Category: Teacher Uprisings
A Florida School Improved Reading and Math Scores With Streetlights—And Joe Biden Is All For It
“What I’m working on—like making sure students have access to food, clean clothing, and...
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We Need a Democratic Approach to Reimagining Schools—Asking People, Not Billionaires and Ideologues, What They Want
As soon as Anna Grant’s busy workday at Forest View Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina,...
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Michael Mindzak: Teacher-Volunteers: Unpaid Labor a Symptom of Precarious Work
As we continue to contend with the various challenges surrounding COVID-19 one interesting result...
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Joe Biden Has a Golden Opportunity to Strengthen Public Education
In picking Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona to be his nominee for U.S....
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How Online Learning Companies Are Using the Pandemic to Take Over Classroom Teaching
Opening schools during a pandemic in an underfunded urban district like Providence, Rhode Island,...
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A Community of Color Was Failed by 30 Years of School Choice — Now Teachers Push a Positive Alternative
“It’s something students are definitely going to want to talk about when they come back to...
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The Future of K-12 Schools Isn’t Online; It’s in New Mexico
“I think we’re all going to be different after this,” Mary Parr-Sanchez told me in a phone call,...
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Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda
“The COVID-19 crisis reveals the true intentions of people,” Kathleen Oropeza told me during a...
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Sarah Lahm: Teachers Demonstrate How to Save America’s Public Services
In the early morning of February 26, a chill hung in the air as a line of teachers and school...
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Why Striking Teachers Across America Are Fighting for Much More Than Their Paychecks
While national news outlets hail the conclusion of a historic teacher strike in Chicago, another...
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Jesse Hagopian: The Chicago Teachers Strike: ‘Until We Get What Our Students Deserve’
After Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected the demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, 25,000 teachers and...
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The Teacher Movement Against Charter Schools Helped Send Puerto Rico’s Governor Packing
Puerto Rico’s teachers fought off charter school corruption and helped oust a governor
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