New legislation would leave more money in the pockets of public service retirees Read More

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is attempting to resurrect his anti-public education legislation, but state education supporters are fighting back. Read More

This week we talk about a new parental engagement bill in Connecticut, a new campaign to increase starting teacher salaries in North Dakota, Louisiana Governor Jindal’s teacher tenure reform bill being thrown out in District Court and feature video of a student in Colorado who is suing the state to increase education funding. Read More

Ruling stops state from diverting taxpayer funds to private and parochial schools, and vindicates Louisiana educators Read More

This week we talk about pensions in Illinois, a lawsuit on vouchers filed in Louisiana, a judge in Florida tossing out a rule that the State Board tried to enforce on teacher evaluations and parent teacher partnerships in Wisconsin. Read More

This week we talk about a training with 150 New York educators to learn about building community support and achieving success on homegrown issues; a vote by Washington educators to oppose a charter school ballot initiative; more than two dozen Texas State Teacher Association members, all younger than 40, who completed a training on organized, collective action; and the Louisiana Association of Educators’ letter to private and parochial schools, asking them to hold off on using money from new school voucher laws until a legal challenge of the laws has been finalized. Read More

This week we talk about new teacher evaluations in Florida, LR 123 in Montana, the ballot measure that gives automatic tax refunds based on estimated revenue at the expense of local services, school funding testimony from the Education Tax Policy Institute in Ohio and feature a FAQ on how Louisiana’s Act 1 will effect teacher tenure, compensation and evaluations. Read More