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- School board members in failing SC districts may be removed from office under new law
- May 27, 5:23 AM: Elected school boards in districts with subpar student performance could face removal from office in the years ahead under a state Department of Education-backed proposal the governor signed into law last week.
- Parents group launches effort to recall 3 Lucia Mar trustees
- May 5, 5:19 AM: According to the group’s website, Stewart, Martin and Santos have failed their duties to serve the students and taxpayers of the district, including not opening schools on time and allowing a huge increase in failing >
- ‘Never seen this kind of money’: Big spending raises concern in KC school board races
- Apr 2, 6:10 AM: A newly formed nonprofit has already pumped thousands of dollars into two contested races for the Kansas City Public Schools board, raising suspicions about the group and the candidates vying for seats in Tuesday’s >
- Reopening schools became a rallying cry for parents. Now it is a campaign issue in suburban school
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Mar 29, 6:53 AM:
Pre-pandemic, suburban school board contests were often no-drama affairs, in some cases, failing to attract enough candidates to fill open seats. But this election arrives in the wake of a tumultuous 2020 campaign season that was >
- ‘We are not learning enough’: In marathon meeting, Philly school board gets an earful
- Mar 19, 7:22 AM: The board listened to hours of impassioned testimony that underscored how COVID-19 has challenged and shaped this school year.
- East Bay school board members caught on hot mic slamming parents: ‘They want their babysitters back’
- Feb 19, 8:44 AM: A hot mic gaffe at an East Bay school board meeting Wednesday has landed board members in hot water, specifically for pointed and sometimes explicit comments about parents calling for schools to reopen.
- Bill to give New Mexico school boards reopening authority stalls
- Feb 9, 7:18 AM: A bill that would give local school boards in New Mexico the authority to decide when students could return to the classroom amid a state-issued public health emergency order stalled Monday in the Senate Education Committee after a >
- Editorial: Let SC education superintendent disband failing school boards
- Feb 3, 6:50 AM: If we didn’t have enough evidence before for the need for this legislation, the role some school boards have played in keeping children locked out of classrooms should provide an extra reminder of one of the places we need to look >
- Lawmakers want to give local school boards the authority to open in-person learning
- Jan 21, 6:51 AM: As state education officials continue to look for ways to safely reopen schools to students, Republican legislators want that power to be put in the hands of local school boards.
- Editorial: A pandemic is no time for Legislature to vote on an elected Chicago school board and unio
- Jan 11, 8:41 AM: Schools are struggling to reopen as it is. It is simply impossible during a hurried lame-duck session for the Legislature to fairly consider the merits of bills to create an elected board and revise union bargaining rights.
- CPS families of color call for elected school board
- Jan 11, 8:39 AM: Community groups are urging Illinois Senate President Don Harmon to allow that chamber to vote during this week’s lame-duck session on a bill to do away with an appointed school board.
- Indianapolis Public Schools Swears In New Board Members, Strengthening Support For Charters, Reforms
- Jan 7, 6:42 AM: Indianapolis Public Schools swore in two new board members and two incumbents Monday night, strengthening support for the district’s controversial charter-friendly partnerships.
- Mayor Jim Kenney nominates 3 new Philly school board members
- Dec 31, 8:22 AM: Mayor Jim Kenney on Wednesday named an engineer, a lawyer, and a longtime activist for students with disabilities to fill three vacancies on the nine-member Philadelphia school board.
- Philly school board nominating process has lacked transparency | Opinion
- Dec 23, 8:25 AM: Some important elements went missing from this selection process thus far, as has been the case since the board was re-established in 2018. Panel deliberations took place behind closed doors, without public involvement or >
- Anchorage School Board makes it harder for superintendent to pause school reopening plans
- Dec 16, 7:06 AM: The Anchorage School Board on Tuesday passed a memorandum that directs the superintendent not to postpone current plans to begin reopening schools in January.
- A new direction’: Philadelphia school board shifts focus toward academics and equity work
- Dec 11, 9:10 AM: The board on Thursday night adopted what it’s calling “Goals and Guardrails,” guiding principles that will shift its focus and, come January, its meetings, putting a sharper focus on academic achievement.
- Montgomery County school board puts off vote on in-person instruction
- Dec 4, 8:45 AM: The Montgomery County school board voted Thursday to delay the decision to phase in in-person instruction until their next meeting, on Dec. 15.
- Commentary: Should the Philly School Board be elected instead of appointed?
- Dec 2, 6:40 AM: We recently learned that another member of our appointed Board is resigning and the Mayor is in the process of filling the vacancies. Philadelphia’s students, families, and educators are locked out of the process, afforded neither >
- Opinion: School reopening debate shows power of local school boards
- Aug 7, 8:47 AM: COVID-19 and the closure of schools has brought to light just how powerful, yet undervalued, local school boards are.
- Charters Offer Competition
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Jul 29, 6:59 AM:
Rep. Erik Simonson, DFL-Duluth, made no bones about the fact that he was tackling a sensitive topic when he called local school leaders together Tuesday morning to discuss the potential impact of another charter high school >
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