Ohio voters have rejected a law that significantly weakened the collective bargaining power of more than 350-thousand public employees, including teachers. The bill was signed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich last spring. Opponents immediately launched a campaign to overturn the law through a ballot referendum that became known as Issue 2. They were successful, with […]
A lot of money and attention is flowing into Ohio’s Issue 2 election Tuesday. If it passes, it would allow Ohio to do a lot of things Florida has already done. Our friends at StateImpact Ohio have laid out the pros and cons of the referendum, which places limits on how public employees can collectively […]
When it comes to teaching K-12 students about the nation’s civil rights movement, more than half of U.S. states are failing, according to a new study by the Southern Poverty Law Center. In the study, “Teaching the Movement: The State of Civil Rights Education 2011”, SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance arm looked at each state’s required education standards and curriculum, and […]
Mountain states are adding more teachers than the rest of the country, according to a Stateline.org analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. North Dakota led the way in percentage increase in teaching positions between 2008 and 2010, followed by Montana. Florida added slightly more than 20,000 elementary and secondary education jobs during the three-year period, […]
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will appear on MSNBC tomorrow, part of the parent network’s Education Nation initiative in New York City this week. Bush will join Newark Mayor Cory Booker on “Morning Joe” at 8:20 a.m. Bush, who served from 1999-2007, is a leading national voice for education reform based on measurable student results. […]
Florida’s largest school districts spent just half the federal stimulus money intended to improve low-income student performance on those programs, according to an investigation by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. Instead, districts spent more than $200 million of the $400 million of the money — known as Title I — on employee salaries and […]
President Barack Obama’s jobs bill would pump $1.7 billion dollars into Florida to preserve teacher and first responder jobs, according to details released this week. Florida would also receive $1.3 billion to modernize and upgrade school facilities. The White House estimates the projects would support 16,600 jobs. Obama held a Rose Garden press conference to […]
Every school district in Florida is dealing with layoffs and budget cuts. But Broward County in South Florida is facing the largest budget deficit in the state—more than $140 million. And its forced teachers and students in the nation’s 6th largest school district to get creative about spending money. Students at South Broward High in […]
Got plans for Thanksgiving? If you live in Broward County you might need to reschedule. Broward County will close schools and furlough teachers on Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week in addition to the traditional Wednesday through Friday holiday. Parents told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that they will have to scramble to arrange child care. […]
How much has the average teacher’s salary changed since the 2007-08 school year? We’ve visualized the changes in an interactive map.
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