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Covid exacerbated the chronic teacher shortage, thereby increasing a need for substitutes, but that pool is draining, too

The San Francisco teachers' union, in a scandal-ridden year for the school district, is pushing for higher wages, class size limits, and more

While public school teachers have been negotiating for better pay for weeks, principals argue that they have been overlooked and devalued throughout the COVID state of emergency, which put them at the helm of navigating safety procedures at their school sites.

While public school teachers have been negotiating for better pay for weeks, principals argue that they have been overlooked and devalued throughout the COVID state of emergency, which put them at the helm of navigating safety procedures at their school sites.

Members of the Pittsfield School Committee sought answers on a number of fronts in a currently proposed budget for the citys school system, and presented their recommendations at the boards

Schools are short about 600 teachers, hundreds of special educators and about 200 paraeducators — who, by the way, earn a starting salary of about $18 per hour.

As they prepare for the sunsetting of federal grant funding, administrators and leaders from Pittsfield Public Schools presented their most pressing budget needs to the citys School Committee as part

SFUSD is facing deplorable problems that impact staff and families district-wide. Heres what needs to happen

The plan is to move spring break 2024 in order to accommodate the Eid holiday — next year, Eid al-Fitr starts on sundown Tuesday, April 9 following the month of Ramadan.

Teachers union asks for the district to "answer the phone, respond to emails (and) respond with actions rather than equivocations."