#tellEWA Member Stories (June 30-July 6)
Here’s what we’re reading by EWA members this week.
Here’s what we’re reading by EWA members this week.
As two Colorado charter school networks planned to merge, chaos ensued: Opposition mounted over a new leader; hundreds of employees fled. Now, it remains to be seen if the new unified network will operate as promised. Amid external challenges, it seeks to better support nearly 5,000 students, including English learners and students with disabilities, Ann Schimke reports for Chalkbeat Colorado.
Denver’s charter school landscape has changed a lot in recent years as enrollment declined districtwide and school board politics shifted. This story zooms in on the chaotic merger of two homegrown charter networks: https://t.co/F7NUKURZrn #edcolo #tellewa
— Ann Schimke (@annschimke) June 30, 2023
Fast food restaurants pay more than an Idaho school district that struggles to stay fully staffed. A recently approved multimillion-dollar supplemental property tax levy is expected to help this district boost its hourly wages. State school districts depend on levies to pay personnel costs, which carries risks, explains Kevin Richert for Idaho Education News. “The current way that we fund schools is not keeping up with the modern context of educating a kid.”
Where do your supplemental tax levy dollars go? In school districts large and small, the answer is more or less the same. Today, we crunch the numbers. #idedu #idleg #idpol #tellEWA https://t.co/uSKtZn7a2I
— Idaho Education News (@idahoednews) June 27, 2023
About 45,000 teens and young adults are not in school, college or the workforce in Chicago. City leaders, school districts and nonprofits are concerned about the rising number of disconnected youth and have created programs to address a decade-long problem. Chalkbeat Chicago’s Mila Koumpilova evaluates these programs and details the challenges disconnected youth face.
If you missed it: We took an in-depth look at Chicago’s newest programs to reengage an estimated 45,000 young people in their teens & early 20s who are not going to school or working.
The issue has bedeviled the city for at least a decade. #tellEWAhttps://t.co/5QYFbPNiIx— Mila Koumpilova (@MilaKoumpilova) July 5, 2023
A Nevada school district’s tech specialist is retiring after more than 30 years. The career of LeAnn Morris has been filled with various job titles – including teacher – and amazing moments, such as the time she was honored by President George W. Bush as State Teacher of the Year. The former president had Morris’ back when a guard mispronounced “Nevada,” a common mistake by those outside the Silver State. Jessica Garcia profiles the staffer for Nevada Appeal.
Ed tech and its applications in digital citizenship pre- and post-COVID in @carsonschools and @WNCnevada were shaped profoundly by teacher Dr. LeAnn Morris. Her Tech CAFE sessions helped teachers boost their skills for kids in the classroom. #tellEWA https://t.co/ykpSA7I1ST
— Jessica Garcia (@JGarciaNVAppeal) June 21, 2023
Four Colorado board members decided not to settle a lawsuit in which they were accused of violating the state’s open meetings law. The state representative who sued the board members won the lawsuit, and state law requires the defendants to cover his attorney fees. In deciding against paying the $93,000 settlement offer, it is possible these board members could incur more legal fees, Suzie Glassman reports for NewsBreak Denver.
DougCo school board rejects open meetings settlement, fees mount https://t.co/WjkgEz6hGH @newsbreakApp @NB_Originals #tellewa
— Suzie (@suzieglassman) June 28, 2023
Alabama students spent two weeks fundraising to ensure an author who wrote about the Holocaust could speak at their school. Their enthusiasm to learn more about the subject prompted their teacher to seek and get additional training in a state where teaching about the Holocaust isn’t mandated, explains Jemma Stephenson for Alabama Reflector. “I think students want to learn about every hard history.”
Really interesting to learn more about Holocaust education in Alabama! #tellEWA https://t.co/GIQHePmgLe
— Jemma K Stephenson (@JK_Stephenson) June 14, 2023
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