teachers
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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Teachers’ unions strongly back gun control campaign; most other unions silent
March 27, 2018One exception: National Nurses United, which linked the violence against students and teachers to patient violence against nurses and caregivers.
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Puerto Rico teachers walk out to protest privatization
March 22, 2018More than 16,000 public school teachers in Puerto Rico walked out of the classrooms and marched to the Capitol in San Juan.
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Teachers deserve a raise. Here’s how to fund it.
March 22, 2018Huge tax cuts for energy corporations have left state school budgets broke.
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Low wages, health costs force West Virginia teachers into statewide strike
February 23, 2018“West Virginia’s teachers and school service personnel are fighting for basic dignity for themselves and their students."
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