EduClips: De Blasio Calls NYC Ed Dept. Harassment Complaints Frivolous; Teachers to Strike in AZ, CO — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts
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EduClips is a roundup of the day’s top education headlines from America’s largest school districts, where more than 4 million students across eight states attend class every day. Read previous EduClips installments here. Get the day’s top school and policy news delivered straight to your inbox by signing up for the
Top Story
COLLEGE READINESS — Just two states publish full information on whether students from specific high schools go on to graduate from postsecondary education, and just 12 states gather and report data on how well those students do after they get to college.
“A clear reason is that [states are] not federally mandated to publish this data,” said Samantha Brown Olivieri, chief strategy officer for , a nonprofit that uses research and data to inform parents about school quality and educational opportunity. “But more and more states are seeing their role as the data steward — not just one of compliance, but one of transparency, and they’re using data to inform improvement rather than as just a form of reporting for accountability.”
In a new report that studies how well America’s high schools are preparing students for success in college, GreatSchools’ “College Success Awards” recognizes the institutions that yield the strongest results in ensuring student enrollment in college, academic readiness, and performance once matriculated. A new provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act requires states to report how many graduates from individual high schools enroll in postsecondary education, but it doesn’t mandate states to follow those students through college and see how they perform once they’re there, and whether they ultimately earn a degree. (Read at The74Million.org)
National News
TEACHER STRIKES — First, it was West Virginia. Then, Kentucky and Oklahoma. Now, Arizona and Colorado teachers prepare to walk out ()
UNION DUES — Las Vegas teachers overwhelmingly vote against high dues, ditching their state union and National Education Association ()
TEACHER STRIKES — NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers’ Right to Strike ()
CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION — Senators Make Bipartisan Push to Boost Career and Technical Education Teachers ()
SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF — ‘They are so underpaid’: School support staff scrape by on meager earnings ()
District and State News
NEW YORK — Mayor de Blasio says education department has culture of frivolous harassment complaints ()
TEXAS — Houston District Backs Off Plan for Takeover of 10 Schools ()
FLORIDA — Judge upholds education law challenged by Collier, Lee and other school boards ()
CALIFORNIA — Despite progress, California’s teaching force far from reflecting diversity of students ()
PENNSYLVANIA — In first public duties, new Philly school board gets an earful from community ()
ILLINOIS — CPS Hopes to Repair Community Trust After Special Education Issues ()
NEVADA — Nevada law could send hundreds of teachers packing ()
NEW YORK — Bronx transfer school is shuttered after late-night vote, a first for Chancellor Carranza ()
VIRGINIA — Opinion: Stop playing politics with education in Fairfax ()
CALIFORNIA — East Bay school district loses bid for nearly $450,000 in attorney’s fees over public records suit ()
NEVADA — Clark County may add sheriff’s deputies at local schools ()
ILLINOIS — Illinois Education Association pushes for tax reform for school funding formula ()
Think Pieces
SCHOOL CHOICE — Unjust ‘Deserts’: New Report Maps High-Poverty Areas Across America Where Parents Have No School Options (Read at The74Million.org)
FAILURE — The Value of Failing: A new research center at Columbia University is committed to figuring out how to turn failure into success ()
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK — Bob Dorough, ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Composer Who Taught Generations of Kids Grammar and Civics, Dies at 94 (Read at The74Million.org)
SCHOOL INVESTMENT — Invest education dollars wisely ()
CAREER EDUCATION — Opinion: States hold the keys to career education ()
Quote of the Day
“Not to unduly shame the American education system, but chances are Bob Dorough has had more of an impact on grammar fluency than any other individual in the 20th century.” —A 2016 People magazine article on Dorough, the “Schoolhouse Rock” composer who died Monday.(Read at The74Million.org)
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