teachers
Weingarten refutes GOP charges of teacher union control of pandemic policy
May 4, 2023Republicans use their control of the House to crank out one major piece of rightwing propaganda after another, all with an eye toward the 2024 election.
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Using children as political props, Republicans escalate war against LGBTQ teachers
May 2, 2023It’s hard enough being a teacher at all, but cruel new laws are putting dedicated LGBTQ teachers in particular danger.
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Chicago Teachers Union slams Vallas’s ‘path of destruction’
March 31, 2023Corporate candidate Paul Vallas in the Chicago Mayoral race leaves a trail of destroyed schools behind him.
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Hundreds of Oakland teachers take ‘sick day’ over pay, budget cuts
March 29, 2023Education workers are leaving jobs all over the country because they’re tired of being disrespected by administrators with six-figure salaries who won’t invest in the people on the front lines every day.
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Weingarten: Schools are key in the fight to save democracy
March 28, 2023Staff shortages, underfunding, culture wars, and dividing parents and teachers all hurt democracy in America, she says.
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