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Terry Curtis Fox: In Praise of Ordinary Teachers

2012-05-08T11:24:06Z

The crisis in American education is really about how to find and retain and nourish ordinary teachers. They are the ones who do most of the work, have the greatest influence, and are under the greatest stress.

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Randi Weingarten: To Innovate, Look to Those Who Educate

2012-04-13T18:01:11Z

When teachers and other school employees work collaboratively with administrators and others on school improvement, students do better.

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Peter Smirniotopoulos: Doubling-Down on Dumb: The GOP War on Being Smart

2012-03-15T16:48:15Z

We're supposed to be exploring every conceivable alternative for turning the domestic economy around. So why are Republicans, at state and federal levels, waging a rhetorical, legislative, and administrative War on Education?

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New Yorkers Put More Faith In Teachers Than Bloomberg

2012-02-08T15:31:22Z

It's another round for Bloomberg versus the teachers union and it's looking like the latter has won the approval of New York City voters.

A new po...

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Michelle Bernard: The State of the Teachers' Union

2012-01-23T16:41:34Z

The state of teachers unions is unstable at best. If they want to remain relevant, they must join the millions of American parents and children demanding equality in education now or be left behind.

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Len Levitt: Who's the Real Chicken?

2012-01-17T11:35:40Z

Rupert Murdoch may have called Gov. Cuomo "chicken" for refusing to take on the city's teacher's union. But judging from his latest State of the City address, Mayor Bloomberg sounds like the real chicken for refusing to take on Ray Kelly.

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Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg Picks a Fight with Teachers Union

2012-01-12T10:11:01Z

Of course you've never seen a State of the City speech. If the mayor expected you to care about it, he wouldn't do it in the middle of the afternoon. But there is a nice tea-leaf quality to this annual ritual. You can get a sense of what the Big Man really wants us to pay attention to.

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Teach Plus: The War Over Teacher Evaluations Misses the Point

2011-12-22T10:26:47Z

Making an impact for kids is the reason we joined this profession. A system that provides options and pathways to do exactly that is one that should excite any teacher.

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Alan Singer: What's Good for Mayor Bloomberg's Kids Is Good Enough for Ours

2011-12-06T17:12:24Z

Should New York City should fire half the teachers and double class size in its public schools? Mayor Bloomberg's proposal made me curious. What kind of education did Mayor Mike choose for his daughters?

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Sarah Garland: Should Value-Added Teacher Ratings Be Adjusted for Poverty?

2011-11-22T14:37:42Z

Are the best, most experienced D.C. teachers concentrated in the wealthiest schools, while the worst are concentrated in the poorest schools? Or does the statistical model ignore the possibility that it's more difficult to teach a room full of impoverished children?

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Randi Weingarten: A Win for Workers, and for Us All

2011-11-14T12:14:03Z

"As Ohio goes, so goes the nation" has taken on new meaning. The people of Ohio used their citizen veto decisively to repeal legislation that would have stripped police officers, teachers, firefighters and other public workers of their right to bargain collectively.

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Jared Bernstein: Thinking About Education, Skills, and Work: Part 1

2011-11-07T15:16:50Z

The leadership of today's teachers' unions stand firmly against tenure for undeserving teachers. But I can also assure you that some (not all) of the union bashing isn't about better education.

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Turnstyle: Teachers, Service Workers Support Oakland's Strike Without Striking

2011-11-02T12:04:35Z

Originally published on turnstylenews.com/occupy, Turnstyle News' special coverage page of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Also in RSS form>>

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Charles Kerchner: Bringing a Third Chair to the Bargaining Table

2011-10-18T18:02:30Z

Monday's editions of the LA Times, Daily News and La Opinion carried an ad from a coalition of civic and community organizations aimed at influencing the negotiations between the LA Unified School District and its teachers.

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John H. Jackson: America for Teachers!

2011-10-18T15:33:47Z

Here's an important question: What sector of public employees recently received a 71 percent approval rating from its core constituents? If you said elected officials, well, you are wrong. Give up?
The answer is teachers.

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Report Offers Comprehensive Guide To Developing And Sustaining Teacher Evaluation Systems

2011-10-04T15:37:47Z

In time for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's presentation of the Obama administration's reforms to teacher preparation programs last week, a new r...

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Judge Upholds Idaho Students Come First Laws

2011-10-03T14:53:25Z

In a ruling last week, Idaho Judge Timothy Hansen ruled in favor of a series of laws that localized administrative power, phased out teacher tenure an...

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Scores Of Wisconsin School Unions Seek Recertification After Contentious Rights Law

2011-10-01T10:40:30Z

MADISON, Wis. — More than 200 school unions in Wisconsin met Friday's deadline to seek recertification, but it's unclear how many others let it ...

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Sabrina Stevens: Just Cause, or "Just 'Cause"?

2011-09-30T18:23:32Z

Eliminating "tenure" may be politically popular, but eroding due process and the 'just cause' standard creates an environment where even good teachers can be fired just 'cause it serves some other interest.

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New Contract Agreement Ends 10-Day Teachers' Strike

2011-09-23T11:24:33Z

TACOMA, Wash. — Teachers in Washington state's third-largest school district approved a new contract, ending a 10-day strike that had kept Tacom...

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Scott Walker Law Keeps Unions At Bay

2011-09-22T16:57:57Z

By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP) MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin will no longer be obligated to bargain with its largest public employee unions aft...

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Teachers To Vote On Contract After 10-Day Strike

2011-09-22T10:22:06Z

TACOMA, Wash. — Teachers in Washington state's third-largest school district approved a new contract Thursday, ending a 10-day strike that had k...

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Governor Issues Ultimatum In Extensive Teachers Strike

2011-09-21T14:01:39Z

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A spokesman for Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire (GREG'-wahr) says negotiators have made progress toward ending a teachers' strik...

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Judge: Striking Teachers Could Be Replaced

2011-09-20T10:20:22Z

TACOMA, Wash. -- A judge said Monday he's considering giving Washington state's third-largest school district the option of replacing teachers on the ...

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Catholic School Teachers End Two-Week Strike

2011-09-19T12:45:58Z

PHILADELPHIA — Students at Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will be returning to class now that a teachers strike has ended....

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