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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Voters in West Virginia will have the final say on four proposed constitutional amendmentsincluding one that would give control to the Republican-dominated legislatureon virtually every aspect of public!-->!-->…

The Wall Street Journal Pandemic shutdowns have been a political mistake for ages and the economic, social and health consequences are still being felt. But the worst catastrophe has been inflicted on American children, as the recent…

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, fresh from a trip to Ukraine, recently met with Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, prompting investigative journalist Peter Schweizer to call for an audit of her…

Mno changes have occurred in this country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What started as the survival of a deadly virus has turned into a revelation of the overreach of aggressive left-wing government, elitist…

Steuart Pittman has once again won the approval of our county's police, fire and teachers' unions. Continued progress and the policies adopted by the Pittman administration will greatly benefit our county, its employees and its…

The City Colleges of Chicago faculty and professional staff union is set to set a strike date this week after allowing a walkout earlier this month.The Cook County Teachers Union plans to notify members Monday night by announcing the strike…

California has deep and persistent problems that are compounded by poor policy choices, too often blamed on the conduct of state residents rather than failing policies. No state official has more power to remedy the situation than the…

The Haverhill school system and its teachers could not reach a resolution to their contract dispute after seven hours of negotiations on Saturday. It was a result that brought both sides closer to a proposed strike on Monday.Haverhill…

Keith Ballard with primary school children in Ireland. DURING SUMMER HOLIDAYS five years ago, veteran middle school music teacher Keith Ballard, a member of the Sweetwater Education Association, found himself in the office of one of…

Averett University's Department of Education recently received a national honor for being an Outstanding Provider of Educator Preparation – 1 of 4 colleges in Virginia and 32 nationally to be recognized.The university was…

A government led by the National Federation Party and the People's Alliance will revive the partnership between unions, faith-based organizations and the community in running schools across the country. Professor Biman Prasad, leader…

SINGAPORE: Singapore's teachers' unions submit 60 cases to the Ministry of Education (MOE) each year, with issues ranging from perceived unfairness in assessment to posting issues. In a written response to a parliamentary question from MP…

Cal Thomas. (NER)House Republican leaders announced a plan they call a "Pledge to America" ​​in time for the November election and presumably the presidential race in two years.In unveiling the plan, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy,…

Teachers are among the most crucial professionals in any country, tasked with nurturing and educating the next generation. In Nepal, there are over 325,000 teachers teaching grades 1 to 12. This makes teachers one of the largest groups of…

Among the choices voters will have to make on November 8 is whether to add a new amendment to the Illinois constitution that would give workers the "fundamental right to organize and bargain collectively” while prohibiting any law…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After President Biden spoke to the National Education Association about "MAGA Republicans" and the codification of Roe v. Wade, an outraged parent and New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz,…

For the second consecutive general election, Illinois voters will face a potential amendment to the state constitution, deciding the fate of the "Workers' Rights Amendment" on Nov. 8. The amendment will ask voters if they…

In August 2022, the Kettle Moraine School Board in Wisconsin voted to prevent teachers and administrators from having political flags or religious messages in their classrooms. It's time for other school districts across the country…

The border is closed and secure. The withdrawal from Afghanistan was a success. Inflation is transitory. We are not in a recession; the economy is strong. Putin is solely responsible for the rise in gas prices. Men also give birth.…

Newly discovered emails reveal that the California Teachers Association engaged in research, some have called it spying, on the local bipartisan parent association group. Originally centered on the San Dieguito Union High School District,…

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Attention teachers – even more student loan forgiveness could be on the way, thanks to a new bill.Under a bill co-drafted by Senator Ben Ray Luján and Representative Teresa Leger Fernández, the federal government…

Just in time for the start of the new school year, America's public education system received a damning report card.The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress reveal historically large declines in math and…

Mayor Eric Adams is asking all city agencies to cut spending by about 8% over the next two years, in a belt-tightening measure he says is aimed at addressing looming growth-related budget shortfalls labor costs, but that could affect the…

