Teachers in Nation's 'Worst Urban District' Twice as Likely to be Rated 'Highly Effective'

According to the 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) report released in October, the Detroit Public Schools system was rated the worst-performing urban district in the country for the fourth time since 2009.  According to the 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) report released in October, the Detroit Public Schools system was rated the worst-performing urban district in the country for the fourth time since 2009.
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California students sue over teacher tenure

Nine California public school students are suing the state over its laws on teacher tenure, seniority and other protections that the plaintiffs say keep bad educators in classrooms.

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Public School Teachers Go Private With Their Kids

By Larry Elder - Guy walks into a restaurant and orders "scrambled eggs and some kind words." Waitress brings the eggs. He smiles, "Now how about the kind words?" Waitress whispers, "Don't eat the eggs." ✧ Which brings us to the fact that urban public school teachers are about twice as likely as non-teachers to send their own children to private schools. That is, many public school teachers whisper to parents, "Don't eat the eggs." ✧ About 11% of all parents — nationwide, rural and urban — send their children to private schools. The numbers are much higher in urban areas... Read more at Investor's Business Daily Read More......

Gunman dead after killing 20 children, 6 adults at Connecticut elementary school

A man killed his mother at home and then opened fire Friday inside a Connecticut elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 young children, as youngsters cowered in their classrooms and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverberating through the building.

The shooter, who sources identified as Adam Lanza, 20, shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, in the face at their home in Newtown, Conn., then went to nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School where she taught and gunned down her entire class, bringing the death toll to 28, according to sources.

Lanza was found dead inside the school, according to officials. Eighteen of the children and six more adults were dead at the school and two more children died later, according to Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance. Read more at Fox News...

Prayers for the little children and those whose lives were taken today in CT. Prayers also for their families who were forced to deal with unimaginable grief and the most painful loss. So many prayers from our nation. Read More......

Education Revolt

Drew Carey goes to Locke High School in Watts to examine the charter school education revolt that's erupting across the nation (2008). What's happening in Oregon with Virtual Schools?

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Educating the Public (on Education)

HOOVER INSTITUTION, by William G. Howell and Martin R. West - The 2008 Education Next-PEPG Survey found that providing respondents with accurate information about teacher salaries decreased support for raising them; providing information about charter schools increased support for them among liberals but lowered it among conservatives. Read more at Hoover... Read More......

WA: State Court upholds teachers' Right to Restitution'

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. NEWS RELEASE: Washington State Appeals Court Upholds Teachers’ Right to Restitution for Dues Illegally Spent By WEA Union Officials - After securing U.S. Supreme Court victory, National Right to Work attorneys pick up the pieces of an otherwise impotent campaign finance regulation

Seattle, WA (December 17, 2008) — A recent decision by a Washington State Court of Appeals, Division 2, has ruled union officials can be held liable for illegally spending teachers’ forced union dues under a now-effectively defunct campaign finance regulation.

The ruling means that thousands of Washington State teachers may receive restitution for the amount Washington Education Association (WEA) union officials illegally docked their paychecks to pay for union political expenditures. The ineffective campaign finance law at issue had been adopted in 1992 and has since been voided by the Washington State Legislature. Read more at NRTW.org... Read More......