Lauren Wagner

Oakland Unified teachers avert strike, Alum Rock district leaders approve cuts One of the Bay Area's biggest school districts averted a teachers strike, while another smaller district approved dozens of layoffs.

Oakland Unified teachers avert strike, Alum Rock district leaders approve cuts

The Philly school board finally began considering the superintendent’s school-closing plan — and the community is not happy Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. presented his proposal to close 18 schools at a lengthy, emotional meeting that began Thursday afternoon and stretched into Friday morning.

Board member Wanda Novales "said she recognized the complex challenges the board and district face, but 'the standard cannot simply be operational efficiency. I am struggling to see the heart ... that sees the lived realities of our neighborhoods.'" www.inquirer.com/education/ph... #SaveOurSchools

K-2 Suspensions Were Recently Banned in Nebraska. Now, Lawmakers Want to Go Back At least three states are trying to repeal early grade suspension bans as districts say the practice is needed to control behavior, reach parents.

At least three states are trying to repeal early grade suspension bans as districts say the practice is needed to control behavior, reach parents. @laurenwreports.bsky.social reports

K-2 Suspensions Were Recently Banned in Nebraska. Now, Lawmakers Want to Go Back At least three states are trying to repeal early grade suspension bans as districts say the practice is needed to control behavior, reach parents.

Nebraska is one of multiple states that have sought to repeal a K-2 suspension ban this past year. Lawmakers & advocates are divided as teachers are physically harmed but students of color & children with disabilities are suspended at disproportionate rates. www.the74million.org/zero2eight/k...

UPDATE: California State University maintenance workers on strike, demand pay increase The latest education news updates from EdSource.

California State University maintenance workers on strike, demand pay increase edsource.org?page_id=751362 @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @teamsters.bsky.social @calstate.bsky.social #strike

Detroit teachers union will ask for more support for teachers in handling ICE in new contract Union leadership said the district should reaffirm its support for immigrant students and families as bargaining is set to begin soon.

Union leadership said the district should reaffirm its support for immigrant students and families as bargaining is set to begin soon.

The 74 Interview: Top Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens on a Student-First Mindset The superintendent of the year describes how he runs his growing Texas school district and what he looks for in teachers.

I was able to chat with Roosevelt Nivens from Lamar Consolidated ISD after he received the Superintendent of the Year award at the @aasa.org conference in Nashville. Read more about how he got here, what he's proud of & what challenges he's faced in Texas: www.the74million.org/article/the-...

San Francisco Teachers Strike Ends With Tentative Agreement on Raises, Benefits The contract would provide fully-funded health care and a two-year, 8.5% raise for classified staff. Teachers will get a 5% raise over two years.

The union also won demands around special education staff working conditions such as caseload reductions & overage pay. www.the74million.org/article/san-...

United Educators of San Francisco just announced they have reached a tentative agreement with SFUSD after striking all week. Schools will reopen next Wednesday after two previously scheduled holiday off days.

San Francisco Teachers Demand More Pay, Health Care in First Strike Since 1979 Union of 6,500 educators wants 9% to 14% raises and job changes for special education. School district officials say there’s not enough money.

Here's @laurenwreports.bsky.social @the74.bsky.social with a rundown of what's at stake in San Francisco, where educators are striking for the first time in 47 years.

San Francisco Teachers Demand More Pay, Health Care in First Strike Since 1979 Union of 6,500 educators wants 9% to 14% raises and job changes for special education. School district officials say there’s not enough money.

The United Educators of San Francisco strike continues today after no deal was reached last night. Pickets are happening at each school followed by a rally and march this afternoon. More: www.the74million.org/article/san-...

We're at Mission High School this morning as SF educators stand up for fully staffed schools and the supports students deserve.

Our members are fighting for the schools their communities deserve, and to get back to their classrooms with a fair contract. ✊ @cftunion.bsky.social

Los Angeles, San Francisco Teachers Unions OK Strikes Over Pay, Staffing Demands United Educators of San Francisco could call walkout within 10 days — its first in 50 years. San Diego union plans 1-day strike, others at an impasse.

SFUSD schools are closed today as United Educators of San Francisco report to the picket line. It's the union's first strike in nearly 50 years. Last night, union leaders said the district's proposals on special ed, health care & raises don't go far enough. www.the74million.org/article/los-...

‘Teaching as You’re Feeling’: St. Paul Teachers Share Their Classroom Realities An elementary and a HS educator on who's in school and who isn't, online learning, the value of friends and routine, kids' fears — and their own.

My latest: What's it like to be a teacher in the Twin Cities? Two educators on the very different experience in their classrooms — and the awful realities that are the common thread.

