By Blake Neff Over 90 percent of Detroit schools were closed Monday as the system was rocked by yet another “sickout,” with thousands of teachers taking simultaneous sick days in order to force the system to shut down. The sickout was called by the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) Sunday, in an effort to pressure Detroit…
One California school district has voted to allow staff to carry concealed weapons on campus. School officials in the Kingsburg High School District, located near Fresno, have voted to allow up to five staff or teachers to be armed. It is just the second California school district to allow concealed weapons in school buildings. “And personally,…
By Connor D. Wolf and Steve Birr Teachers unions may have been some of the first to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but their actual members aren’t too keen on the former secretary of state, according to Thursday reports. Federal Election Commission records reveal Sanders received more money in February from those who listed themselves as…
About a month ago, I was made aware of an article about a teacher in the US who had been arrested for having sex with some of her students. It’s nothing new, these kind of stories seem to be a cultural phenomenon. The difference with this one is that she was actually sentenced to jail…
Michael Bastasch Some academics are mad there are too many middle school and high school science teachers questioning the science behind global warming. As it turns out, there are too many “politically conservative” teachers presenting skeptical arguments about global warming to kids — something that’s really angering researchers because they say there’s no real…
Blake Neff Almost every public school in Detroit is closed Wednesday because so many teachers have called in sick that the schools can’t function. These so-called “sickouts” have consumed the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) over the past two weeks, forcing repeated closures, but Wednesday’s closures appear to be the worst yet, taking out roughly 90 percent of…
Blake Neff Almost every public school in Detroit is closed Wednesday because so many teachers have called in sick that the schools can’t function. These so-called “sickouts” have consumed the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) over the past two weeks, forcing repeated closures, but Wednesday’s closures appear to be the worst yet, taking out roughly 90 percent of…