NY – Bill would require every child to get a psychological test…
Berkeley Brean at WHEC-10 in Rochester… “Would you let your child be tested like this? After several school shooting including in Newtown, CT., there is now a bill in the New York State Assembly that would require every child in public school to have a psychological examination before they could go to school. The test would be mandatory whether or not a child showed signs of emotional or psycholog
Baton Rouge’s rich want keep poor pupils out…
Margaret Newkirk at Bloomberg.com… “In East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, middle-class and wealthy neighborhoods want an educational divorce from a neighboring community where four out of 10 families live in poverty. Saying they want local control, they’re trying to leave the 42,000-pupil public-education system. They envision their own district funded by property taxes from their higher-value ho
School systems outsourcing search for substitutes…
John Dyer in The Boston Globe… “Early in the morning, before thousands of children arrive at schools throughout Boston’s suburbs, administrators make calls to find hundreds of substitute teachers. It’s no easy task…” Read it. What do you think? Read and share comments here… The post School systems outsourcing search for substitutes… appeared first on GoPublicSchool.com.
Stop tenure tyranny!
Ted Rall in The Los Angeles Times… “My mother retired recently from teaching under pretty much the best possible working conditions one could expect in an American high school: She taught high school French in an Ohio suburb that is at least 90% white, ranging from middle to upper middle class. By the end of her career, she was relatively decently paid. Her students weren’t hobbled by poverty or
Durham teachers stand against four-year contracts…
Gregory Childress in The Herald-Sun… “About 96 percent of the teachers at Durham School of the Arts have signed a letter vowing to not accept four-year contracts and annual bonuses they would receive in exchange for giving up tenure. Several of the school’s teachers and dozens of supporters gathered in the DSA atrium Wednesday morning to join a statewide movement against a new state teacher-tenure
Baltimore teachers ratify new contract…
Erica L. Green in The Baltimore Sun… “Baltimore teachers voted Thursday to ratify a three-year contract that will give them annual raises of 1 percent and opportunities for promotion, but leaves uncertainty about evaluations and a career ladder that was introduced three years ago… Read it. What do you think? Read and share comments here… The post Baltimore teachers ratify new contract… appeared fi
Arts teachers in LA County schools decreased by 10 percent…
Mary Plummer at KPCC – Southern California Public Radio… “A report to be released Thursday by the Otis College of Art and Design shows the number of arts teachers in Lo
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GoPublicSchool.com « An open discussion of public school issues. GoPublicSchool.com: Vergara v. California: The agendas, the facts…Ben Spielberg at 34Justice… “Ted Boutros believes corporations that destroy lives with reckless policies should suffer minimal financial penalties in court. Boutros’s partner, Marcellus McRae, proudly defends white-collar criminals. Eli Broad pretended to support Pro
