Education
Chicago Teachers Union averts strike, reaches tentative agreement
October 11, 2016“Every active member of the Chicago Teachers Union will have an opportunity to review and vote on the agreement before a contract is ratified.”
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The Powell Memo and the war on workers
August 12, 2016In 1971, Lewis Powell, well-connected conservative corporate lawyer, wrote a document that has changed our lives for 45 years.
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School funding slashed by $750 million in last four years
July 20, 2016"Rahm wants to buy you a drink. Ask him if he can buy you an assistant principal and a special-education teacher instead."
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Cleveland teachers battle excessive testing mandates
June 8, 2016"They don't want to face up to the real problem of poverty and generations of structural inequality."
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Teachers report: 2016 presidential campaign scares kids
June 2, 2016The Southern Poverty Law Center surveyed over 2,000 teachers, who say kids are experiencing fear and stress over the Right's agenda.
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