EduClips: Houston-Area Superintendent Resigns Over Racist Remarks About Texans Quarterback; Puerto Rico’s Special-Ed Students Left Behind After Hurricane Maria — 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
#EDLECTION2018 — One was on the roof of a Habitat for Humanity house in California when it occurred to her. Another was in a state senator’s office in Oklahoma City. Still another was at an education conference in Minneapolis when she began to consider it.
It’s a decision hundreds of educators across the country have made this year: To change the conditions in their classrooms, they would have to run for office themselves. Some 550 educators will be on election ballots this fall, according to the National Education Association, running for everything from local school board to governor.
Their numbers are particularly pronounced in states where teachers took to the streets and statehouses in the spring, places like Oklahoma, Kentucky, and West Virginia. At least 20 educators filed to run for Congress this cycle, and the hundreds of educators running for statehouse positions came from both political parties from Maine to Alaska. Though the exact issues varied – compensation, the upward creep in class sizes, the trickling pipeline of qualified educators – they pointed to a common theme of neglect in state K-12 education budgets. ()
National News
BULLYING — ‘It Was a Shocker’: National Student Survey Shows Bullying on the Rise Over Past Three Years, Particularly Among Students of Color in Majority-White Schools (Read at The74Million.org)
GEORGIA — Georgia’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System ()
ESSA — How Do State ESSA Plans Handle Mental Health? ()
#EDLECTION2018 — With Both Parties Vying for Complete Control of Connecticut’s Statehouse and Governor’s Mansion, the Midterms Could Shape State’s Education Priorities for Years (Read at The74Million.org)
District and State News
TEXAS — Houston-area superintendent resigns after racist remarks about Texans’ Deshaun Watson ()
PUERTO RICO — Hundreds of Puerto Rican schools closed after Maria. Special-needs kids got left behind ()
NEVADA — Clark County schools strive to balance school safety, punitive reforms ()
CALIFORNIA — City sets timeline for election to fill L.A. school board seat ()
HAWAII — This Ballot Measure Is Sparking Intense Debate Over Hawaii’s Schools ()
NEW YORK — Charter schools, funding, and the SHSAT: What we’re watching if Democrats flip New York’s Senate ()
CALIFORNIA — Newsom’s ‘cradle-to-career’ education pledge will require sweeping changes in California ()
NEW YORK — Diversity plan mayhem: Arts school can’t audition applicants anymore ()
FLORIDA — Time for Florida’s new student scholarships draws near ()
TEXAS — Texas board of education exposes how poorly we teach history [Opinion] ()
ILLINOIS — Why Chicago-area high school students are leaving Illinois for college ()
NEVADA — EDITORIAL: Laxalt, Sisolak offer dueling education plans ()
Think Pieces
DYSLEXIA — The Couple Who Helped Decode Dyslexia ()
OPIODS — Addiction counselors embed in schools dealing with the opioid crisis ()
TEACHER MENTORING — When New Teachers Get Mentoring, Student Math Scores Can Go Up, Study Shows ()
Quote of the Day
“In this day and age, it’s just amazing that this B.S. exits — but it does.” —Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien. A Texas school district superintendent resigned recently for criticizing Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson on the basis of his being “a black quarterback.” ()
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