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Push for teacher diversity risks racial bias in hiring
The Day· 3 days agoWhy is student performance so poor among students from racial minorities in Connecticut's cities? A state law enacted last year suggests it's because city schools don't have enough ...
Golden Apple Accelerators program inducts largest cohort of future Illinois teachers
Quad-City Times· 6 days agoThe Illinois-based Golden Apple nonprofit inducted more than 160 aspiring teachers into its 2024 Accelerators Program — its largest cohort to date. Participants can earn their ...
Despite pleas of Hartford parents, city passes budget with huge cuts to school system
Hartford Courant· 7 days ago“I think it’s really sad how unresponsive our city council is to the needs of Hartford’s citizens,”...
Controversy surrounds extension of CT school superintendent contract. Board deadlocks
Hartford Courant· 6 days agoThe fate of Hartford Public Schools Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez is uncertain after a flood of opposition and a tied vote on whether to extend her contract. The question before the ...
PROOF POINTS: We have tried paying teachers based on how much students learn. Now schools are...
The Hechinger Report· 2 days agoSchools spend billions of dollars a year on products and services, including everything from...
School districts like mine are slashing budgets, jobs, and it’s Gov. Abbott’s fault | Opinion
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe district is cutting personnel, eliminating spending and discontinuing some needed training and...
Are school nurse jobs in jeopardy? As pandemic relief expires, some are worried
USA Today· 5 days agoThe imminent fiscal cliff could have “severe implications” for students, including teacher layoffs...
Montgomery County Public Schools could lose 300+ teachers after county budget is approved
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 5 days agoJust hours before their meeting to approve the budget, Councilmembers heard about possible shocking...
Public Schools Are Sorely Unprepared for a Drop in Enrollment, Which Means a Drop in Funding, Amid...
The New York Sun· 4 days agoShuttered schools, shrinking student bodies, and pink slips for teachers: public schools across...
BRP lays off 298 employees at Sturtevant plant
The Journal Times· 4 days agoSince March, Bombardier Recreational Products, an automotive company, has laid off 298 employees at its Sturtevant facility, 10101 Science Dr.