Are you an education worker in Ontario? The Pan-Canadian Grassroots Educator Safety Committee is meeting this Sunday, September 11 at 1 p.m. EST to discuss the way forward in the fight against the pandemic and contract struggles across the…

Labor Day is upon us again, and while the labor market is tight across all sectors, the pain is particularly acute in public schools. In February, the National Education Association conducted a survey of its three million…

Screenshot of the SEIU live stream after the strike vote, August 20, 2022 On August 26, 2022, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 32BJ called off a strike it had announced the previous week. More than 2,000 drivers and…

Latin AmericaThe World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular columnHaiti rocked by protests over high cost of food and fuelOn August 29, a protest march against the high cost of food, necessities…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A USA Today columnist blasted American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for a new campaign she accused of being mere 'gaslighting', given the way Weingarten and her union have…

Crist announced Hernández-Mats as his candidate for lieutenant governor at a Hialeah college on Saturday, capping a week that saw him win the party nomination to take on DeSantis in November.Born to Honduran immigrants, Hernández-Mats…

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The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives and Where We're Going Nowby Anya Kamenetz, Public Affairs, 352 pages, $17.99 Twelve years after being acquitted of murder, OJ Simpson and a ghostwriter wrote a…

Teachers' unions at the service of studentsSubject: Letter from Alan Garner dated August 19, “Teacher Union Review Boards”:I have been an educator for 38 years. Mr. Garner accurately describes the union's role as an advocate for those who…

To allow schools to be Critical Race Theory (CRT) free, parents must break unions, say parental rights activists. This school year, Moms for Liberty leaders Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich launched a national campaign to end union…

Josh Wheeler entered the world of local politics for two reasons: his family and his community.A self-proclaimed Republican and conservative, Wheeler decided to run for city council in his hometown of…

Express press service KURNOOL: His devotion to his profession transformed the fortunes of JM Thanda, a remote tribal village in Pathikonda mandal of Kurnool district. Mr. Kalyani Kumari was the only teacher in the…

The leader of a passionate Colorado school board recall campaign has defended her group's conduct, denying that the campaign has any union ties and strongly shuts down claims that the recall is in response to allegedly illegal actions by…

The controversial decision to offer contracts rather than the usual permanent appointments to teachers who have recently applied for principal and deputy principal positions is to be discussed among stakeholders in the Ministry of…

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STORMONT's education minister should 'draft' a pay deal with the unions instead of suggesting striking teachers could see their pay cut, it has been claimed. Michelle McIlveen!-->…

For a Conservative education minister, dealing with teachers' unions was never going to be easy. But Brendan Clarke-Smith had barely been in his new role for six hours before a major spat broke out between him and a headteachers' union…

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota teachers are not entitled to reimbursement of so-called “fair share” fees they paid to unions in the years leading up to a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling declaring the fees unconstitutional .That was…

ORANGE COUNTY, Florida. – The Orange County School Board approved a number of proposals at its Tuesday night meeting, including the endorsement of new district superintendent Dr. Maria Vazquez.Vazquez was selected for the job last month in…

Forty years ago, A nation in danger sounded a grave warning about the threat of poor education and spawned a bipartisan school reform movement focused on educational achievement, educational choice and accountability. Now that coalition…

Aurangabad, July 23: The various teachers' unions have demanded that teachers be recruited through the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC).It may be noted that there was a ban on the recruitment of teachers for nearly a…

In a 5-4 vote, the Miami-Dade School Board in Florida rejected two sex education textbooks for middle and high school students. Wednesday's decision was seen by parents as a victory. The vote came at the end of a turbulent school board…

Jthe Biden administration announcement a new campaign this month to recruit 250,000 tutors for K-12 students to help address learning loss from school closures and distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19. This is a long…

Photo: Courtesy of Aloha United Way. Dalgona cafe, the rise of TikTok, walk down the center of Kalākaua Avenue and swim on a deserted beach. Repeat patiently to colleagues: “You are on mute”. DIY haircuts (or longer styles if you were…

