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Posts tagged adequate funding

The Cost of Child Poverty: $500 Billion a Ye...

July 30, 2013 Written by admin
The Cost of Child Poverty: $500 Billion a Year

The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss writes about a new report from ETS (Educational Testing Service) that sheds light on the economic and educational effects of poverty. Writes Strauss, “The report also discusses modern education reform and its effects on the educational outcomes for poor children. It says that reform that fails to address the issue […]

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Hickory, Catawba School Boards Condemn Cuts Made by Legislatu...

July 30, 2013 Written by admin
Hickory, Catawba School Boards Condemn Cuts Made by Legislature

In the Hickory Daily Record: “Catawba County Schools and Hickory Public Schools boards heard on Monday the same laments about the state budget likely to be passed in Raleigh and what it does to educational funding. ‘If you value larger classes and fewer adults working with our children; less instructional supplies and no pay increases […]

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Letter to the NC General Assembly: I Can No Longer Afford to Tea...

July 29, 2013 Written by admin
Letter to the NC General Assembly: I Can No Longer Afford to Teach

A North Carolina teacher shares the sad truth about teacher pay in North Carolina.  We should not treat professional educators (Lindsay has two professional degrees and four certifications) like this.  Here’s her letter: Dear members of the North Carolina General Assembly, The language in this letter is blunt because the facts are not pretty. Teaching […]

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Chicago schools Lay Off 2,100 While City Puts $55 M into College Basketball Are...

July 24, 2013 Written by admin
Chicago schools Lay Off 2,100 While City Puts $55 M into College Basketball Arena

“Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district said Thursday night. About half of the 1,036 teachers being let go are tenured. The latest layoffs, which also include 1,077 school staff members, are in addition to 855 employees — […]

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