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Administrators and striking teachers in Scranton agree on one thing: this could have been avoided had state leaders fixed our school funding system.

Administrators and striking teachers in Scranton agree on one thing: this could have been avoided had state leaders fixed our school funding system.

Administrators and striking teachers in Scranton agree on one thing: this could have been avoided had state leaders fixed our school funding system.

ADVERTISEMENT EDUCATION NOTEBOOK: Freer board hailed by teachers union | Ignite academies deadline extended | State Teach Plus gets new director by Cynthia Howell | Today at 3:06 a.m. Freer board hailed by teachers union The Little Rock Education Association is among the organizations and individuals celebrating the lifting last week of state restrictions on Little Rock School Board authority. Those restrictions or guardrails, which were imposed until the district exited Level 5 of the state ac...

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Michigan State Director I. Overview of Teach Plus The mission of Teach Plus is to empower excellent, experienced, and diverse teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity, and student success. The organization empowers expert teachers to advance policy changes and improve instructional leadership and teacher supports; trains and coaches teacher leaders to successfully mobilize and lead teacher teams; and empowers teacher leaders to be change a...

Former Obama administration official arrested on charges of charter school embezzlement Seth Andrew, a senior advisor to former President Barack Obama in the Office of Education Technology, was arrested last Tuesday on charges he stole more than $200,000 from Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of charter schools he founded in 2005. Andrew is accused of stealing the amount to obtain a lower interest rate on his $2 million Manhattan apartment. Accusations include one count each of wire frau...

Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Courtney Thomas Courtney May 3, 2021  If you asked me two years ago which student owned a guinea pig named Max or eight dogs, I am certain I could not have told you. But now I can. It’s strange to be in a position where we see so much of our students’ lives through a computer screen, and yet also feel so disconnected from the students and the families we serve. Now, as schools and their communities seek to re-establish these relationships, state and district lead...

View Comments Teacher retention is a point of reflection and introspection for school leaders every year as they anticipate their staffing needs for the upcoming school year. Some schools hemorrhage teachers each year, while others maintain the same staff rosters for decades. Understanding why this occurs is a logic puzzle for leaders across Jefferson County Public Schools and the nation. Ask teachers who leave or transfer to different schools why they’ve done so, and their answers vary from ...