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During school board budget meetings last week, MCEA representatives highlighted the desire for teacher raises, which have not been given by the board since 2017.  MCEA representatives told the school board that a raise for teachers is much needed, especially following a tough year amid COVID-19. In contrast, the Maury County Commission is proposing a 5% raise for all county employees.  During the budget meeting last week, MCEA president Stephanie Sparks-Newland read the childrens story, "...

Full-time faculty at SUNY Corning Community College overwhelmingly voted on a secret electronic ballet that they have no confidence in President William P. Mullaney. Ryan Hersha, president and member of the Professional Educators of Corning Community College, said 42 PECCC members, or 82%, voted no to the question posed on the ballet — do you have confidence in the leadership of Mullaney as president of SUNY CCC? Nine members of PECCC members voted yes to that question. Hersha said the vote w...

The following are the main stories in Monday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says the police are investigating cryptocurrency transactions made by alleged murderer Yorgen Fenech, including their links to a notorious ‘darkweb’ marketplace. In another story, the newspaper says the family court has annulled a woman’s marriage to a foreigner whom she had never seen before and whom she wed under the influence of drugs. The Malta Independent interviews the head of the Union of Professional Educa...

Editors note: This story has been updated to correct the status of the bill.  A Tennessee bill establishing a process for teachers to remove students from classrooms for "disorderly" behavior passed the Senate 25-8 Thursday morning. The legislation cleared the House Monday night. But because of a Senate amendment, the House must take final action before the bill can go to the governors desk.  Tennessee public schools and charter schools would be required to set up a process authorizing teache...

A think tank meant to make proposals on the future of education in the country is being seen as a flop by teachers’ unions. The think tank, set up last May by then education minister Owen Bonnici, is chaired by Edward de Bono of lateral thinking fame and among its members are high-profile figures like architect Richard England, Chamber of Commerce president David Xuereb and education permanent secretary Frank Fabri. It was to take an opportunity from the COVID pandemic to envision the future ...

ADPD calls for tougher measures to protect people's health

Teachers unions have taken different views on whether schooling should shift online, with the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) saying it is monitoring the situation on the basis of medical advice, and the Union of Professional Educators (UPE) saying the shift should take place immediately owing to the surge in the number of virus cases.  In a message on YouTube, the executive head of the UPE, Graham Sansone, said that the teachers union is alarmed by the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. He sa...

Roy Exum: The Discipline Dilemma Sunday, February 28, 2021 - by Roy Exum Roy Exum There is a hard-fisted bill now rapidly moving through the Tennessee Legislature that is aimed at the lack of discipline that is increasing in our state’s public schools. While desperately needed, particularly in our overly challenged metro areas, let’s be very candid from the beginning. This cancer has reached the legislature because our liberal public school leaders haven’t the courage nor the backbo...

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com Feb 26, 2021 5:36 PM Many teachers are scoffing at the Governor’s proposed 400 dollar teacher pay raise, calling it far too little. Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana Director Dr. Keith Courville said the Governor needs to add an extra zero to that figure if he wants to rival the pay teachers can find in neighboring states. “Whenever the people say that there’s not money, they just mean that there’s not money for you because at the sam...

The Malta Union of Teachers has said it trusts health authorities’ decision on which vaccines to administer to teachers and will not question their plans