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Kamala Harris backs teachers unions and LGBTQ rights, blasts book bans in AFT speech

July 29, 2024 by Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat
Kamala Harris emphasized the importance of unions in education at a time when some cast teachers unions as working in opposition to students.
In one of her first speeches since becoming the likely Democratic nominee for president, Kamala Harris delivered a fiery call to teachers and other union members to back…
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Trump’s ed budget: A ‘betrayal’ and a ‘meat cleaver’ to public education

March 17, 2017 by Laura Ascione
education budget
Under President Trump's proposed FY 2018 budget, school choice would receive a massive $1.4 billion while the Education Department undergoes a $9 billion, or 13 percent, cut. Overall,…
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Weingarten: Common Core rollout ‘toxic’

December 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten spoke on a wide range of issues -- from the troubled implementation of Common Core education standards to bullying -- Wednesday…
District Management

Six steps to effective teacher development and evaluation

March 29, 2013March 28, 2013 by By Vicki Phillips and Randi Weingarten
Effective teaching is a complex alchemy—requiring command of subject matter, knowledge of how different children learn, and the ability to maintain order and spark students’ interest. Evaluation procedures…
District Management

Teachers union calls for certification exam

December 4, 2012 by From wire service reports
School teachers should have to pass a stringent exam—much like the bar exam for lawyers—before being allowed to enter the profession, one of the nation's largest teachers unions…
District Management

Should there be a bar exam for teachers?

November 21, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports
Eager law school graduates are tasked with taking the dreaded bar exam before they practice law, says Takepart.com.
District Management

Chicago teacher strike poses test for unions

June 11, 2021September 11, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
The massive teacher strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation’s teacher unions, which have seen their political influence threatened as a growing education reform movement…
District Management

Teachers’ union leader: ‘I know we’ve done things wrong’

September 7, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports
It is a soul-searching moment for the teachers' unions, the Huffington Post reports.
District Management

New movie reignites debate over ‘parent trigger’ laws

August 31, 2012August 30, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
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District Management

District ‘Race to the Top’ rules spur mixed reaction

June 28, 2012June 27, 2012 by By Raishay Lin, Contributing Editor
Proposed guidelines for school districts to vie for $400 million in new federal grants have elicited mixed reaction from education groups—from concern among ed-tech groups over how “personalized…
Teaching & Learning

Opinion: Teachers union disavows internal memo endorsing deception of parents

September 21, 2011August 5, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
American Federation of Teachers officials have disavowed an internal report after it was posted on the union's website following its annual conference, embedded on each of its 19…
District Management

AFT: Education must change to move forward

April 22, 2010January 12, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Moving public education to a model that will better prepare students for today's knowledge economy, and one that will strengthen teacher development and evaluation, is critical to the…

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