Teacher Unions

Race to the Top Round Three: Can We Avoid the Implementation Troubles of the First Two Rounds?

Allie Kimmel | Posted 05.31.2012

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Allie Kimmel

Districts and unions can agree that personalizing learning is integral to improving our education system. Therefore, districts should not try to circumvent union power, but instead should include unions in the planning and application processes.

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Why College Students Need to Support Their Professors

Ethan Miller | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Education Unions, Student Loans, Teacher Unions, Education Policy, American University, Cost of College, Student Protest, College Tuition, Teacher Protest, Education Protest, Video, Unions, College News
Ethan Miller

So what causes professors who have advanced degrees to be paid poverty wages while students go into thousands of dollars of debt to pay for school? A lot of this comes from the increasing corporatization of colleges and universities, a trend that was started in the late 20th century and has continued since.

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Buffalo, New York Teachers Get Free Plastic Surgery

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.29.2012

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As 3 percent of New York teachers -- which translates to more than 7,000 teachers -- fell prey to layoffs this year, around 3,400 teachers in Buffalo,...

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Ending Bad Teaching: Releasing Teachers' Test Scores Is a Red Herring

Rebecca Joseph | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Teacher Quality, New York Times, Bill Gates, Teachers, New York City, Teacher Unions, New York Teachers, Teacher Test Scores, Test Scores, Teacher Evaluation, Education News
Rebecca Joseph

During my six years of teaching middle school in a major urban school system, I never worked with a consistent team of teachers that provided high quality instruction all year long.

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SFC & SB 130: "Innovating" Around Teacher Voice?

Sabrina Stevens | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Stand for Children, Education, Public Education Reform, Education Reform, Schools, Teachers, Public Education, Colorado, Denver, Colorado Innovation Act, Teacher Unions, School Reform, Denver Public Schools, Denver News
Sabrina Stevens

It's a rare thing to meet a public school stakeholder who honestly believes politicians and corporate-funded lobbying groups should have more say over education than educators do. Yet that's exactly what's happening.

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Where do teachers come from?

John Merrow | Posted 02.12.2012

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John Merrow

Our teachers come from an elite group -- college graduates -- to begin with. Where they rank within this elite is the issue, and it's simply unfair to suggest that a large group of people in the top third is somehow fundamentally flawed.

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Dealing With Disingenuous Teachers Unions: There are No Shortcuts

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Ohio SB 5, Collective Bargaining, Local Control, Teacher Unions, Education News
Michael J. Petrilli

If we want to win the fight for the more immediate future, we're going to need to take on the unions directly, and take over the school boards.

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Drug Test Proposal Inspires 8-Day Teacher Strike In Central Ill.

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Education, Illini Bluffs Strike, Illini Bluffs School Board, Teachers Strike, Teacher Unions, Drug Testing Public Employees, Drug Testing, Unions, Labor Unions, Glasford Teachers Strike, Public Employee Unions, Chicago News

Angered by a newly proposed random drug testing policy, the teachers union in the Illini Bluffs School District in the central Illinois town of Glasfo...

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Let's "Save" What Matters Most: Students

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Teacher Quality, Public Education Reform, Charter Schools, Civic Engagement, Teacher Unions, Education Equity, Standardized Testing, Save Our Schools, Education Reform, Teachers, Advocacy, Education News
Suzanne Tacheny Kubach

We "save" education by demanding our schools live up to their promise: to make a difference in the lives of every student who comes to their doors.

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CPS Expected To Lay Off 1,000 Teachers This Week

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Unemployment, Teacher Raises, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Teacher Unions, Teachers, Whittier Elementary School, Chicago Teachers Union, Jean-Claude Brizard, Public Employee Unions, Chicago News

An estimated 1,000 teachers are expected to lose their job this week the Chicago Public School system struggles with a multi-million dollar budget def...

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After Rejecting Teacher Raises, CPS Set To Approve Executive Pay Hikes

Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Public Employees, Education, Becky Carroll, Teacher Raises, Chicago Public Schools, Teacher Unions, Tim Cawley, Garry McCarthy, Ron Huberman, Noemi Donoso, Unions, Andrea Saenz, Chicago Teachers Union, Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago News

Though they voted last week to rescind four percent pay raises for teachers and union school workers, the Chicago Board of Education today is expected...

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AJ Barbosa

Stop Fighting And Start Teaching

HuffingtonPost.com | AJ Barbosa | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Wisconsin, California, Budget Cuts, Budget, Teacher Unions, School Funding, Budget Repair Bill, School Districts, Labor Unions, Los Angeles, New York, Long Island, Education, Labor, L, Budget Fights, Unions, Education News

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. When the Hesby Oaks School reopened its doors in 2006 after being closed f...

