Tag: teachers
“This is a win for our city”: Chicago teachers celebrate end...
After weeks of tense negotiations, the city agreed to reduce class sizes, increase salaries by 16% over the next five years and bring on hundreds more social workers, nurses and librarians.
“Now is the time for our demands to be heard”: Chicago...
"We don’t want to be out of our schools tomorrow but sometimes you have to take a hard step in order to get what’s right.”
‘GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children:’ West Virginia...
"This is how the GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children."
We can’t back people who hate our kids: Kentucky & Minnesota...
Dueñas and Holstine skipped the event to register their opposition to Trump’s policies on immigration, education and LGBTQrights.
‘We teach, we vote!:’ 10,000 teachers rise up against Republican legislature...
Led by the grassroots group SC for Ed, teachers from across the traditionally deep red state took personal days to stage the walkout.
Denver teachers strike over bonus-based pay system, demanding reliable salary plan...
The Denver teachers walked out Monday following 15 months of negotiations over a controversial bonus-based pay system that educators say leaves them unable to predict their salaries and guarantee financial security.
30,000 LA teachers ‘strike ready’ as district refuses to spend $1.86...
"A strike is not a first resort for anyone. It's a last resort – especially for teachers who are asked to do more with less every day. And enough is enough."
How teachers might end up beating back the Koch brothers’ plan...
“Even before election day, we’ve already won because we’ve exposed the corruption of the Republican Party. There’s no hiding behind the curtains anymore.”
After an ‘educator spring,’ teachers storm elections
“Angry educators are flooding down-ballot races.”
Arizona’s uprising teachers build bridges, not walls
“It’s tough for those in power to penetrate these alliances.”
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GOP-led states risk leaving 10 million children hungry by rejecting $1.14 billion summer food...
Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.
More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as deadline...
Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.
Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt
While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.
6 fracking Billionaires and climate denial groups behind Trump’s cabinet
Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.
Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers escaped a $7...
Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."