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The Surprising Obstacle to Overhauling How Children Learn to Read

By: Troy Closson — May 25th 2023 at 15:23
New York is the latest large city to join a national push to change how children are taught to read. But principals and teachers may resist uprooting old practices.

New York City is mandating that all of its elementary schools change how they teach reading. Some may not make the change willingly.
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The School Where the Pandemic Never Ended

By: Meg Bernhard — April 6th 2023 at 02:54
As the nation’s schools ‘return to normal,’ teachers in an L.A. neighborhood hit hard by Covid are left to manage their students’ grief — and their own.
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Chicago’s Mayoral Race Pits the Teachers Union Against the Police Union

By: Jonathan Weisman — April 4th 2023 at 22:26
In a city known for its unions, two loom over the Paul Vallas-Brandon Johnson race, and no labor leader is as significant as the incendiary president of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas. The race will end with a fiercely contested runoff election on April 4.
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A Chicago Mayoral Hopeful Who Took on Hard-to-Fix Schools Faces a Political Shift

By: Mitch Smith and Matthew Rosenberg — April 4th 2023 at 22:26
Paul Vallas has long been a supporter of charter schools. He is running against Brandon Johnson, an ex-teacher with a different approach.
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Los Angeles Schools and 30,000 Workers Reach Tentative Deal After Strike

By: Corina Knoll · Adeel Hassan and Shawn Hubler — March 25th 2023 at 04:11
The three-day walkout included Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, gardeners, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants.
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Los Angeles Schools and 30,000 Workers Reach Tentative Deal After Strike

By: Corina Knoll · Adeel Hassan and Shawn Hubler — March 25th 2023 at 04:11
The three-day walkout included Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, gardeners, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants.

Los Angeles school employees and supporters rallied in Los Angeles State Historic Park on Thursday.
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Los Angeles Schools Shut Down After LAUSD Workers Launch 3-Day Strike

By: Corina Knoll · Kurtis Lee and Ana Facio-Krajcer — March 23rd 2023 at 21:46
The work stoppage began early Tuesday morning with a picket line at a district bus yard.

The strike began on Tuesday in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, with bus drivers and other school employees walking a picket line outside a school district bus depot.
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‘Respect Us’: Los Angeles School Workers Call for Better Wages

By: The Associated Press — March 23rd 2023 at 13:53
Tens of thousands of teachers’ aides, bus drivers and other school employees protested on the second day of a three-day strike.
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In Chicago Mayor’s Race, Brandon Johnson Rises With Union Support

By: Mitch Smith — March 23rd 2023 at 04:39
Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner who once taught in struggling neighborhoods, soared in the polls after an endorsement and donations from the Chicago Teachers Union.
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LAUSD Strike Highlights the Growing Challenges of Los Angeles Life

By: Kurtis Lee and Jill Cowan — March 23rd 2023 at 02:06
Both parents and the striking school district employees are on the same side of the economic divide in one of the nation’s most expensive cities.
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School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest

By: Amanda Holpuch — March 11th 2023 at 22:13
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.
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School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest

By: Amanda Holpuch — March 11th 2023 at 22:13
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.

Marissa Barnwell’s parents said that they filed a federal lawsuit over how school officials handled their daughter’s refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Will Not Be Charged, Prosecutor Says

By: Christine Hauser — March 9th 2023 at 19:40
The boy shot and injured his first-grade teacher at an elementary school in Newport News, Va., in January.

A 6-year-old boy shot and injured his first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., on Jan. 6, the authorities said.
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6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Will Not Be Charged, Prosecutor Says

By: Christine Hauser — March 9th 2023 at 19:40
The boy shot and injured his first-grade teacher at an elementary school in Newport News, Va., in January.
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The Rise of the Active Shooter Defense Industry

By: Michael Corkery and Zackary Canepari — February 17th 2023 at 21:51
More companies are promising to protect children or employees against gun violence. But the industry is largely unregulated and unproven.

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America Should Be in the Middle of a Schools Revolution

By: David Brooks — February 17th 2023 at 00:00
Covid disrupted education, and now the task is to build something new.
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Charter School Expansion Faces Tough Fight in New York

By: Troy Closson — February 2nd 2023 at 20:52
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to allow more charter schools to open in New York City. But as the public school system loses students, the effort faces strong political headwinds.

Gov. Kathy Hochul presented a state budget that included proposals that would increase the number of charter schools, along with the funding they received.
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At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots

By: Natasha Singer — February 6th 2023 at 08:00
Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence.

Marisa Shuman challenged her students at the Young Women’s Leadership School of the Bronx to examine the work created by a chatbot.
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Charter School Expansion Faces Tough Fight in New York

By: Troy Closson — February 2nd 2023 at 20:52
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to allow more charter schools to open in New York City. But as the public school system loses students, the effort faces strong political headwinds.
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Newport News School Was Warned 3 Times That 6-Year-Old Had a Gun, Lawyer Says

By: Paul Bibeau and Sarah Mervosh — January 26th 2023 at 04:59
Under pressure, the school board voted to end the superintendent’s contract. Other administrators have also left the elementary school.
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