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February 27, 2019

Education Week, Vol. 38, Issue 23
Protesters turn out against a bill in the West Virginia legislature that would have bundled teacher pay raises in a bill that would also expand charters and other elements unpalatable to many teachers in the state.
Protesters turn out against a bill in the West Virginia legislature that would have bundled teacher pay raises in a bill that would also expand charters and other elements unpalatable to many teachers in the state.
Craig Hudson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
Teaching Profession Teachers Asked to Swallow Concessions to Get Pay Hikes
Politicians in some states are using the push for higher teacher pay as a way to press other demands, such as expanding charter schools and vouchers, and tying teacher pay to test scores.
Daarel Burnette II, February 25, 2019
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8 min read
Mary Beth Tinker and her brother John were suspended with three other Des Moines, Iowa, high schoolers in 1965 for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. In this 1968 photo, the Tinkers display armbands to which they had later added peace symbols.
Mary Beth Tinker and her brother John were suspended with three other Des Moines, Iowa, high schoolers in 1965 for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. In this 1968 photo, the Tinkers display armbands to which they had later added peace symbols.
Corbis/Bettman/AP-File
Law & Courts Landmark Case on Student Free Speech Still Resonates 50 Years Later
The Supreme Court’s 1969 ‘Tinker’ ruling in the case of students wearing black armbands remains a touchstone in the robust debate over the rights of free expression in public schools.
Mark Walsh, February 21, 2019
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6 min read
Benjamin Franklin's face close up on a one hundred dollar bill
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States Interactive These Governors Are Calling for Teacher Pay Raises
Amid threatened teacher strikes and budget surpluses, more than 20 governors this year have recommended that their state boost teachers’ pay, according to an Education Week analysis of State of the State addresses.
Daarel Burnette II, Madeline Will & Maya Riser-Kositsky, February 19, 2019
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1 min read
Reading & Literacy Report Roundup Research Report: School Climate
Children develop the foundation for lifelong reading skills in early elementary school, and a new study in the Journal of Neuroscience finds they may be hampered more by additional noise in the classroom than adults.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 22, 1997
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1 min read
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