teachers

Teachers and parents push hard today to oust Republican governors

November 4, 2014 By Philip Elliott

Art teacher Cynthia Bliss laced up her sneakers, grabbed a jacket and spent most of a recent Saturday asking strangers to help oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker from office.

Injunction halts action against Philly teachers contract

October 29, 2014 By Beth Edelman

At stake in this whiplash fight to fund public education is whether the SRC can abrogate the contract with the PFT, imposing its terms.

Ohio teachers strike, beat back board attack

October 24, 2014 By Bruce Bostick

The settlement will protect teacher's health care and pensions and establishes, for the first time, a program to control the growth of class sizes.

Today in labor history: 200,000 students boycott Chicago public schools

October 22, 2014 By Barbara Russum

Civil rights groups organized the boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.

“Nuclear option” used against Philly teachers

October 10, 2014 By Ben Sears

News stories have documented the ravaging of the district's finances by local banks and out-of-town educational consulting companies.