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Vera Daniels and Celeste Hoins, substitute teachers in the Lansing school district near Kansas City, are suing the district. They say they were fired for speaking out against school district policies.
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Some Texas public school teachers say they have to do side jobs in order to be able to live.
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Democrats are the minority in the Texas Legislature and their proposal is almost guaranteed to fail. Even if they wanted to push for salary increases for teachers, their anti-voucher stance could stall any progress.
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Signing bonuses of as much as $50,000 are what Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said is needed to attract new and retired teachers to the classroom. That’s also what makes his new bonus plan a risky policy.
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Oklahoma House Republicans bypassed standard legislative procedure to advance Governor Kevin Stitt’s education plan. The last-minute change ties teacher raises to tax credits for private and homeschool families.
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While there have been incremental salary increases in Texas and the U.S., the president of the National Education Association said, they're not keeping pace with inflation and not enough to address the nationwide teacher shortage.
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The chamber will likely have to negotiate with the House over key differences in their spending plans, namely how to lower property taxes.
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The chambers will need to negotiate how to give teachers pay raises, whether to adjust how students take standardized tests and how to provide long-term…
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According to an editorial in The New Yorker this week, Tuesday’s Oklahoma primary elections “show the lasting impression of the teacher walkout.”The…
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It appears that the historic raise promised to Oklahoma’s teachers may be in trouble.As The Guardian reports, despite promises made by state lawmakers to…