«The ongoing
wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country.
This week: how rural schools are bringing cutting - edge tech to their students, the wave
of teacher strikes across the country and their implications for CA and the value of teacher diversity especially in a state where students of color now comprise three - quarters of public school enrollment.
The protests come a day after Republican Gov. Doug Ducey defended his school funding plan and called
talk of a teacher strike a partisan ploy.
Cash also acknowledged that the district was ready in the
event of a teacher strike, but it's still unclear whether BTF President Philip Rumore gave him any indication one might happen.
In the
aftermath of the teacher strike, the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), a respected polling firm associated with the University of Chicago, administered a survey to a cross-section of the Chicago public.
Oklahoma's two largest school districts have been closed for nearly two weeks
because of a teacher strike and Kentucky educators called in sick to protest pension reform.
The extraordinary wave
of teacher strikes highlights these crucial but often forgotten facts: In number, teachers are the largest profession in the United States.
In 1981, the president of the Toledo
Federation of Teachers struck a deal with Toledo school officials that made a districtwide team of veteran teachers responsible for evaluating every new Toledo teacher as well as underperforming veterans.
In response to questions, Bell said
talk of teachers striking to fight the changes is premature, though she wouldn't rule out the possibility.