Tag: Teachers Unions

They measures include stricter anti-strike policies to crack down on the teacher sick-outs that have kept 45,000 students out of schools and given the struggles of Detroit's schools national attention. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Will these reforms save Detroit’s schools?

Jason Russell · May 5, 2016 9:01 pm

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Union members complain about their employer — a teachers’ union

Jason Russell · May 3, 2016 8:14 pm

Union members say parents may not back the strike plans, because the union already had a one-day strike in April and there was a district furlough day in March that kept students out of school. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Chicago teachers strike lacks support from crucial group

Jason Russell · May 3, 2016 7:21 pm

Obama has issued a proclamation recognizing National Charter School Week every year he's been in office. (Ben Stansall / Pool via AP, File)

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What Obama said about Charter School Week

Jason Russell · May 3, 2016 3:57 pm

Charter schools are clearly doing better than traditional public schools, contrary to claims. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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What teachers’ unions get wrong about charter schools

Jason Russell · April 22, 2016 8:29 pm

"Google the FBI criteria for domestic terrorism. Then get back to me." (Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Chicago teachers union boss doubles-down on accusation GOP gov. is ‘ISIS recruit’

Jason Russell · April 22, 2016 6:09 pm

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks to the City Club of Chicago Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Lewis accused first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner of "acts of terror" for his role in the budget standoff. (Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Teachers union head calls GOP governor an ‘ISIS recruit’

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 4:31 pm

Lily Eskelsen Garcia had harsh words about the era of overtesting brought by No Child Left Behind. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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Teachers’ union head blames Dems and GOP for overtesting

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 2:27 pm

Head of Chicago Public Schools says the union is having trouble dealing with reality. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Chicago school head says union in ‘Alice in Wonderland world’

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 5:12 pm

The plaintiffs in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association say issue of union fees for workers in public-sector unions is too important for a 4-4 decision. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Friedrichs teachers ask Supreme Court for rehearing

Sean Higgins · April 11, 2016 5:24 pm

Trump's negative coattails would be helpful not only for Clinton, but for other Democrats on the ballot too. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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A Trump nomination could set back education reform in the states

Jason Russell · April 8, 2016 8:32 pm

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio responded to the bullying suit with NYPD data showing a decrease in crime in schools.

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Parents sue NYC over school abuse

Jason Russell · April 8, 2016 5:56 pm