teachers

Fight over Dyett High reaches tense new stage

September 4, 2015 By Patrick J. Foote

CPS has announced a plan for Dyett, but not the one fought for by the hunger striking community members.

American Federation of Teachers endorses Hillary Clinton

July 14, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Weingarten put the union's endorsement in the context of scrapping the Bush-era No Child Left Behind and its teach-to-the-test penalizing of students and schools.

Education: is it job training, or preparation for democracy?

July 9, 2015 By Daniel Sankey

If we want our nation to create more people like history's innovators and inventors, we would be wise to teach our children how to think like they did.

Mayors hear biased view of California court decision vs. teacher tenure

July 7, 2015 By Daniel Sankey

There is an answer to public education's poor performance: money; we will have to pay for it, just as we pay for a massive military budget.

South Chicago community faces down prep school board over firings

June 26, 2015 By Patrick J. Foote

"Telling teachers that they might lose their health insurance if they unionize is not living honestly."