Mar 30 Why Oklahoma teachers are planning to walk out Monday By Vic Pasquantonio Oklahoma legislators passed a tax increase for the first time since 1990 on Wednesday, which gave teachers a pay raise in hopes of averting a walkout. Teachers say they still plan to walk out of school on April 2. Continue reading
Dec 27 More teachers’ union leaders come out against new student-discipline policies By Emmanuel Felton, Education Week Teachers in Fresno, California, and Des Moines, Iowa, have come out against their districts' efforts--following similar announcements in New York and Indianapolis--to reform how students are disciplined. Teachers are arguing that efforts to change student-disciplinary practices—largely in an attempt to… Continue reading
May 20 Watch In Detroit Schools, State Takeover Leads to Leadership Dispute Correspondent John Merrow reports on the progress of Detroit's public school system, following last year's tumultuous takeover by the state of Michigan, following allegations of corruption, a $316 million hole in its budget and tumbling enrollment. Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch D.C. School Chancellor Targets Teachers, Angering Union Chancellor Michelle Rhee's mission to reform D.C.'s troubled schools -- by firing ineffective teachers and offering a new pay system for those who increase students' results -- has met resistance from the teachers' union. Special correspondent John Merrow reports on… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch In Battle to Revamp D.C. Schools, Education Leader Faces Resistance John Merrow reports on the controversial practices that D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee is using to shake up the city's school system, including closing 23 schools by 2010 in a bid to tackle a $100 million budget deficit -- a… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Education Leaders Attempt Reform in Washington, D.C., Schools In the first of two reports on leaders in education who are trying to reform urban schools, NewsHour education correspondent John Merrow investigates improvement efforts in Washington, D.C. Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Failing San Diego Schools Work to Meet Standards A number of failing schools in the San Diego area are adjusting their practices to meet standards under the No Child Left Behind law. Special correspondent for education John Merrow continues a series of reports on the law and how… Continue watching