Category: Current News

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. In Sprawling Los Angeles, School Choice Faces its Own Kind of Gridlock (The 74) “Last school year, seven boys from six families met regularly in a Target parking lot off the spider-like network of freeways that winds through the neighborhoods north of downtown Los Angeles.” “At 6:50 a.m.,…

Here’s your Friday News Roundup: Shut Out: Inequitable Access to After School Programs Grows (The 74) Wait! I thought “equity” was a bad word now, something we shouldn’t concern ourselves with in the public education system. Well for those who want us to stop focusing on “equity inside the classroom,” good news when it comes…

Here’s your Friday News Roundup. $200 Rent, District Supe as Landlord: Affordable Teacher Housing Is on the Rise (The 74) There are school districts that expect their teachers to live inside the school district’s boundaries. The districts pay the teachers $60,000 a year while housing costs run that teacher 1/3 to ½ of that annual…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. Harrison vs. High Ed: How One Lawmaker is Weaponizing Social Media to Eradicate LGBTQ+ Curriculum (The Texas Tribune) Representative Brian Harrison from Midlothian, Texas. Although he did not pass one of his own bills in the last Texas legislative session, Harrison has taken it upon himself to shut…

Time for the Friday News Roundup. UT-Austin Considering Offer to Adopt Trump Priorities for Funding Advantages (The Texas Tribune) The Texas Tribune reported late last week that The University of Texas at Austin was considering an offer by the Trump administration that would grant the university access to substantial and meaningful federal dollars in exchange…

It’s Friday. Here’s your News Roundup. Texas Tech’s Limits on Gender Identity Discussion Deepen Fears of Politics Breaching Academic Freedom (The Texas Tribune) Last week ABPTL reported that Angelo State University, an institute of higher education within the Texas Tech University System, decided to ban classroom discussions of transgender identities. Now it seems the entire…

It’s the end of the week. Time for the Friday News Roundup. Teachers Across the U.S. Get Suspended or Fired Over Posts Linked to Charlie Kirk (EducationWeek) When I worked in a large urban school district in Texas, school district employees were allowed to use their own personal social media accounts to post almost anything.…

Time for the Friday News Roundup. From “Bring It On” to “This Policy Is Crazy,” NYC Parents React to Cellphone Ban (The 74) It seems NYC parents are changing their tune regarding their district’s across-the-board cellphone ban. Alina Adams from The 74 reported earlier this week that, “One year after I reported on New York…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. Confusion as Kids Head Back to School and RFK Jr. Calls the Shots on Vaccines (The 74) Last week, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Not surprisingly, Democratic members of the committee were especially critical…