Apr 30 Watch 8:36 What parents of dyslexic children are teaching schools about literacy By Lisa Stark, Education Week Fewer than 40 percent of fourth and eighth grade students nationwide are proficient readers. Now, led by parents of children with dyslexia, a learning disability that makes reading and spelling difficult, some states are trying to change how reading is… Continue watching
Apr 30 2 state 'teachers of the year' skip White House ceremony By Associated Press Jessica Dueñas of Kentucky told the Courier Journal that she feels like the Trump administration's support of school choice is "clearly attacking public education."… Continue reading
Apr 30 North Carolina teachers will rally again in capital to press demands By Martha Waggoner, Associated Press Teachers' list of demands this year includes Medicaid expansion, restoration of extra pay for teacher's master's degrees and a $15 minimum wage for support staff. Continue reading
Apr 29 Lawmakers debate future of loan relief for public workers By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The government promised public service workers their debt could be erased if they made payments for 10 years, but officials have largely failed to deliver. Continue reading
Apr 27 Nearly 700 from LA universities still in measles quarantine By Associated Press Nearly 700 people possibly exposed to measles at two Los Angeles universities are still quarantined three days after health officials ordered the precautions to contain the spread of the highly contagious disease. Continue reading
Apr 26 Los Angeles colleges quarantine over 900 possibly exposed to measles By John Rogers, Associated Press The action at the University of University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Los Angeles — which together have more than 65,000 students — reflected the seriousness with which public health officials are taking the nation's measles outbreak. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 8:56 Why teachers are managing more student needs -- and struggling to pay for their own New teacher strikes and walkouts are making headlines this year, but the issues they are raising are familiar. Educators are especially concerned about pay, school resources, growing responsibilities, testing policies and the role of charter schools. John Yang talks to… Continue watching
Apr 22 Warren unveils college debt forgiveness plan By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press The Massachusetts senator says the proposal would eliminate almost all student loan debt for 42 million Americans. Continue reading
Apr 19 How Maine's major education reform effort dissolved into a patchwork of policies By Kelly Field, The Hechinger Report Well-intentioned education and business leaders, backed by wealthy foundations and a success story from faraway Alaska, sold state lawmakers on a largely untested theory of change. Now seven years after the state passed a law that required high schools to… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 8:55 What we have learned, 20 years after Columbine How are those closest to the Columbine school shooting observing its 20th anniversary? Coni Sanders’ father, David, was a teacher and coach at Columbine and the only adult killed -- but not before he warned hundreds of students to safety. Continue watching