Lawmakers this week listened to testimony on House Bill 2, which would raise schools’ base funding per student by $220 — a figure that falls short of what many Texans say is needed.
Since 2020, I have been an active voice at board meetings, a classroom volunteer, and a member of key committees like PTAC ...
But not all of them did so, leading Democrats to criticize the district leaders for not taking a more assertive approach ... we are now having to increase classroom sizes.” ...
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By Jackie Mader for The Hechinger Report Zachary David Typer was six months old when he suffocated after being put down for a nap by his child care provider in Topeka, Kansas. Left on an adult bed, ...
Keynote speakers were Professor Judy Hutchings, a chair at Bangor University who has researched and published widely in a number of topics relating to behavior, including conduct disorder, anger ...
A Republican senator told his colleagues that public schools are serving a “different type of kid today than what there was ...
There’s no question that Texas educators need stronger discipline options, but lawmakers should explore intervention options ...
Texas teachers have made it clear that student behavior can be a problem. In a poll cited by the state’s 2023 Teacher Vacancy ...
Incorporating yoga and mindfulness practices in the classroom has helped these students recover from the trauma of Hurricane Helene.