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Filipino teachers go to United States for Civic Voices exchange program
Three Filipino teachers affiliated with BESTFED and PSLINK and who actively and successfully met the requirements of the Civic Voices Project were sent to the United States from May 5-14, 2012 as a pa… more →
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As One Union Nears Contract with St. Mary’s Buyer, Another Aims to Disrupt Deal
wrote 1 week ago: As One Union Nears Contract with St. Mary’s Buyer, Another Aims to Disrupt Deal Divisive plan to con … more →
SHORT READS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
wrote 1 week ago: 3 days of marches against school closings planned (Chicago Tribune) The most important problem facin … more →
Get Talkin' Baby!: The Importance of Talking to Your Baby From Birth to Age 3
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wrote 1 week ago: The amount of time you spend talking to your child and the variety of words you use may very well be … more →
Core confusion
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wrote 2 weeks ago: A key question rarely got asked this spring as Indiana legislators debated whether to stick with the … more →
Pride and Poverty: Are We Willfully Neglecting Two of America’s Greatest Human Resources?
wrote 2 weeks ago: After spending some time in New York City to attend the Made Visible panel on Women and Children in … more →
The cult of efficiency still prevalent in education? Part I
wrote 2 weeks ago: This series will review Raymond Callahan’s 1962 work, “Education and the cult of efficie … more →
ILLINOIS: Teachers at UNO charter schools vote to unionize
wrote 3 weeks ago: Teachers at one of Chicago’s largest charter-school networks — run by the politically influential Un … more →
President Obama and Common Core: Let the Testing Continue
wrote 3 weeks ago: Yesterday in New York, American Federation of Teachers President, Randi Weingarten called for a temp … more →
AFT President Calls for Halt on High Stakes Linked to Common Core
wrote 3 weeks ago: In a speech given to the Association for a Better New York today, American Federation of Teachers’ P … more →
4 #Labor Organizations on Twitter that Need #Progressive Support
wrote 4 weeks ago: 1. Unite Here : http://twitter.com/unitehere UNITE HERE represents workers throughout the U.S. and … more →
SHORT READS: FRIDAY, APRIL 19
wrote 1 month ago: Teachers Union’s Hedge Fund Enemy List (Wall Street Journal) Report Finds That D.C. Public Schools G … more →
ILLINOIS: Unions' Charter-School Push
wrote 1 month ago: Labor Looks to Organize in an Educational Sector That Has Largely Kept It Away CHICAGO—Charter schoo … more →
Obama Chooses Colorado As Spot To Press For Gun Measures
wrote 1 month ago: WASHINGTON (AP) — In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing atte … more →
Teachers' group blasts recommendation that staff be trained and armed
wrote 1 month ago: WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Federation of Teachers is denouncing a suggestion that schools train … more →
Key Advocate of Improving Public Schools Sends Her Daughter to "Elite Private School"
wrote 1 month ago: Education campaigner Michelle Rhee has refused to comment directly on rumors that she sends her elde … more →
Cultivating Brighter Futures
wrote 1 month ago: National Farmworker Awareness Week is a time for all of us to recognize the challenges faced by the … more →
CONNECTICUT: Teachers Union Opposes Nomination of Charter School Executive to State Board of Education
wrote 1 month ago: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s nomination of a charter school executive to the state Board of Educati … more →
Detroit and the International War of the Rich on the Poor
wrote 1 month ago: By RICH GIBSON – CounterPunch – March 28, 2013 Every Detroit teacher was fired in the fa … more →
"Nothing Short Of Bullying" Says Union President Of Republican Proposal
wrote 2 months ago: LANSING (WWJ) – Can state Republican lawmakers penalize universities for ratifying new contrac … more →
