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Hillary Clinton Shows How We’ve Changed The Way We Talk About Teachers
During a speech for New York State United Teachers last month, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton did more than offer a few vague platitudes about the selflessness of teachers. She vowed to launch a “national campaign” to improve the teaching profession.
Why Chicago Teachers Decided To Strike Again
On Friday, the Chicago Teachers Union staged a strike. Union members picketed schools, held rallies at City Hall, the Cook County Jail and Chicago State University, and protested for higher wages for fast food workers. The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, who has been closely involved in Chicago labor politics, joined in on some of the events.
Detroit’s Teachers Are Holding A Massive ‘Sickout’ To Protest The Conditions In Their Schools
The Push To Make Teaching A More Attractive Job
Teachers are given the power to educate children from the ages of 3 to 18, to help kids grow socially, and to shape students’ perceptions of the world. Despite this level of responsibility, teachers aren’t treated with the same prestige as doctors, lawyers, or professional athletes.
At the same time, teachers are being asked to do more. They play critical roles in the ongoing implementation of Common Core standards and the effort to better serve a growing population of English language learners, for example. And in many states, they’re doing all of this with a stagnant, if not shrinking, education budget.
Chicago Hunger Strikers Bring The Fight To Keep Their School Open To Washington D.C.
Last month, 12 parents and community members decided to go on a hunger strike to protest the closure of Dyett High School in Chicago. Dyett High School is slated to shut its doors by the 2015-16 school year but the hunger strikers advocate converting the high school into the Global Leadership and Green Technology High School instead. Now, in their 17th day of going without solid foods, they’re bringing the protest to Washington D.C.
What’s The Matter With Kansas? They’re Losing All Their Teachers
Kansas embarked on an experiment with radical right-wing policies since Governor Sam Brownback ® was elected in 2010, and it failed miserably. The centerpiece of the project, led by Governor Sam Brownback, was huge tax cuts, largely for wealthy individuals and businesses, based on the Republican orthodoxy that tax cuts create jobs.
Now, a teacher shortage appears to be the latest consequence of Kansas’ abject failure to manage its economy. It’s not hard to see why teachers don’t want to work in Kansas.
(via think-progress)
What’s The Matter With Kansas? They’re Losing All Their Teachers
Kansas embarked on an experiment with radical right-wing policies since Governor Sam Brownback ® was elected in 2010, and it failed miserably. The centerpiece of the project, led by Governor Sam Brownback, was huge tax cuts, largely for wealthy individuals and businesses, based on the Republican orthodoxy that tax cuts create jobs.
Now, a teacher shortage appears to be the latest consequence of Kansas’ abject failure to manage its economy. It’s not hard to see why teachers don’t want to work in Kansas.
Key And Peele Sketch Raises An Important Question: Why Aren’t Teachers Paid More?
Key & Peele released a new sketch, “TeachersCenter,” that focuses on the ways our society devalues teachers by comparing them to professional athletes. Most of the time they focused on salaries and endorsements. The video, posted on YouTube Tuesday, referenced SportsCenter with Key & Peele acting as sportscasters and featured gems such as an English teacher announcing she was bringing her talents back to New York in a press conference, and a rags-to-riches story of an all-star math teacher:
(via think-progress)
Key And Peele Sketch Raises An Important Question: Why Aren’t Teachers Paid More?
Key & Peele released a new sketch, “TeachersCenter,” that focuses on the ways our society devalues teachers by comparing them to professional athletes. Most of the time they focused on salaries and endorsements. The video, posted on YouTube Tuesday, referenced SportsCenter with Key & Peele acting as sportscasters and featured gems such as an English teacher announcing she was bringing her talents back to New York in a press conference, and a rags-to-riches story of an all-star math teacher:
(via think-progress)