Sentences with phrase «teacher uprising»

More than 10,000 teachers in Colorado are expected to demonstrate as part of a burgeoning teacher uprising from the East to the interior West that is demanding more tax dollars be spent in public schools.

In the spring of 2011 many leaders and rank - and - file activists from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) traveled north to support the Wisconsin teacher uprising.

More than 10,000 teachers from more than 20 districts scattered across Colorado are demonstrating as part of a burgeoning teacher uprising from the East to the interior West that is demanding more tax dollars be spent in public schools.

The Intercept's Rachel Cohen noted that «as someone who did both an in - depth piece on Oklahoma's teacher uprising and a more recent story comparing political dynamics [among states] I don't think these media criticisms hold much water.»

The storyline of Tuesday night was of a mass teacher uprising allowing Democrat Glenda Ritz to topple GOP state superintendent Tony Bennett.

In the wake of teacher uprisings in those states, it's incredibly useful to understand who the enemies of public education are, and how they ply their trade.

The teacher uprisings of spring 2018 continue, with educators on the move in West Virginia, Kentucky, Arizona and Oklahoma.

Not exact matches

The Arizona walkout is part of a bubbling national uprising over low teacher pay and funding.

Headlines about teachers» strikes may have moved on from Kentucky and Oklahoma to Arizona and Colorado, but the uprisings these wildcat teachers started have not, according to numerous sources I've spoken with in Louisville — Kentucky's largest school district, with over 100,000 students.

The uprising comes after teachers spent the last decade defending themselves from blame for America's ailing school systems.

He did nothing to support the teachers and other public union workers in the Madison, Wisconsin uprising in 2011.

Inspiring as it was, the Wisconsin uprising proved that the fight to save public education and teachers» unions will take a sustained national effort.

This should not be seen as a threat to teachers, rather an uprising that promises unlimited potential for the profession.

An unexpected labor uprising has gripped some conservative states over the past two months as public school teachers have staged protests and strikes over low pay and strained education budgets.

Second, this uprising of local communities against state capitals, the nation's capital and various muscular organizations (e.g., the Business Roundtable, the Chamber of Commerce, teachers unions, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) demonstrates that although the public agenda is malleable, a sturdy portion of the public is not.

The unprecedented anti-Common Core test uprising by New York parents has the full support of NYSUT (New York State's teachers union) and more than 120 local New York teacher union chapters, as well as the New York Working Families Party and a variety of groups on both the left and the right of the political spectrum.