public schools
Protesters force retreat on plan to dismantle Philly public schools
June 4, 2012A coalition of parent, community, student and labor groups brought their message to the Philadelphia city School Reform Commission
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Teachers, parents protest school layoffs
July 29, 2010CHICAGO - Nearly a hundred teachers, parents, students, labor leaders and community activists rallied at the Chicago Board of Education building here July 28 against recent massive teacher layoffs.
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Union teachers fired up to fight for public schools
July 14, 2010SEATTLE - Delegates to the 81st convention of the American Federation of Teachers here blasted arbitrary public school closings , privatization and union-busting in the guise of "education reform."
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Trumka tells AFT: Stand together, march together, vote together
July 12, 2010SEATTLE - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged union teachers to "stand together, work together, march together, vote together" to defeat the right-wing attacks on public education.
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NEA splits with Obama over education law
July 12, 2010NEW ORLEANS (PAI) - In his keynote at the National Education Association's Representative Assembly, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel criticized the administration's continued use of student test scores to measure schools.
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