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L.A. school board election: Garcia, Zimmer maintain early leads
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- From the number of educators, lawmakers and officials smiling Monday, one might never have known how much haggling went on behind the scenes to find common ground on the governor's...
View ArticleTaking a crack at California's education system
SACRAMENTO — When Michelle Rhee wants to make a point about what she sees as the coddling of American children, she refers to her daughters' abundant soccer trophies. "My daughters suck at soccer," she...
View ArticleN.M.'s Acting Schools Chief Remains in Political Limbo
The New Mexico legislature has adjourned without confirming the appointment of Hanna Skandera as the state's schools chief, apparently thrusting her into another year of official limbo. Ms. Skandera...
View ArticleStates look to raise standards for new teachers
David Rock wanted to be a teacher when he graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1987 with a math degree. But poor starting salaries for educators and the dim view of the profession held by his...
View ArticleState Gets Seven Applications For New Charter Schools; Two Proposals Have...
Teachers unions aren't generally known for support of charter schools, but two of the seven new schools proposed for Connecticut have strong union support. The proposed Path Academy in Windham is aimed...
View ArticleDeerfield man leading drive for vote on whether to part ways with state,...
A battle is brewing in the tiny town of Deerfield in western Kansas, where some teachers want to part ways with the nation's largest teachers union. "They're supposed to represent the best interests of...
View Article200 speak as one voice
One after the other, they grabbed a faulty microphone Sunday in Bethlehem to speak -- sometimes conciliatory, sometimes angrily but always passionately -- for those who live in the shadows of society...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES from Easton Area school budget talks
The Allentown School District plans to lay off 165 teachers, 100 fewer than what officials anticipated last week. But the latest round of layoff notices, issued Friday, could drop slightly if the...
View ArticleMerced school employees to get a little boost
All Merced City School District employees will be getting some extra money from their bosses, intended to defray increased costs of health insurance premiums. At Tuesday's board of education meeting,...
View ArticleBrenda J. Clayburn, City Union of Baltimore president, dies
Brenda J. Clayburn, a founder and later president of the City Union of Baltimore who was also a longtime city Police Department supervisor, died Sunday of undetermined causes at her Northwest Baltimore...
View ArticleGroup battling L.A. teachers union raises $1.5 million for March election
The Buffalo, N.Y., school system says it will no longer honor a deal it had made with its teachers' union not to dismiss educators based on new evaluations--but the union is pledging to fight to keep...
View ArticleTexas makes teachers' pensions less reliant on markets
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas lawmakers passed sweeping changes to the state's $116 billion teacher pension system on Sunday, including the first cost-of-living increase in a dozen years and a new...
View ArticleBrenda J. Clayburn, City Union of Baltimore president, dies
Brenda J. Clayburn, a founder and later president of the City Union of Baltimore who was also a longtime city Police Department supervisor, died Sunday of undetermined causes at her Northwest Baltimore...
View ArticleTeachers push for assault rifle ban
The Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers has twice asked the school district to support tighter gun regulations, but district officials say there are no plans to address the topic while school-safety...
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