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The New York Times Bizarrely Attacks Teachers -- Why?

Dan Brown | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Teacher Quality, Public Schools, Education, Arne Duncan, Michelle Rhee, Teacher Evaluation, School Accountability, New York Times, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Media News
Dan Brown

The editorial page in today's New York Times takes a bizarre pot shot at teachers. Teachers are demeaned by the Times as a destructive force when it comes to developing systems that work in schools.

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Denver Teachers Union Chief Takes Lays Out Issues With DPS Plan

Westword | Michael Roberts | Posted 10.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Tom Boasberg, Teachers Union, Charter Schiools, Michael Bennet, Denver Public Schools, Csap, Denver, Denver Teachers Union, Denver Teachers Association, Denver News

The 2009 Denver Plan developed by Denver Public Schools pins a lot of blame for the district's shortcomings on teachers -- the very teachers who agree...

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Denver Public School Teachers Approve Decrease In Pay Raises

The Denver Post | Jeremy P. Meyer | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Public Education, Teacher Pay Cuts, Denver Teachers, Denver Public Schools, Teachers Union, Denver News

Denver teachers overwhelmingly approved a revised contract that gives them a 2.5 percent cost-of-living raise plus they would receive a 1.65 percent s...

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Should We Have More School Time? Yes -- For Kids

Paras Bhayani | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education Reform, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Oecd, Public Schools, KIPP Charter Schools, Charter Schools, Teachers Union, Economist, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

While American students might be "underworked," American school teachers most certainly are not -- particularly for what they are being paid.

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D.C. Mayor and City Council Blame Each Other for Shock Teacher Layoffs

Dan Brown | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Dc Council, Dcps, Vincent Gray, Eduction Reform, American Federation of Teachers, Charter Schools, No Child Left Behind, DC City Council, Washington Post, Teachers Union, Adrian Fenty, Teachers, Politics News
Dan Brown

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced that a reduction in force of public school teachers had become unavoidable, and schools are in full-on panic mode.

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Randi Weingarten Resigns From United Federation Of Teachers

Advocate | Posted 07.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Uft, Teachers Union, United Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, Weingarten Teachers Union, New York, New York-New York, Home News

Randi Weingarten, the openly lesbian president of the American Federation of Teachers, the country's largest teachers union, confirmed on Wednesday t...

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Charter Schools Teachers Union Push Advances

Catalyst Chicago | John Meyers | Posted 06.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education, Teachers Union, Charter Schools Teachers Union, Civitas, Civitas Teachers Union, Chicago News

The Illinois Education Labor Relations Board certified on Thursday the union drive at three Chicago International charter schools run by the education...

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Hey. Nicholas Kristof and Michelle Rhee! Teachers Are the Keys, Not the Roadblocks to Reforming Schools

Dan Brown | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Teacher Quality, Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Class Size, Education, Will Okun, New York Times, Washington DC, Teachers Union, Nicholas Kristof, Teachers, Education Reform, Media News
Dan Brown

Nicholas Kristof's effusive essay on DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee left me with a sour taste. Here are a few snippets from Kristof's piece, in w...

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A Solution to the Education Dilemma

Deborah Emin | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teachers Union, Duncan, Education, Politics News
Deborah Emin

This solution, which is simple, cheap and easy to do in every school, will insult or anger many people. But, I can tell you that this will work and will solve more problems than it creates.

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