by Beth Holmes | Dec 27, 2021 | News, Other, Teacher Issues
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas announced Monday that $123.3 million in federal relief money would be going to Texas schools. The money is from the Coronavirus Response and and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, the bill passed by Congress in 2020. It contained...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 20, 2021 | News, Teacher Issues
The Chicago Board of Education has reached a $9.25 million settlement in a discrimination case over a series of layoffs that took place in 2012-14. In those years, the CBE enacted “turnaround” procedures as a matter of policy at 18 schools which were not meeting goals...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 13, 2021 | News, Teacher Issues
Teacher burnout is driving schools around the country to pull back a little from full-time in person learning. In mid-November, all Detroit public schools and a school district in Utah announced that through the rest of the calendar year, Fridays would be virtual...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 6, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Corporal punishment in schools is still around, and Kentucky schools are dithering about whether they want it to go away. The current state statute on violence by teachers against students is KRS 503.110. It says that teachers and caregivers are allowed to use...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 29, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Tribal education gets an injection of cash from the $2 billion March 2021 COVID stimulus plan, only a few months late. Announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education, $20 million in grants are going to be given out of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for...
