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Arkansas

Sanders re-emphasizes education and public safety in State of the State address • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders used Wednesday’s “State of the State” address to tout her ongoing policy priorities, primarily education and law enforcement, and urge state lawmakers to pass her proposed state budget. “Send me a budget that funds critical services for Arkansans while slowing the growth of government and I will sign it,” Sanders […]

Mayor

NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ bid for continued mayoral control of city schools killed by NY lawmakers in state budget

Metro By Carl Campanile and Vaughn Golden Published March 13, 2024, 8:02 p.m. ET Albany lawmakers are killing Mayor Eric Adams’ hopes of getting an extension of his control over New York City public schools included in the state budget, The Post has learned. Adams will instead have to hope the legislature passes an extension […]

Mayor

Gov. Hochul must help Mayor Eric Adams renew mayoral control of NYC public schools

Opinion editorial By Post Editorial Board Published Jan. 7, 2024, 7:26 p.m. ET Mayoral control of New York City public schools is on the cusp of extinction: If the Legislature weakens it any more this year, the United Federation of Teachers will effectively be calling the shots. The UFT is already all too close, having […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Schools Will Teach AP African American Studies, Defying GOP Law

Despite a threat this week by the Arkansas Department of Education that it would not allow students to receive credit for Advanced Placement African American Studies, every public high school in Arkansas that previously offered the course announced that it will remain on their schedules for the coming school year. The Arkansas Education Association, which […]

Alabama

Lawmakers approve expanding private school scholarships | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama lawmakers approved an expansion of a scholarship program aimed at helping low- and moderate-income students attend private schools. The House of Representatives voted 75-22 for the bill that would expand income eligibility and make other changes to increase the number of students participating in the program. The measure now goes to Governor Kay Ivey. […]

Mayor

Chancellor Banks and Mayor Adams hire each other’s beaus

Schools Chancellor David Banks quietly promoted Mayor Adams’ girlfriend to a top job at the Department of Education, just months after Adams hired Banks’ girlfriend as a deputy mayor, The Post has learned. Banks named Tracey Collins — Adams’ longtime partner and NYC’s unofficial First Lady — the DOE’s “senior advisor to the deputy chancellor […]

Mayor

Hochul again sells out Adams, NYC’s schoolchildren to serve her own interests

After weeks of hemming and hawing, Gov. Kathy Hochul last week signed the odious class-size bill. It’s a gift to teachers-union boss Michael Mulgrew, at the kids’ expense. Capping class size to 20 students in K-3, 23 in 4th through 8th grade and 25 in high school may sound like a grand idea — but […]

Arkansas

Arkansas lawmakers question claims of teacher shortages

(The Center Square) – Members of the Arkansas Legislative Council grilled officials from the Department of Education on Thursday after they asked for a rule change on teacher licenses. An emergency rule would have allowed school districts to hire teachers with provisional licenses enrolled in an alternate educator preparation program. The candidate would be required […]

City Council

Fake outrage over City Council’s ‘tiny’ school budget cut may spark bad precedents | #citycouncil

With school enrollment plummeting and the city needing to conserve cash for future deficits, Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council nodded at fiscal responsibility last month, slightly paring back education spending. Now this tiny cut is causing chaos. You’ve got to wonder: If the city can’t achieve this modest trim, what will happen when […]