Stories tagged: "Teachers"
Officials say it's a pathway for support staff, school volunteers, and students to become certified teachers.
It was the goal of our founding fathers and of a functioning democracy that citizens should be able to read for themselves, think for themselves, and therefore vote for themselves, and public education is the vehicle where that happens.
"The choices and behaviors of some of my fellow humans during the pandemic have been one of the greatest heartbreaks of my career and my life."
"Public schools are important to all communities, but especially important in small, rural communities, like where I work."
HB 5859 would have required the state to use $500 million in federal funds to contract with private vendors, to supply students with educational supplies, opportunities, and services. Opponents criticized the Republican-introduced bill as a ploy to direct public money to private, for-profit institutions that aren’t accountable to parents or the public.
As part of an ongoing Q&A series about public education, we spoke to Christian Alvarado, an education organizer and former special education parapro.
Only 24% of parents believe they have too little say over what is taught and nearly 9 in 10 parents believe their child’s teacher has done the best they could during the pandemic.