teachers

Big business drives Illinois anti-teacher bill

January 6, 2011 By Lance Cohn And John Bachtell

CHICAGO - Under the guise of "school reform," big corporate foundations, banking and speculative hedge fund investors are pulling out all stops to ram an anti-teacher measure through the Illinois state legislature.

Texas teachers protest misuse of pension fund

October 27, 2010

DALLAS - Texas teachers added their voices to the worldwide outrage over attacks against retirees at a rally here on October 25.

Brown or Whitman? No contest

October 19, 2010 By Dick Meister

And it's a choice that should have national impact, given California's prominence as a pace-setting state.

For disabled, questions abound on Race to Top

September 29, 2010 By Teresa Albano

Special education funding was doubled this year, but Race to the Top has more questions than answers, and doesn't address full funding in the long-term.

Baltimore backs Oct. 2 march

September 21, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

The City Council has voted unanimously to endorse the October 2 One Nation Working Together march, and a local coalition is working to fill 100 buses.