teachers
Weingarten: Post-pandemic schools should retool education
May 14, 2021The reopening of schools, she says, is an opportunity to remake public education in service of kids and in support of teachers
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Dallas teachers take pay raise demands to school board
May 3, 2021Under their average salary, Dallas ISD teachers cannot afford to purchase a home within Dallas city limits.
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Texas teachers campaign against Republicans’ school charter bill
April 27, 2021Unions note that under-performing charter schools in the state are being overfunded at the expense of public schools.
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Why I changed my mind about charter schools
April 2, 2021I believed the charter school hype until I experienced what the reality was and who was behind it.
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Trailblazing former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis dies at 68
February 19, 2021She was a trailblazer in the teachers-community combination. Lewis wasn’t afraid to speak truth to power. The union leader mobilized the city to support kids, adding massive parent backing to her union’s 35,000-plus members.
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