Education
Oklahoma teacher: “I’d be on food stamps” without a second job
April 4, 2018With some of the lowest salaries in the country, Oklahoma teachers are working second and third jobs just to keep their families afloat.
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Oklahoma teachers to strike Monday; say state’s pay offer “not enough”
March 29, 2018The state has pushed through a tax hike on oil, gas, and cigarettes to fund a teacher pay hike, but the union says it's not enough to stop a walkout.
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Trump Ed Secretary DeVos trashes her own workers’ union, imposes “contract”
March 16, 2018Not content with trashing teachers’ unions in Michigan, DeVos is now “trying to kill the union” for her own agency’s 3,900 member-workers.
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National Education Association demands Trump Ed Secretary DeVos quit
February 9, 2018On the first anniversary of DeVos’ controversial confirmation (Vice President Mike Pence had to break a 50-50 Senate tie on her confirmation last year.) the NEA said DeVos “failed in the job.”
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College for all in California: Taxing the rich to pay for it
February 6, 2018If the California initiative passes in November, it will serve as a model to the nation for how to both reduce concentrated wealth and expand college opportunity.
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