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Lessons for Wisconsin -- How Illinois Recognizes Its Great Teachers With New Reform Law

Ellen S. Alberding | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Governor Pat Quinn, Teacher Tenure, Darren Reisberg, Teacher Unions, Kimberly Lightford, Education Reform, Illinois Education, Advance Illinois, Chicago News
Ellen S. Alberding

Unlike our neighbors in Wisconsin, Ohio, and other states, Illinois education stakeholders worked together to craft an aggressive bill that makes our state the nation's new leader in education reform.

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Can We Save The Marriage Between The American Public And Teachers?

John Merrow | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Teachers, Influence of Teachers, Lifo, Education, Hartford, Teacher Unions, Last in First Out, Education Reform, Public Education Reform, Education News
John Merrow

Shouldn't we be paying attention to the troubled marriage between the American public and teachers? Just because the two still care for each other, and their 50 million children, that's not enough.

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DPS and SB 130: "Innovating" Around the Law?

Sabrina Stevens | Posted 07.06.2011

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Sabrina Stevens

Denver Public Schools recently voted 4-3 to approve innovation status for three new schools in Far Northeast Denver. In doing so, they almost certainly broke the law.

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A Primer On How To Defeat Mike Mulgrew

Peter Zucker | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Uft, Teachers, Ctu, Karen Lewis, United Federation of Teachers, Teacher Unions, Unity Caucus, Mike Mulgrew, Chicago Teachers Union, New York City, Education News
Peter Zucker

In March of 2010 we had the elections for the United Federation of Teachers. Somehow, someway, the Unity caucus, headed by President Mike Mulgrew, received 91 percent of the vote.

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Simone Landon

Detroit's Mass Teacher Layoffs May Prove Bellwether For Education Reform Nationwide

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 06.19.2011

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When districtwide layoff notices hit every one of Detroit Public Schools’ 5,466 unionized employees late last week, an American Federation of Teache...

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Michigan's New Motto: Blame It on the Teachers

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Public Employee Benefits, Headlee Amendment, Andy Dillon, Teacher Pay, Teacher Strikes, Teacher Unions, Center for Michigan, Teacher Benefits, Michigan Teacher Unions, Michigan Unions, Rick Snyder, Teachers, Michigan Teachers, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Republicans are forever telling us that they're paid too much. Unless you are saving lives on the operating table or vaccinating children in Africa, it takes a certain kind of chutzpah to berate teachers.

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Can U.S. Teachers Truly Be 'Nation Builders?'

John Merrow | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Arne Duncan, President Obama, Teachers, The Influence of Teachers, Education, Teacher Unions, Teaching, Education Reform, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, Education News
John Merrow

Are American teachers "nation builders?" Could they be? What tools does a "Nation Builder" (or any other builder) need to be able to get the job done?

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In Defense of Teachers Unions

Chris Lehmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Lehmann

Unions remind us that those who are recent to the struggle of educating a nation may have some good ideas, but that they must work in concert with the teachers -- not against us.

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On Why You Should Support Teachers Unions

Jose Vilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jose Vilson

All teachers are asking for is to sit at a table as part of the diners and not part of the menu.

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"Waiting for Superman" Doesn't Have Any Magic Bullets

Franklin Schargel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Tenure, School Reform, Charter Schools, Teacher Unions, Waiting for Superman, TIMMS Examination, Education News
Franklin Schargel

There isn't any argument that education in America needs to be improved. Politicians on all sides of the spectrum agree. The discussion is not about whether it should happen but how it should happen.

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In Education, Basic Demands Are Being Ignored

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Merrow

For the last 30 minutes or so, I have been listening to a father talk about his two young children, ages 7 and 10.

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Workers' Rights And The Public Good

Randi Weingarten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, The Colbert Report, Wisconsin, American Federation of Teachers, Ohio Union Protests, Tenure, Ohio, Wisconsin Unions, Teacher Unions, Stephen Colbert, Education, Scott Walker, Teachers, Colbert Report, Unions, Wisconsin Protests, Teacher's Union, Education News
Randi Weingarten

Collective bargaining is a vehicle to improve services -- whether in education or other areas -- and it would hurt both workers and those they serve if that important right was lost.

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Another Year Without Fred Rogers, When We Need Him the Most

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Learning Matters, Teachers, Wisconsin, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Public Education Reform, Pbs, Education, Providence, Teacher Unions, The Neighborhood, Mr. Rogers, Education Reform, Education News
John Merrow

2011-02-25-Mr.Rogers.jpgWith some members of Congress intent on eliminating federal funding for public radio and television, a friend sent me this remarkable video.

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