Teachers

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How one New Hampshire teachers union will affect 2016

August 21, 2015 4:01 am

Beltway Confidential

New poll: Teachers have no idea how much their schools spend

Jason Russell -

August 18, 2015 4:01 am

Having already been through a months-long legislative process, the smooth, two-day conference committee was surely a relief for members and staff on the House and Senate education committees. (AP Photo)

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Winners and losers in the Senate’s fix to No Child Left Behind

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July 16, 2015 8:43 pm

Not only are these union representatives paid to work outside the classroom; they also make more than the average Michigan teacher. According to the Michigan Department of Education, the average 2013-14 teacher's salary was $72,500. (Getty Image)

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School board provides $250,000 to teachers working on union business

Emily Leayman -

July 13, 2015 8:35 pm

Education

Debate over student testing splits liberals

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July 7, 2015 10:49 pm

Hillary Clinton, left, and New York City first lady Chirlane McCray visit a classroom for children seven to 18 months at FirstStepNYC, an early childhood development center on April 1, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Kathy Willens-Pool/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s what Clinton, O’Malley and Sanders told America’s biggest teachers union

Jason Russell -

July 7, 2015 6:58 pm

In this 2013, photo provided by Center for Individual Rights, Rebecca Friedrichs, a veteran Orange County, Calif., school teacher, poses for a portrait. Friedrichs is the lead plaintiff in a case brought by group of California schoolteachers asking the Supreme Court to rule that unions representing government workers can't collect fees from those who choose not to join. (Greg Schneider/Courtesy of the Center for Individual Rights via AP)

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Supreme Court agrees to hear major right-to-work case

Sean Higgins -

June 30, 2015 7:18 pm

Bryan Johnson, a fifth grade teacher at Lister Elementary in Tacoma, Wash., calls on students raising their hands to answer questions, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Education policy should focus on goals, not rules

Jason Russell -

June 24, 2015 9:08 pm

In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, Steve Salaita, a professor who lost a job offer from the University of Illinois over dozens of profane Twitter messages that critics deemed anti-Semitic, speaks to students and reporters during a news conference at the campus in Champaign Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Education

AAUP’s selective defense of academic freedom

Eliana Rudee -

June 19, 2015 9:00 am

When asked what would be the right mix of traditional public schools and charter schools, Randi Weingarten called it

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Major teachers union ready to work with charter schools

Jason Russell -

June 15, 2015 8:42 pm

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Tag: Teachers

How one New Hampshire teachers union will affect 2016

New poll: Teachers have no idea how much their schools spend

Winners and losers in the Senate’s fix to No Child Left Behind

School board provides $250,000 to teachers working on union business

Debate over student testing splits liberals

Here’s what Clinton, O’Malley and Sanders told America’s biggest teachers union

Supreme Court agrees to hear major right-to-work case

Education policy should focus on goals, not rules

AAUP’s selective defense of academic freedom

Major teachers union ready to work with charter schools

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