The Ontario government has released an interim sex-ed curriculum for elementary school teachers to use this September — and Premier Doug Ford is suggesting there will be consequences if they don’t adhere to it.
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Arizona promises teachers 20% higher pay by 2020
Teachers in Arizona could see a 20 percent net salary increase by 2020, according to a proposal by Republican Governor Doug Ducey that is intended to stave off a major teacher strike like the ones in Oklahoma and West Virginia. Ducey’s proposal would see average teacher pay rise from the current $ 48,723 a year […]
School district to arm teachers with mini baseball bats
In the wake of America’s latest deadly school shooting, one district in Pennsylvania has come up with a novel way to ward off would-be killers by arming teachers with mini baseball bats. The Millcreek School District in the northwest of the Keystone state has spent $ 1,800 to purchase the bats, according to local media […]
Don’t offend the PC brigade by teaching ‘British values,’ Scottish govt warns teachers
Is political correctness getting in the way of education? The UK security minister fears that it might be, after Scottish teachers were told not to use the term ‘British values’ in the context of terrorism, as the term may offend. Security Minister Ben Wallace accused the Scottish National Party administration and Education Scotland of “putting […]
Striking Oklahoma teachers storm & occupy state capitol over pay and funding (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Thousands of Oklahoma teachers stormed the state capitol and refused to budge when confronted by authorities about their loud chants. The protest appears to be part of a statewide strike over teacher pay and school funding. Over 30,000 teachers walked out of schools across Oklahoma on Monday and Tuesday, protesting what they say are teacher […]
Arming teachers with guns won’t help prevent school shootings, research suggests — here’s how Germany dealt with the problem
George Frey/Getty Images President Donald Trump said having “highly trained” teachers armed with guns in class could help prevent tragedies like the deadly Florida school shooting. Trump said he’d support spending federal dollars to give “expert teachers” special training to carry guns in the classroom. Shortly after Trump’s announcement, a California high school teacher accidentally […]
Why More States Are Tussling With Their Teachers
Teachers from Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona have staged strikes and demonstrations, and they have threatened walkouts over new proposals to install limits on pensions, wage increases and benefits.
Why America’s Teachers Haven’t Been Getting Raises
Larry Cagle is angry. At 54 years of age, he makes $ 34,500 a year teaching critical-reading skills to public high-school students in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I do construction and lawn maintenance in the summer” to make ends meet, he said. “I moved here from Florida five years ago, and in Florida I made $ 25,000 […]
Last-ditch deal ends West Virginia teachers’ 9-day strike
West Virginia lawmakers have agreed a deal to end a nine-day teachers’ walkout over pay and healthcare. The West Virginia Senate had rejected the pay raise that would have ended the state’s biggest teachers’ strike in 30 years. Governor Jim Justice tweeted on Tuesday morning that a deal had been reached in a last-minute conference […]
Florida high school teachers had active shooter training 6 weeks before the attack — and students say it saved their lives
Joe Raedle/Getty Images A survivor of the Florida school shooting wrote an op-ed claiming that the training teachers received on active shooters six weeks before the shootings saved lives. A teacher interviewed shortly after the event confirmed that the training took place, and that things “could have been a lot worse” without it. President Donald […]