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, appointed by former President Donald Trump, told conservative activists in Tampa on Saturday that the federal Department of Education should be abolished,…

For the casual observer of state government, Missouri's 2022 legislative session has been dominated by headlines about infighting, traffic jams and wrangling over political maps. When it adjourned in…

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has urged the!--p>…

Schools across England have warned they will be forced to cut spending on building projects, maintenance and even teaching staff as energy costs continue to climb.An analysis by the Library of the House of Commons estimated that…

A Biden administration's plan to recruit 250,000 tutors unveiled with the blessing of the country's two largest teachers' unions, who believe the effort will lead to a "surge of support" for public schools. The administration announced…

Anyone familiar with the way Fox News gradually warms up its audience to an idea could see it coming. First, the network aired endless segments touting the myth that teachers were training kindergartners to hate white…

Comment this storyCommentCLEVELAND — President Biden, struggling to deal with high inflation that has clouded prospects for his party's chances in the midterm elections, came to the swinging state on Wednesday and stepped up his rhetoric in…

Jeff Berkowitz: Governor runs on IT being the nation's abortion capital… Pritzker wants to subsidize abortion travel costs to IL for out-of-state residents… far-left idea that sell well in IL… Again, an opening for…

They've seen themselves walking the halls of Congress, wearing judges' robes or smiling in portraits at Illinois driver's license offices.But with one exception, the six Chicago aldermen who tried to quit their City Council jobs for other…

Breadcrumb Links Comment NP Teaching was seen as a thankless job long before COVID, but it's only become more of it Publication date : Jul 01, 2022 • 56 minutes ago • 4 minute read • Join the…

Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed three education bills last week, just the latest sign of a decade-long rift…

Chicago The Labor Notes 2022 conference, sponsored by the magazine of the same name, brought together 4,000 labor activists in Chicago from June 17-19. The multinational, multi-gender and multi-generational gathering gave voice to a range…

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In a recent interview with Fox News, conservative commentator and longtime foreign policy pundit Monica Crowley made a bold claim: Overseas communists have controlled key institutions of American life for decades. Crowley, who!-->…

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SPRINGFIELD — Teachers and other education professionals are urging the Illinois State Board of Education to…

Judging the unions EDITOR: I'm genuinely curious: why in the media narrative and in many public minds are police unions good while teachers unions are bad? ANNE EXTON Sainte-Rose Service Barriers EDITOR: My husband, Willy Linares,…

My mother was a woman on the constituency committee for the Democratic Party. When I was 12, I helped my mother distribute Democratic pamphlets in Alton, on Broadway, at the Princess Theater. I attended Marquette Catholic High…

OPINION:Parents are in arms from San Francisco to Florida and everywhere in between. They have seen what schools do to their children, and they don't like it at all. Naturally, parents are told to shut up and keep paying taxes to support…

This week, educators and staff at Urban Pathways K-5 Charter School in downtown Pittsburgh voted 15-7 to organize a union as part of the Alliance of Charter School. Employees AFT Local 6056, a branch of the American Federation of Teachers…

President Joe Biden reportedly told former President Barack Obama that he intended to run for office in 2024. He had wanted to be president for decades, so his desire to keep the Oval Office came as no surprise.…

Most secondary school teachers think extra supports are needed next year to help pupils who are falling behind due to Covid-related disruption to teaching and learning, a new survey has found.…

My name is David Perry. I am a veteran educator with 35 years of…

In the summer of 2020, when Maryland officials eased the toughest pandemic restrictions, sending residents crowding the beach, leaders in the state's largest jurisdiction stood their ground. Later that year, when Gov. Larry Hogan (right)…

Gov. Andy Beshear issued his promised veto on House Bill 9, which funds Kentucky's public charter schools. Beshear's veto will delight the teachers' unions, his ideological soulmates who played a crucial role in his…

