Tag: Teachers Unions

Teachers Unions Force Democratic Candidates to Skip Education Reform Forum

Mark Hemingway · October 7, 2015 7:07 pm

Lead plaintiff Rebecca Friedrichs spoke with the Washington Examiner about her involvement in the case.

Plaintiff Friedrichs: I dared defy the unions

Sean Higgins · October 5, 2015 4:01 am

Sydney Stumpf, left, and Aderyn Kee, both students at Loyal Heights Elementary School, protest after marching with parents, students and supporters of teachers from Pioneer Square to the John Stanford Center, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Seattle. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)

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Seattle kids return to school as teachers’ strike ends

Jason Russell · September 17, 2015 4:49 pm

A new high school is being built in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana. It's been ten years since hurricane Katrina devastated neighborhoods throughout the city. This area was wiped out when this levee broke after the storm. (The Christian Science Monitor via AP)

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Teachers’ union head spars with education reformer over New Orleans

Jason Russell · September 16, 2015 10:39 pm

Obama packaged the release of the College ScorecardÂ with a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, in September, during Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's sixth annual "BackÂ toÂ School" tour.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama: Don’t vote for candidates who bash teachers

Nicole Duran · September 14, 2015 10:29 pm

Phyllis Campano, vice president of the Seattle Education Association, addresses the media during an update of negotiations Sunday, in Seattle. (John Lok/The Seattle Times via AP)

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Seattle teacher strike moves into second week

Jason Russell · September 14, 2015 6:19 pm

The National Education Association-New Hampshire endorsed Clinton for president Monday. (AP file)

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Clinton picks up major New Hampshire endorsement

Jason Russell · September 14, 2015 3:41 pm

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Teachers’ unions causing chaos in Washington State

Jason Russell · September 10, 2015 7:39 pm

Hillary Clinton stands with various union members at an American Federation of Teachers Union rally in Cincinnati in October 2008. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

Emails show Clinton’s close ties to teachers union

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2015 10:35 pm

Portable funding, also known as "backpack funding" because it follows the child, was included as an option in a draft bill and a K-12 education reform bill that passed the House education committee in February. (AP Photo)Â

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It’s unions vs. parents in teacher tenure court case

Jason Russell · August 26, 2015 6:21 pm

Hundreds of Washington state teachers and other supporters on the steps of the Legislative Building, Saturday, April 25, 2015 at a Washington Education Association rally at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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How one New Hampshire teachers union will affect 2016

Jason Russell · August 21, 2015 4:01 am

Union members from around the country rally at the Michigan State Capitol to protest a vote on Right-to-Work legislation December 11, 2012 in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Michigan union finds new way to fight teachers’ efforts to leave it

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2015 4:01 am