teachers

AFT local battles Missouri anti-teacher tenure initiative

July 11, 2014 By Sheri Gassaway

Teach Great, a coalition backed by billionaire Rex Sinquefield, is funding the ballot initiative.

NEA’s Eskelsen-García promises tougher line on public school critics

July 10, 2014 By PAI

"No commercial, mass-produced, industrial-strength standardized factory test should ever be used as the determining factor for any student or adult."

Education counter-revolution in England sounds awfully familiar

June 24, 2014 By Jonathan White

The Conservative-led coalition government in the UK has embarked on a "shock therapy" deregulatory binge across the English education sector.

Unions unite for Connecticut elections

June 23, 2014 By Joelle Fishman

"We are not letting anybody divide the unions of the Connecticut AFL-CIO!" exclaimed Randi Weingarten to a standing ovation and loud applause.

Justices unanimously back public employee whistleblower

June 20, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The 9-0 ruling cheered the NEA, whose Alabama affiliate - the largest and most-influential union in the state - provided the attorneys for whistleblower Edward Lane in lower court arguments.