Does public education exist for the benefit of children or for teachers' unions? The answer should be obvious, but President Joe Biden seems to have it upside down. Last year he gave carte blanche to national unions to keep classrooms…

Both the Maine Education Association Benefits Trust and the Maine Service Employees Association have reached out to both sides, urging them to reach a resolution. PORTLAND, Maine — Unions representing tens of thousands…

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has been traveling across Poland, including towns on the Ukrainian border, in recent days. Weingarten tweeted about his exploits, which were also reported by CBS News and…

Before he was Prince, and he was funky, Prince Rogers Nelson was just another Northside kid from Minneapolis. This was in the 1970s, and video (especially with sound) was extremely rare - unless a TV crew was present.It turns out that one…

Author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore is campaigning for governor at the 2021 J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake. Photo by Hannah Gaskill. On Saturday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes…

Northern Ireland TEACHERS unions come together to launch pay campaign.The Northern Ireland Teachers' Council (NITC), the union's representative body, has agreed to act jointly!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Minneapolis teachers have just reached a new contract after striking for nearly three weeks and last Friday the city of Minneapolis reached a new labor agreement with the Minneapolis police union. Unions are back in the news and perhaps…

MINISTERS waged war with teachers' unions last night over schools' teaching time in a bid to raise standards. School leaders must offer a school week of at least 32.5 hours a week by September next year as part of new plans to allow…

STERLING — Sterling Public Schools will continue the practice of "early exit" on Fridays for the last eight weeks of the school year, but the administration will adjust the dismissal time to 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. starting April…

Wolf, a Democrat, ordered the settlement after more than a decade of deadlock in the state legislature over updating Pennsylvania's 25-year-old charter school law, and as the public schools have struggled to secure…

More than two years into the pandemic, some progressive media are realizing that allowing national teachers' unions to dominate the debate over school closures may not have been a good idea. The Washington Post this week examined a…

Sudbury teachers' union representatives say lifting mask mandates in schools is premature Although mask mandates were lifted in schools after the March break, the president of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board said the…

About 280 teachers and staff in Maywood, Ill., went on strike Friday, March 4, the first strike in the Chicago district in 22 years.Social workers, librarians and counselors joined teachers on the picket lines outside the three high schools…

By AJ Willingham, CNN Thinner toilet paper rolls. Empty snack bags. A little less shampoo in the bottle. Instead of charging buyers more to compensate for inflation, some companies simply offer less. Here's what you need…

The number of teachers absent for Covid reasons has dropped significantly, according to new figures. A total of 7,128 teachers were on…

This article was published in partnership with THE CITY. A years-long fight over a planned change to cut health coverage costs for retired city employees came to a head on Thursday with a judge's ruling that allows retirees to…

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital banking service provider Bankjoy today announced that it has added 16 credit unions from across the country to its end-to-end digital services ecosystem, demonstrating strong and growing demand for…

"There was a lot of noise, but it didn't distract from what we did," Wu said in an interview with The Globe on Friday. "At this point, 100 days later, I'm truly inspired that we've been able to accomplish even more than I thought…

The bill aims to reduce the shortage of teachers, but critics say it demeans qualified teachers and targets their unions.Brandon Smith/IPB NewsHouse Bill 1251 would, among other things, allow adjunct teachers in public school classrooms.…

The teachers' unions PSZ and PDSZ have turned to the Constitutional Court over restrictions on strikes. In their appeal, the unions are asking the court to declare unconstitutional and strike down a recently issued government decree…

By Staff Reporter SHARP divisions have emerged among teachers' unions over the teachers' strike, with some urging their members to return to work when the government's ultimatum to do so expires, while others remain adamant that…

A poll by the Maryland State Education Association found that the vast majority of teachers are burnt out and a majority are considering early retirement due to the stresses of teaching during a pandemic. Photo…

A national public education study gives the state of Texas mediocre grades. Scholaroo released the 2022 Student Success Rankings this month. The scholarship and data site reports that this is the first national study to…