EduClips: Education Plays Key Role in CA’s Gubernatorial Primary; Parents of 2 Murdered Parkland Teens Run for School Board — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts
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Top Story
TEACHERS — Pencils, pens, crayons, construction paper, T-shirts, snacks, and, sometimes, a pair of shoes: The costs add up for public school teachers who reach into their own pockets for classroom supplies, ensuring their students have the necessities for learning.
Nearly all teachers are footing the bill for classroom supplies, an Education Department report found, and teachers in high-poverty schools spend more than those in affluent schools.
The report, prepared by the National Center for Education Statistics and released Tuesday, is based on a nationally representative survey of teachers during the 2015–16 school year. It found that 94 percent of teachers pay for classroom supplies, spending an average of $479 a year. About 7 percent of teachers spend more than $1,000 a year. ()
National News
TEACHER STRIKES — With North Carolina Teachers Rallying This Week, a Look Back at a Season of Strikes: What Teachers Asked For and What They Received (Read at The74Million.org)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — Exclusive: Former for-profit college executive shaped Education Department policy that could benefit former employers: Documents ()
CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION — Trump Taps Former Community College Official for Career and Technical Education Post ()
TEACHERS — Teachers’ group seeks to stop Oklahoma anti-tax question ()
District and State News
CALIFORNIA — From Voters to Donors, Education Emerging as Key Issue in California’s Gubernatorial Primary; While Newsom Leads, Cox & Villaraigosa Fight for 2nd (Read at The74Million.org)
FLORIDA — 2 parents of murdered Parkland teens run together for Broward school board ()
ILLINOIS — Parents Call for Chicago Public Schools to Fix Special Education Program ()
NEVADA — Nevada charter school fights back against possible closure ()
NEW YORK — City may consider more than just test scores in controversial Upper West Side integration proposal ()
CALIFORNIA — A few rich charter school supporters are spending millions to elect Antonio Villaraigosa governor ()
NEW YORK — Is Betsy DeVos visiting a Jewish school in Manhattan Tuesday? Officials won’t say ()
TEXAS — TEA head Mike Morath discusses the future of HISD ()
PENNSYLVANIA — A new Board of Education is coming; but responsibility for schools is still shared | Opinion ()
NEVADA — School districts increasingly hiring foreign teachers to fill shortages ()
TEXAS — Texas ranks 36th nationally in per-student education spending. Here’s how much it spends. ()
Think Pieces
COMMON CORE — Here’s what annoyed high school students most about the switch to Common Core ()
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS — The Value of a Video ()
CHARTER SCHOOLS — Robin Lake: 4 Ways a Big New Study on School Districts, Finances & Charter Schools Is Misleading California Parents & Communities (Read at The74Million.org)
SEGREGATION — Any educational reform that ignores segregation is doomed to failure ()
NC TEACHERS — Here’s Why Thousands of North Carolina Teachers Are Taking a Personal Day This Week ()
Quote of the Day
“People may say they’re going to be the ‘education governor,’ but in California every governor is going to be the education governor. In California, so much of the funding in our 40-year, post–Proposition 13 world is driven not by local funding but by state funding. That for so many voters is what the government is about: taking care of schools.” —Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California. (Read at The74Million.org)
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