by Beth Holmes | Feb 22, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
Bernie Sanders has promised to fight for a $60,000 minimum salary for public school teachers in a town hall speech this week. “We should be paying public school teachers a minimum of at least $60,000 a year,” Sanders said at a town hall in Washington D.C. on Monday...
by Sarah Green | Apr 10, 2015 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Florida legislators are set to change class size laws in that state. For the last 12 years, since the legislation was initially passed, opponents have tried to get rid of it, which imparts strict class size limits, and fines schools which have classes which are too...
by Sarah Green | Apr 7, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In Nashville, Tennessee, Governor Bill Haslam’s proposal for a program that would cover full costs for high school graduates to attend a two-year college looks likely to pass legislation. The ‘Tennessee Promise’ is a plan to improve the current 32% graduation rate up...
by Sarah Green | Mar 24, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In what is considered a surprise move by legislation, the New York State Senate voted against a bill on March 17th, which would have allowed state funding for tuition aid for undocumented immigrants. The Republican-controlled Senate failed to pass the measure, even...