Kamala Harris puts teachers front and center
By Rachel Frizin at TheHill.com Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) on Saturday called for teachers to receive pay increases with a push to use federal funds to increase their pay. Harris is scheduled to announce her proposal at a rally Saturday…
DeVos Proposes Cutting Funding for the Special Olympics
By Laura Meckler at the Washington Post Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday defended her request to cut billions of dollars from the agency’s budget, as Democrats attacked her plan as outrageous and damaging to students who need the most…
RI Senate proposes contracting into 4 school districts
An app for school repairs?
A coalition brought together by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers has taken a giant step toward fixing building problems that undermine teaching and learning in the city’s public schools, acting on a key plank of the AFT’s national Fund Our Future…
ed.gov: 5 Tips to Encourage Reading at Home
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, captured the essence and importance of reading with this simple quote. Whether it is learning the art of how to read or reading to learn important information, engaging children to read is…