Chicago Union Leader Wins Second Term
CTU President Karen Lewis was elected to a second term, a move with implications for the American Federation of Teachers. Read Full Post >
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May 20, 2013
May 05, 2013
Teachers Need Action Along With Appreciation
This is Teacher Appreciation Week and tomorrow is National Teacher Day. It is time to take action to restore respect, autonomy, and responsibility to teachers for their profession. Read Full Post >
April 29, 2013
Teachers' Union President: Halt All High Stakes Linked to Common Core
Randi Weingarten argues that no high-stakes decisions based on the common core should be made about students, teachers, or schools until adequate support has been provided. Read Full Post >
March 26, 2013
Association with Gates Foundation Subtracts Value from Weingarten
The Gates Foundation has absolutely zero credibility on the subject of teacher evaluation due to the pervasive role they have played in promoting the terrible policies now sweeping the nation. I entered my dialogue with them last year hoping they were prepared to shift their views in meaningful ways. When it ended, they gave little reason to believe they had done so. To co-author anything with their representative means you are lending credibility and standing to them. Read Full Post >
March 10, 2013
Administration and Teachers' Union Collaborate in Providence, R.I.
Guest blogger Marian Kisch writes about the collaboration between the administration and the union that represents teachers in Providence, Rhode Island. Collaboration is not easy, but the results demonstrate the worth. Read Full Post >
February 04, 2013
R.I. Chief: Districts Must End Seniority Hiring, Transfer
R.I.'s commissioner put districts on notice that hiring and transfer processes contravene state law. Read Full Post >
January 24, 2013
A Look At 'Teacher Voice' Organizations
New article explores uneasy relations with teachers' unions. Read Full Post >
January 24, 2013
Seattle Teachers' Test Boycott: Reading The Tea Leaves
How big the boycott will get and what were its main triggers are open questions. Read Full Post >
December 18, 2012
Recruiter Must Pay Damages to Filipino Teachers
A Los Angeles-based firm has been ordered to pay some $4.5 million to hundreds of Filipino teachers it recruited to work in Louisiana schools. Read Full Post >
December 17, 2012
NEA, AFT Teachers To Build Common-Core Tools
With $11 million from the Helmsley Charitable Trust, the two unions, working with the lead writers of the standards, will involve their teachers in building an online portal of instructional tools. Read Full Post >
