Education

After a morning stop at Birdville’s Center for Technology and Advanced Learning, DeVos will head east for a visit with the Dallas-based anti-violence non-profit Urban Specialists. She’ll then take a swing by DISD’s Billy E. Dade Middle School at before finishing her day with a discussion at the 16 Streets Initiative, a South Dallas resource center opened in 2017 by Urban Specialists. … [Read more...] about Education secretary Betsy DeVos is coming to Dallas on Thursday, and not everyone’s happy about it

Oklahoma teachers, whose salaries lag far behind most of the nation, haven’t had a raise since 2008. After many walked out of classrooms on Monday and marched on the Capitol, Republican lawmakers moved quickly to pass a tax bill to increase school funding and give raises that would average about $6,000. But many teachers have vowed to stay away from the classroom until additional revenue measures are passed. … [Read more...] about U.S. Secretary of Education to striking teachers in Oklahoma: ‘Keep adult disagreements’ out of schools

"While I appreciate the steps that the Board of Education has taken to approve ethnic-specific courses of study, it did not come without its insults," the release continued. "Today, 9 of my 14 colleagues told me how they believe I should identify: 'American of Mexican Descent.' What does that mean? How do any of them expect this title to resonate with any of our scholars who identify as Mexican American? More importantly, who do any of them think they are to tell me how I should identify?" … [Read more...] about Education Dems blocked by GOP majority that approved controversial Mexican-American Studies course name

The Arizona protest came on the heels of similar walkouts in West Virginia, Kentucky and Oklahoma ― all red states that have seen education funding drop and teacher salaries stagnate in recent years. The Arizona walkout was being planned for weeks, after West Virginia teachers successfully negotiated raises by closing schools for nine days. A grassroots group, Arizona Educators United, organized the walkout in conjunction with the union. … [Read more...] about Arizona Passes Education Budget To End Teacher Walkout

That opinion, signed by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, said that someone appointed to a state board during a legislative session "could withdraw himself from consideration by the Senate before the Senate rejects the appointment or fails to approve the appointment" and still retain the "right to be reappointed" at some other time. … [Read more...] about Greitens says education nominees withdrawn