“This is just a mess,” said the Platte County School District 1 chair about a growing debate over whether to sell a nearly 100-year-old Wheatland school or demolish it. Meanwhile, the school board has rejected a $200,000 offer to buy it. The…
Latest: Can The Gulf Be Rebuilt? Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, Two of America's largest teachers unions spent more than $930 million on political activism, lobbying and progressive advocacy over the past decade, raising questions about how union…
MILAN, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Massimiliano Matteri, a 49-year-old teacher from Dongo, a small town on Lake Como, was thrilled when he landed a full-time job at a secondary school in Milan, but he soon found his salary was not enough to…
Two of the top teachers unions in the unions have spent more than $900 million over the last decade on far-left groups, political activism, and lobbying, according to a new education watchdog report. North American Values Institute (NAVI), a nonprofit watchdog…
Yertle was the king of the turtles in the pond he lived in. He decided that the stone that served as his throne wasn’t big enough and demanded that the other turtles in the pond stack themselves so he could…
Two of America’s largest teachers unions spent more than $930 million on political activism, lobbying and progressive advocacy over the past decade, raising questions about how union dues are being used beyond traditional education priorities. According to investigations by the North…
As she celebrated her school-cellphone ban this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul mentioned she’d like more power over the State Education Department, taking particular aim at the recent scrapping of any real high-school graduation requirements. She’s right; too bad she won’t…
Four school districts across the nation have led the way in prioritizing student outcomes over declining enrollment – and more should follow their example, a report by The 74 concludes. “Rather than hoping districts will get it right on their own, states…
(The Center Square) – One of the largest school districts in Arizona is asking voters to extend a 30-year-old budget override this fall. Peoria Unified School District in the Phoenix area is seeking support for its maintenance and operations override, Proposition…
Californians facing not one but two wealth-tax initiatives on next week's ballot may well be asking themselves how all these tens of billions of forcibly extracted dollars will be spent. The answer, based on new studies and weary observation: horribly.
America's K-12 public schools: test scores and literacy, district budgets and closures, school boards, teachers and the Education Department's overhaul.
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