Meanwhile, the highly publicized strike
by public school teachers in Chicago is driven, in part, by the fear that the drive to increase the number of charter schools — which are privately run, and generally do not employ union instructors — is occurring in spite of a lack of clear evidence that students enrolled in such institutions perform better than their peers.
Founded by public school teachers, Educators for Excellence is a growing movement of 25,000 educators, united around a common set of values and principles for improving student learning and elevating the teaching profession.
As they did in the 2008 report, Allegreto and Mishel rely on the weekly wages
reported by public school teachers in the Current Population Survey, leading to confusion about whether the wage data refer to annual salary divided by 52 weeks or by some smaller number of weeks that reflects teachers» shorter work year.
But a 1999 compromise approved by the California legislature required that charter school teachers earn a credential comparable to certificates
held by public school teachers, in return for lifting the cap on charters across the state.
And we'll also keep you posted on the lawsuit
filed by public school teachers who allege that the repeal of career status violates state and federal constitutions by denying teachers due process rights.
Perhaps the most interesting education policy development to this point in 2018 has been the
walkouts by public school teachers in three states (Kentucky, Oklahoma, and West Virginia) that have resulted in thousands of schools being closed as teachers descended on statehouses to demand better pay.
Isn't the mainstream media's definition of a very smart person, a secular socialist who thinks Christians and Jews are all idiots who need to be told how to think and what to
do by public school teachers and Leftist politicians who should be put in charge of controlling the Earth's climate even if it means rewriting the Constitution?
Founded by public school teachers, Educators for Excellence (E4E) is a growing movement of over 25,000 educators, united around a common set of principles for improving student learning and elevating the teaching profession.