LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles teachers union leader hinted of a possible resumption of contract bargaining Wednesday as striking educators in the second largest U.S. school district walked picket lines outside hundreds of schools for a third day. “We’ll have more information for you later in the day about the bargaining table […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teachers in Los Angeles, whose 640,000 students make it the nation’s second-largest school district, are ready to strike Thursday over a contract dispute that follows teacher walkouts in other states that emboldened organized labor after a critical defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court. United Teachers Los Angeles said its 35,000 members […]
Amid fierce debate over whether charter schools are good for black students, the heirs to the Walmart company fortune have been working to make inroads with advocates and influential leaders in the black community. The Walton family, as one of the leading supporters of America’s charter school movement, is spreading its financial support to prominent […]
Child abuse increases the day after school report cards are released — but only when kids get their grades on a Friday, a study in Florida suggests. The curious finding startled researchers, who had figured abuse might go up regardless of the specific day kids got their grades. But their study of reports to a […]
Three African-American students were selected as 2019 Rhodes Scholars.
There are almost 7 million adult learners in the United States alone. Anyone in school over the age of 25 is considered an adult learner. Jini Thornton says that the very first step is to figure out your “why.” Next, you want to contact your local school and see what programs that they have available. […]
Education is extremely important and Jim Cowen, excutive director of Collaborative For Student Success, knows that. The Collaborative For Student Success is a non profit that works to ensure that all students are prepared and able to succeed in college. Their new initiative is called Promise To Practice and it’s dedicated to closing the achievement […]
A high school class assignment aimed to examine sociology and race netted the results the teacher was hoping for when a student was grabbed by a stranger inside Denver, Colorado’s Cherry Creek Mall and accused of stealing. As reported by kdvr.com, 17-year-old Channing Cowan was at the mall with three classmates from his psychology class at Centaurus High […]
A student at South Atlanta High School claimed that on Oct. 3 he touched a teacher on the shoulder and the teacher shoved him across a desk. Well, video of the incident was obtained by WSB-TV and it seems like the student was telling the truth. WSB-TV reports, the 17-year-old said it all began when he […]
When the custodian at Dallas Independent School District’s Frank Guzick Elementary School had an emergency, principal Adreana Davis stepped up to handle the responsibilities. Davis told WFAA, “I just put those gloves on and got to work.” As reported by WFAA, when teachers and students saw the principal pushing the custodian’s cart down the halls, they were not surprised. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has pledged $1 million to a network of charter schools for a new location in the Bronx. Capital Preparatory Schools has been approved to open the school in September with 160 6th- and 7th-graders. The goal is to expand to 650 students in grades six through 11 over […]
The flood of education-related tax advice that seems to crest during back-to-school season often centers on students or their parents. But teachers can score a few tax breaks, too — if they do their homework. Three tax pros share their own lesson plans for cutting teachers’ tax bills. 1. Educator Expense Deduction WHAT IT IS: […]
