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Teachers rally for urgent funding reform
In Live Oak, nearly 90 teachers, parents, and students rallied to demand urgent reforms in education funding, emphasizing that the current system is failing. The protest, organized by the Live Oak Elementary Teachers Association, is part of the California Teachers Association’s We Can’t Wait campaign, highlighting dwindling resources for educators. Lauren Pomrantz, president of the…
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Key terrorism tracker scrapped by White House
A federal database that tracked domestic terrorism and school shootings has been dismantled by the Trump administration, K-12 Dive reports. Managed by the University of Maryland’s START program, the Terrorism and Targeted Violence Database was the first to study school-based attacks as domestic terrorism. Between 2023 and 2024, it recorded over 1,800 incidents, 400 of…
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Fremont teachers threaten strike over benefits
Fremont teachers are on the brink of a strike due to dissatisfaction with benefits and large classroom sizes. The Fremont Unified District Teachers Association has authorized a potential strike starting April 7 if its demands are not met. The union is advocating for reduced class sizes and better healthcare contributions, while the district faces a…
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Bipartisan U.S. bill aims to address school bus driver shortage
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) have introduced legislation which would continue to exempt new school bus drivers from the “Under-the-Hood” Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) testing requirement to help alleviate the nationwide shortage of drivers. Companion legislation is being led in the House of Representatives by…
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Community rallies for Juneteenth museum
At a recent meeting of the Galveston ISD Board of Trustees, community members voiced strong support for establishing a Juneteenth museum at the former L.A. Morgan Elementary School site. Historian Sam Collins III and Rev. Tim Sykes were among those advocating for the museum, which aims to honor the legacy of Juneteenth. The board is…
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Conservatives unite for education reform
In an unexpected political shift, conservative Texans have rallied behind Democratic Rep. Gina Hinojosa’s House Bill 5419, aimed at downsizing the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and reallocating funds to public schools. Hinojosa described the bill as a “zero-based budgeting bill to cut through the nonsense and the bureaucracy,” emphasizing the need to prioritize teacher pay…
