Oakland Teachers Strike As Contract Talks Stall
From today’s CNN News: Public school educators in Oakland, California, are set to go on strike Thursday morning after contract negotiations between the district and the educators’ union failed to…
Chicago Teachers Go On Strike, Capping Years Of Social Justice Activism
From today’s NPR News Online: For the second time in seven years, Chicago Public Schools teachers will be on strike starting Thursday, walking out of class, they say, in the…
Striking teachers in Arizona win 19 percent raise and end walkout
From today’s Los Angeles Times: The Arizona governor signed a plan Thursday to give striking teachers a 19% pay raise, ending their five-day walkout after a dramatic all-night legislative session…
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Teachers’ strikes: meet the leaders of the movement marching across America
From today’s The Guardian: When teachers in West Virginia went on strike in February, there was little indication that a swath of other states would follow suit. But that action…
Does Tenure Protect Bad Teachers or Good Schools?
From today’s NYT “Room for Debate”: Teacher tenure laws deprive public school students of their right to an education by making it difficult to remove bad teachers, a California judge…