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Effective Strategies to Lift and Sustain Teacher Morale: Lessons from Texas
Education Week recently published the third annual results of its State of Teaching project, in which we surveyed more than 5,800 classroom educators on the factors that influence their job satisfaction, and how districts can help them. Joined by a pair of school officials from Texas, we’ll dissect the state of teacher morale in Texas, and what strategies — from PD to career pathways to compensation — could lift educators’ satisfaction.
'Our schools have been turned into testing factories'
Sign up for The Daily Reach, and get all the news that’s fit for your inbox. A few weeks ago, I was asked to run for the District 4 seat on the school board in the San Antonio Independent School District, where I live and work as a teacher. I was asked to run by a coalition of student, educator, and community organizations. I was asked to run on a platform written, collaboratively, by SAISD students, parents, community members, and school workers.
SAISD’s deal with nonprofits helps dismantle public education
By Luke Amphlett, For the Express-News Published 12:00 am CDT, Sunday, April 7, 2019 The decision by the San Antonio Independent School District board of trustees to hand over day-to-day control of 18 schools came as a shock to many of us. As a teacher at Burbank High School, I had never seen the management agreement for this school, nor heard of the partner organization before the March 25 school board vote.
Change to SAISD's Code of Conduct Marks Small Victory for Students of Color
This school year, students in San Antonio Independent School District will no longer be disciplined for the offense of “insubordination.” In what constitutes a victory for equity and students’ civil rights, a term that has too often been wielded as a catch-all offense – disproportionately impacting young people of color, living in poverty, and with special educational needs – has been eliminated from the code of conduct SAISD students are expected to follow while attending the district’s...
Charter Takeovers Erode San Antonio's Public School System
San Antonio Independent School District’s narrative about charter school integration into the district radically simplifies reality in the service of private power. Related: SAISD’s Martinez: Charter, Traditional Public Schools Should ‘Work Together’ Superintendent Pedro Martinez says public schools and charter schools should work together.
SAISD's SB4 Handbook Does Little to Protect Families
In the wake of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision to uphold most of the state’s immigration enforcement legislation, Senate Bill 4, we renew our call for the San Antonio Independent School District to provide meaningful protections for our undocumented students and their families, and ask that our district make ensuring the safety of our most vulnerable community members its top priority. On Tuesday, SAISD unveiled its new SB4 handbook.
SA Teachers Union: Fighting for the ‘Soul of Public Education’
The San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel’s disagreement with San Antonio ISD Superintendent Pedro Martinez and his proxy, Robert Rivard, isn’t about our rejection of progress.
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