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a teacher in Mesa, Arizona, would be in her classroom teaching 33 junior high school students computer technology with outdated equipment that sometimes takes eight minutes just to log on….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…
Thousands of Colorado teachers converge on state capitol
Posted: Apr 27, 2018 9:49 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 27, 2018 1:42 PM CDT Written By Tyler Dumas COLORADO – Classes are canceled at dozens of schools across Colorado today as thousands of teachers are expected to converge on the capitol. In Southern Colorado, District 11, Academy District 20, Lewis-Palmer School District 38, Falcon District 49, at…
Arizona’s teacher walkouts bring hope to Latino gubernatorial candidate
“The momentum is on the side of education,” says David Garcia, a Democratic hopeful for governor in Arizona and a professor of education. by Stephen A. Nuño / Apr.27.2018 / 1:18 PM ET FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Anamaria Velasquez has been a teacher for over 18 years in this mountain city, directing traffic in the morning for the hurried…
What teacher strikes are really about
By Linda Darling-Hammond Updated 11:36 AM ET, Fri April 27, 2018 Signs from recent teacher strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky — some of them carried by parents and students — tell the stories best: “Speed limit 35. Not class size.” “Do the math: 28 seats, 44 students, 89°, 0 books. CPS classroom.” “Teacher…
More than money: School vouchers also irk Arizona teachers
By: SALLY HO AND MELISSA DANIELS Apr 27, 2018, 9:52 AM ET Arizona leaders dealing with an unprecedented teacher strike are paying the political price for long-festering resentment among many public school teachers who say they are fed up with lagging salaries and what they see as an equally dangerous attack on their profession: school…
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…
Teacher Strikes Might Hurt Republicans This Time
Labor unrest harmed Democrats in the 1960s and 1970s. This time the GOP might be the loser. By Stephen Mihm April 27, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT It has been a very long time since the U.S. has seen a wave of teacher strikes. But in the past few months, teachers have walked off the job…
Teachers strike in Arizona for more education money; protests spread to Colorado
Teachers by the thousands in Arizona and Colorado converged on their state capitols Thursday seeking higher wages and more school funding. In Arizona, the unprecedented strike closed most schools statewide. (April 26) AP Ricardo Cano, Updated 12:03 a.m. ET April 27, 2018 In Colorado, more than 10,000 teachers were demonstrating Thursday and Friday in Denver, using personal…
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