By KKTV/Kyla Galer | Posted: Mon 7:26 AM, Apr 30, 2018 DENVER (KKTV) – A bill aiming to prevent public school teachers from striking heads to a Senate committee Monday. The bill was introduced by two El Paso County lawmakers earlier in the month, as teacher call-outs were picking up steam. Teachers across the state have been using sick…
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Teachers say ‘frustration’ over decade of cuts to education is fueling nationwide revolt
NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia speaks at the #RedForEd Walkout, By BILL HUTCHINSON BARBARA SCHMITT Apr 29, 2018, 9:13 PM ET On most Mondays, Stacy Masciangelo, a teacher in Mesa, Arizona, would be in her classroom teaching 33 junior high school students computer technology with outdated equipment that sometimes takes eight minutes just to log on….
Teachers, supporters expected to continue walk-out on Monday
By: Courtney Griffen POSTED: APR 29 2018 05:08PM MST VIDEO POSTED: APR 29 2018 05:18PM MST UPDATED: APR 29 2018 05:39PM MST PHOENIX (KSAZ) – It’s been four days since teachers all across the state walked out of class. The Red for Ed movement shows no signs of stopping. Teachers across the state are demanding a pay and funding increase…
Colorado teachers begin two days of protest, chanting “Stand up and fight!”
Jefferson county educators Joel Zigman and Elizabeth Hall march during a teachers rally for more educational funding at the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday, April 26, 2018. The Colorado Education Association said the walkouts are necessary to alert residents and lawmakers about the status of school funding in Colorado. The stateÕs schools are currently underfunded…
We can expect more from teachers when we pay them like pros: Bloomberg and Weingarten
Michael Bloomberg and Randi Weingarten, Opinion contributors Published 3:15 a.m. ET April 27, 2018 Teachers participating in walkouts deserve better pay and greater authority. They shouldn’t have to take part time jobs to make ends meet. Funding for New York City public schools was inadequate. Teachers had gone years without a raise and were badly…
#RedForEd walkout school closures will impact 840,000 Arizona students
Teachers walk arm-in-arm with students and parents into Tuscano Elementary School as they stage a “walk-in” for higher pay and school funding on April 11, 2018, in Phoenix. Teachers gathered outside Arizona schools to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries staging “walk-ins” at approximately 1,000 schools that are part of a statewide campaign…
Teachers in Arizona and Colorado Walk Out for Funding and Pay Raises
Kassandra Domiguez leading a class this month at Sunset Ridge Elementary School in Glendale, Ariz. Many students were dressed in red in solidarity with Arizona teachers, who planned to walk out on Thursday.CreditCaitlin O’Hara for The New York Times By SIMON ROMERO and JULIE TURKEWITZAPRIL 26, 2018 PHOENIX — Thousands of teachers in Arizona and Colorado walked out…
NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers’ Right To Strike
April 26, 20185:01 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition https://www.npr.org/people/302894536/anya-kamenetz As the wave of teacher walkouts moves to Arizona and Colorado this week, an NPR/Ipsos poll shows strong support among Americans for improving teachers’ pay and for their right to strike. Just 1 in 4 Americans believe teachers in this country are paid fairly. Nearly two-thirds approve of national teachers’ unions, and…
Teachers protest funding gap, some PERA changes at Capitol
About 400 educators, many from Englewood, voiced opinion on public-pension system and school funding Ellis Arnold earnold@coloradocommunitymedia.com Performances of teachers singing a 1980s rock hit in protest have swept the nation — from Oklahoma to West Virginia to Kentucky — and now, the show came to Colorado. “We’re not gonna take it — no, we…
Teachers protest Clark County district’s decision to fight pay raises
By Amelia Pak-Harvey / Las Vegas Review-Journal April 17, 2018 – 9:42 am Shadow Ridge High School educators protested against pay freezes before school on Tuesday morning, matching the spirit of teacher protests in other states while working around Nevada’s anti-strike law. Roughly a dozen educators and a few students gathered at a…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 