teachers

  • Will Massachusetts Teachers 'Stand' Against Attacks?
    Dan Clawson
    May 24 2012 - 12:01pm
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    Under assault from the misnamed Stand for Children, teachers in Massachusetts are about to give up seniority as a criterion for layoffs, and give principals greatly increased power over personnel issues.

  • The Vision Thing: Keeping Union Reform on Track
    Jane Slaughter
    Apr 27 2012 - 4:17pm

    When reformers take over at the union hall, they can make remarkable changes, transforming dormant locals into ones with proud members who put management on notice. But some stumble. What happens?

  • Rhode Island Pension Cuts Set Chilling Precedents
    Brian Chidester
    Apr 19 2012 - 5:03pm

    If you thought retiring would help you avoid the ruination of living standards brought on by the economic crisis, Rhode Island’s pension overhaul just proved you wrong. Pension cuts are hurting every worker—current, retired, and future.

  • Forced to End Strike, British Columbia Teachers Plan Comeback
    Nancy Hawkins
    Apr 13 2012 - 11:46am

    Teachers in British Columbia are planning their next moves, including withholding report cards, after Liberal Party legislators forced them back to work after three days on strike.

  • Wisconsin: Making Sense of the Uprising

    Three books on the Wisconsin rebellion help us to better understand the 2011 uprising that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets. They also provoke some rethinking of the strategies involved.

  • How Bogus Ratings Make Good Teachers Do Bad Things

    I’m an elementary school teacher with a crummy evaluation. It’s a testament to the families at my school that I didn't spend my February vacation responding to angry or terrified emails from my students’ parents.

  • Bogus Ratings: Another Tool in the School Wars
    Theresa Moran
    Mar 20 2012 - 9:28am

    New York City teachers decried the release of test-based evaluations they say seek to discredit them and get rid of as many as possible. The flawed data wouldn't have been gathered, some noted, without their union's initial approval.

  • Chicago Occupation Challenges Corporate School Agenda
    Howard Ryan
    Feb 22 2012 - 10:51am

    Parents raised the stakes in the battle over the corporate takeover of education when they occupied a Chicago school Friday. They didn't reverse the school board's "turnaround," but they did crack a wall of silence from city leaders.

  • Chicago Teachers Battle Mayor 1%
    Howard Ryan
    Dec 26 2011 - 10:02am

    Rahm Emanuel, whom Occupy Chicago dubbed Mayor 1%, fired a shot at the city’s public schools this month. He proposed to close schools, fire teachers and staff, and hand over space to charter schools. A transformed teachers union is fighting back.

  • Campaign Accelerates To Recall Wisconsin Governor
    Jane Slaughter
    Dec 15 2011 - 12:39pm

    Wisconsin unionists say a copycat attack on Machinists is one more reason to recall Governor Scott Walker. Petitioners have gathered 507,000 signatures ahead of a mid-January deadline, almost enough to force a recall vote.