The Los Angeles teachers’ strike begins today. It’s going to be the most difficult struggle so far in the educators’ revolt sweeping the country. By Eric Blanc January 14, 2019 After 20 months of fruitless contract negotiations, Los Angeles teachers are walking out today. Their strike will be the most bitter battle yet in the…
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Chicago Teachers Union Weighs in on Race for Mayor
Andrea Guthmann | January 10, 2019 https://player.pbs.org/partnerplayer/T6vSQ6klqVByZCM-3JmD8g==/?topbar=true&end=0&endscreen=false&start=0&autoplay=true Last month, the powerful Chicago Teachers Union endorsed mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle. But some CTU members are calling for the union to rescind that endorsement because Preckwinkle has ties to Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who’s facing a federal corruption charge. Below, an edited Q&A with Stacy Davis Gates, vice president of…
Judge rules that LAUSD teachers’ strike can begin on Monday as negotiations continue
By HOWARD BLUME JAN 10, 2019 | 8:00 PM Nothing other than a settlement appears to stand in the way of a Monday teachers’ strike. Preparations were under way at Venice High School over the weekend. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Thursday cleared the path for a…
Long hours, crowded classes, low pay driving Arizona teachers to quit
BY GRISELDA ZETINO UPDATED: JANUARY 10, 2019 Alexis Baich teaches world and American history at Mesa High School. (Photo by Griselda Zetino) PHOENIX — Tiring and exhausting. That’s how Alexis Baich described her first year teaching. “During my first year, I did question whether or not teaching was for me because it is so much work,”…
Can charter schools be reformed? Should they be?
By Valerie Strauss December 16, 2018 In 2013, I published a post with this headline: “Why charter schools need better oversight.” The author of the piece, Jeff Bryant, wrote: There are undoubtedly wonderful charter schools in existence, and Americans generally have a favorable opinion of charters, but hardly a week goes by without news of a scandal or…
Students in Washington’s charter schools and public schools learn at similar rates, Stanford report finds
The study is the first in-depth analysis of student performance for the state’s young charter school network, which was granted more stable legal footing by a state Supreme Court ruling in 2018. By Dahlia Bazzaz January 9, 2019 In a report released Tuesday, researchers from Stanford University took on a question that Washington’s state auditors could not:…
Audit: Many Problems At PPS, Oregon Department Of Education
by Rob Manning Follow OPB Jan. 9, 2019 Portland, Ore. UPDATE (11:24 a.m. PT) — State auditors released a blistering review of Oregon’s education department and its largest school district Wednesday, recommending that legislators take a hard look at how administrators spend existing money as they consider significant new educational investments sought by Gov. Kate Brown. Auditors working for Secretary of…
Thousands of Los Angeles teachers are about to go on strike. What will happen to 600,000 students?
Los Angeles teachers rallied December 15 to demand more school staffing, smaller class sizes and higher salaries. If no resolution is reached by Thursday, teachers will go on strike. By Holly Yan, CNN January 8, 2019 The country’s second-biggest school district could see a mass exodus of teachers Thursday when the Los Angeles teachers’ union goes…
Los Angeles teachers are ready for first strike in 30 years
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER January 9, 2019 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teachers in Los Angeles, whose 640,000 students make it the nation’s second-largest school district, are ready to strike Thursday over a contract dispute that follows teacher walkouts in other states that emboldened organized labor after a critical defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court. United Teachers…
Florida Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s system of public education
BY JIM SAUNDERS JANUARY 04, 2019 TALLAHASSEE A fiercely divided Florida Supreme Court on Friday rejected a nearly decade-long lawsuit that challenged whether the state has properly carried out a 1998 constitutional amendment that called for ensuring a “high quality” system of public schools. The decision upheld lower-court rulings and focused heavily on…
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