Minnesota Districts, Teachers Union Sue Federal Government for Targeting Schools Educators demand reinstatement of a decades-old policy prohibiting most immigration enforcement near ‘sensitive locations’ like schools and bus stops

My latest: Minnesota school districts, @educationmn.bsky.social go to court seeking reinstatement of the 'sensitive locations' rule, which would keep immigration enforcement actions away from schools, bus stops, churches, healthcare facilities, etc. Was the rule of the land for 30+ years

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Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

United Educators of San Francisco could call walkout within 10 days — its first in 50 years. San Diego union plans 1-day strike, others at an impasse. @laurenwreports.bsky.social reports www.the74million.org/article/los-...

Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”

As ICE Targets Twin Cities Schools & Bus Stops, Even Citizens Keep Kids Home 'Everybody’s affected’: Fear, anger and chaos as classrooms empty out, distance learning fails, student mental health suffers and teachers struggle.

Teachers unions in St. Paul & Minneapolis have called for a general strike Jan. 23 to protest ICE activity & some students have said they plan to join. @uft.org in New York has planned an emergency demonstration the same day. Update from @bethhawkins.bsky.social: www.the74million.org/article/as-i...

From Head Start to Civil Rights, 8 Ways Trump Reshaped Education in Just 1 Year ‘The breadth and scope … was pretty astonishing': Experts predict more 2026 unraveling in areas from special education oversight to immigration.

From Head Start to civil rights, here are eight ways Trump reshaped education in just one year

Study: Switching to Charter School Improves Performance for Special Ed Students Researchers analyzed Michigan K-8 student records over five years and found positive outcomes despite less intensive services.

Study: Switching to charter school improves performance for special education students. @laurenwreports.bsky.social reports

Aldeman: At these 255 schools, literacy rates are far higher than their poverty levels would suggest. Is your school a Bright Spot? www.the74million.org/article/top-...

For Decades, the Feds Were the Last, Best Hope for Special Ed Kids. What Happens Now? State-level complaints over disputes with districts have never been as easy as intended. Now, they're all desperate families have left.

Also in July, concerns mounted about how the staffing cuts at ED would impact students with special needs www.the74million.org/article/for-... @laurenwreports.bsky.social & @bethhawkins.bsky.social

Exclusive: Survey Reveals Why 70% of Early-Career Teachers Leave the Classroom New research finds poor support, salaries and working conditions are making novices quit. Better pay, benefits and mental health resources would help.

What are the top reasons early career teachers leave? @laurenwreports.bsky.social @the74.bsky.social talked to Center for American Progress researchers about their new survey.

Before Special Ed, There Was the School-to-Asylum Pipeline. How One Lawsuit Helped End It 50 years ago, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ended the routine institutionalization of kids with disabilities. Advocates fear a return to that dark time.

50 years ago, IDEA said no child could be declared ineducable.

"Advocates celebrated the end of the school-to-asylum pipeline. Today, however, people with disabilities see flashing warning lights."

Powerful & crucial story from @bethhawkins.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/befo...

After Mismanagement Put a District $1M in Debt, a Town Tries to Save Its Schools Washington state will shut tiny Prescott district in March if the money isn't there. So far, teachers union, parents & businesses have raised $77,000.

Scribbled in green marker, Reagan Fletcher's Christmas list began with selfless requests: for her friend to move back and a classmate to recover from a broken wrist. Then, the usuals: an iPad and boots.

But her last wish was for Santa to keep her school open. www.the74million.org/article/afte...

Colorado Springs 11 teachers face warnings, discipline for strike-related actions More than two-dozen teachers in Colorado Springs District 11 received warnings or were disciplined because of actions related to the one-day teachers strike in October, according to union officials.

More than two-dozen teachers in Colorado Springs District 11 received warnings or were disciplined because of actions related to the one-day teachers strike in October, according to union officials.

3,000 California Teachers, School Staffers Strike While 7 Unions Declare Impasse Two unions in Richmond walked off the job this week as San Francisco’s teachers union took the first of 2 strike authorization votes.

3,000 teachers and school staff are at the picket line today in Richmond, California. Seven other teachers unions across the state are at a negotiations impasse with their districts. For most, it's a fight between pay raises and budget deficits. www.the74million.org/article/3000...

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For Decades, Students of Color Denied Dyslexia Diagnosis and Intervention Undiagnosed dyslexia can manifest as behavior issues, which can disproportionately harm Black and brown kids in school and their mental health.

"Jackson was told by Nebraska school officials at one point her daughter wasn’t able to read because her biological mother was incarcerated and she had lived with her grandmother." www.the74million.org/article/for-...