Education

New York mayor’s disregard for kids forces strike

January 18, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Bloomberg's threat to kids' safety while riding school buses forced some 8,000 drivers, mechanics and school bus matrons to strike.

Despite “right to work,” union organizing not letting up in Michigan

December 21, 2012 By John Rummel

Tea Party Republicans should have witnessed what took place last night at the Cesar Chavez Academy, a large for-profit charter school in Southwest Detroit.

Threatened Philly school closings face growing resistance

December 14, 2012 By Ben Sears

The district announced the names of the schools to be shuttered; in the late afternoon a dense crowd of hundreds of protesters massed on the steps of district headquarters.

AFT proposes setting higher standards for teacher training, entry into profession

December 10, 2012 By Press Associates

"Too many new teachers enter our schools feeling unprepared. We shouldn't tolerate that in a profession so important to our country's future."

Public education under attack, say Michigan school superintendents

December 6, 2012 By John Rummel

Republicans are shamefully using the lame duck legislative session to ram through extremist legislation to overhaul public education in radical and dangerous ways.