By Tom Abrahams February 5, 2019 Politicians in Austin have made it clear that education is the centerpiece of this year’s legislative session. However, it’s not all about funding classrooms and paying teachers more. It’s also about keeping them safer than they’ve been. Shawn Thierry is a state representative from Houston. She’s also a parent with…
Category: Pension & Salary
BY SAMIR SONTI February 4, 2019 The Los Angeles teachers’ strike is a model for a popular, militant working-class movement advancing a broad vision of education justice. That model can be replicated everywhere. Educators, parents, students, and supporters of the Los Angeles teachers’ strike rally on January 22, 2019 in downtown Los Angeles. Scott Heins /…
LA teachers reach tentative deal to end strike
BY BRETT SAMUELS – January 22, 2019 Los Angeles teachers struck a tentative deal on Tuesday to end a strike that had stretched into a second week in the nation’s second-largest school district. The Los Angeles Unified School District said in a tweet that it had reached a “tentative agreement” with the teachers’ union, but did…
The LA teachers’ strike has cost $97M. Now both sides are negotiating again
By Holly Yan, January 17, 2019 Tens of thousands of educators strike in California After an apparent dayslong game of “chicken,” the Los Angeles teachers union and the school district went back to the negotiating table Thursday. Talks resumed for the first time since more than 30,000 educators walked off the job this week to demand smaller…
2 days remain for Denver Public Schools, teachers union to reach deal
BY KRISTIN HAUBRICH January 16, 2019 DPS, teachers union remain far apart as strike looms DENVER — The clock is winding down. Only two days remain for the Denver Public School District and its teachers union to reach a compromise and avoid having more than 5,000 educators walk out on the job. After Tuesday’s negotiations, the school districts…
California Today: The L.A. Teachers’ Union Leader on What Would End the Strike
By Jill Cowan Jan. 17, 2019 Yesterday, we talked to Austin Beutner, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, about the city’s teachers’ strike that has all but ground the operations of the nation’s second-largest school system to a halt. Today, we hear from the other side. My colleague Jennifer Medina talked to Alex Caputo-Pearl, the president…
Teachers at four charter schools in Chicago set Feb. 5 strike date if no contract reached
By: Juan Perez Jr. January 17, 2019 Teachers affiliated with the Chicago International Charter School network say they will go on strike Feb. 5 unless there is a breakthrough in contract negotiations, a move that would affect about 2,200 students at four of the organization’s campuses. That leaves a little more than two weeks for…
The Los Angeles teachers’ strike may have already cost millions. And it’s only Day 2
By Holly Yan, Stephanie Elam and Rosalina Nieves January 16, 2019 Los Angeles (CNN)A massive teachers’ strike calling for millions of dollars more in school funding may have also cost the school district millions of dollars, the superintendent said. But the Los Angeles teachers’ union isn’t backing down. In fact, it wants to “show such a massive presence…
Los Angeles teachers are on strike, exercising a right not enjoyed by most educators
Analysis: Most states don’t allow public employees to strike. California is only one of 12 states that explicitly allows teachers to walk off the job. LA teachers’ strike heads into 2nd day with no agreement in sight JAN. 15, 2019 By Danny Cevallos The strike by the union of Los Angeles teachers heads into its second day on…
Public school finance is big issue for KS lawmakers as session begins
By: Tiffany Lane & Carly Willis Jan 14, 2019 TOPEKA, Kan. – There’s a new governor at the Kansas Statehouse. Monday, Governor Laura Kelly and Lieutenant Governor Lynn Rogers, were sworn in on the Capitol steps. Governor Kelly gave a few words before taking her official oath. She talked about her path to her new role,…
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