District Schools
At 115 charters nationwide, which enroll nearly 48,000 children, the percentage of white students is at least 20 points higher…
June 18, 2018
House Committee Approves $71 Billion Education Funding Bill
The bill would allocate $71 billion to the department for fiscal 2019, an increase of $43 million.
June 18, 2018
Los Angeles District Gives Some Principals the Freedom to Hire the Best Teachers for the Job
However, the majority of Los Angeles schools are still shackled by a longtime districtwide policy that forces principals to hire…
June 18, 2018
Philly Unions Say ‘Enough Is Enough’ after Hundreds of Assaults on School Staff by Students and Parents
After nearly 150 assaults on Philadelphia school administrators and teachers this school year, the unions that represent them gathered Friday…
June 18, 2018
Denver Charter School Network Wins 2018 Broad Prize
The first Denver School of Science and Technology opened in 2004. Starting with its inaugural class 10 years ago, 100…
June 15, 2018
19 Must-Read Education Stories from This Week
Read the most important K-12 education stories from the week of June 15, 2018: Lax discipline leads to chaos, students…
June 15, 2018
AFT Teachers Union Tells Democrats to Run Harder against Tax Cuts
The American Federation of Teachers is urging Democratic candidates to step up their attacks on last year’s Republican-passed tax cuts,…
June 15, 2018
VA District’s Sex Ed Replaces ‘Biological Sex’ with ‘Sex Assigned at Birth,’ Parents Outraged
Around 1,000 people opposed a provision that would allow the district to teach students about an HIV drug with “life-threatening…
June 15, 2018
New York Teachers File Lawsuit over Forced Union Dues
Teachers across New York state are being illegally forced to cough up union dues — even if they’re not members,…
June 15, 2018
Only 59% of DC Students to Receive Diplomas on Time Following Graduation Scandal
Last year, the school system said 73 percent of its students graduated on time. It was later discovered that a…
