Teachers in Oakland, Calif., went on strike in February, joining a growing roster of educators nationally protesting low pay and reduced classroom spending. By Valerie Strauss Valerie Strauss Reporter covering education, foreign affairs Email Bio Follow March 6 at 6:00 AM Teacher protests in 2018 helped lead to a big boost in education funding in four states, but a new report says it wasn’t enough to make up for earlier cuts.
“These trends are very concerning for the country’s future prospects,” said Michael Leachman, senior director of state fiscal research at the center and co-author of the report with senior policy analyst Eric Figueroa. States distribute most of their education funding through a formula that allocates money to school districts to support general educational activities, including teacher salaries, supplies and textbooks . Each state has its own formula. Most target some extra money to poorer districts, which disproportionately educate children of color. But those districts can’t raise as much in local money as wealthier ones.
After a statewide teachers strike in Oklahoma, the legislature boosted general education funding by 19 percent after adjusting for inflation. Arizona, North Carolina and West Virginia increased funding between 3 and 9 percent, while Kentucky remained flat . Arizona used one-time funding shifts and “rosy” funding assessments to pay for its increases. North Carolina “increased funding for schools without raising new revenue to do so,” the report says. Oklahoma raised taxes on cigarettes and gas, but that revenue is likely to grow more slowly than school costs, he said.
I did research a few years ago for a paper I was witting. While aware that cuts had been made to education, the severity shocked me. Teachers were actually using their own money to assist education in the classrooms. Pay them.
This is why we’ve been doing school fundraisers with my children’s book “Maury the Miserable Vampire”. Too many teachers are paying out of pocket and we want to help fix that! If you’d like us to do one for your school, please contact.
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I don't know how teachers became villains in certain political circles, but they're real people who care for our children and deserve good wages. They shouldn't have to fight this hard for that.