Denver Broncos re-sign Pro Bowl long snapper Casey Kreiter
March 14, 2019
AP Published 1:58 p.m. ET March 7, 2019 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos Pro Bowl long snapper Casey Kreiter signed a one-year, $1 million contract to stay in Denver on Thursday, the same day the team officially released strong safety Darian Stewart. The fourth-year pro from Iowa was set to become a restricted free agent…
Teacher Strikes Are Rattling Washington
March 14, 2019
As Denver public school teachers head back to school, ending their first labor stoppage in 25 years, it’s hard to dismiss the impact the nation-wide teacher strikes have had on American politics. As Democratic presidential candidates rush to voice support for the Colorado educators, Denver’s strike marks the ninth major teacher uprising in the last…
Most current teachers strike launched in Oakland, California
March 14, 2019
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Some 3,000 teachers in Oakland, California, walked off the job on Thursday in a contract dispute over salaries, class size and a proposal to close two dozen schools, the latest in a series of strikes by U.S. educators that began last year. The Oakland Unified School District vowed to keep…
Denver instructors “elated” to be back in classrooms following offer to end strike
March 14, 2019
Sophomore Quynh Wills was happy to have her regular teachers back at Denver’s East High School on Thursday — the result, she said, was a much better-organized classroom than she’d encountered earlier this week. “We’re learning what we’re actually supposed to in our classes,” she said. Denver’s schools began returning to normalcy Thursday morning in…
National Education Policy Center: Has the Tide Turned Against Vouchers?
March 14, 2019
The National Education Policy Center asks whether the tide has turned against vouchers. i would argue in response to their question that there was never a tide favoring vouchers except among politicians who took campaign contributions from voucher supporters or who ideologically hate everything public. No public referendum on vouchers has ever endorsed them.…
Mark Simon: Can the Schools of D.C. Recover from More Than a Years of Failed Reforms?
March 14, 2019
“ Mark Simon, a former teacher and current parent activist in D.C., is hopeful that the District is ready to reverse the failed policies launched by Michelle Rhee in 2007. The district is under mayoral control, which itself is a failed structure that bears no relationship to improving schools. The mayor chose Lewis Ferebee as…
Denver Teacher Strike Ends; Chicago Designer Revamps School Uniforms
March 14, 2019
Students at Betty Shabazz Academy in Chicago show off Desmond “Des Money” Owusu’s new school uniform designs. Courtesy of Nolis Anderson hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Nolis Anderson Students at Betty Shabazz Academy in Chicago show off Desmond “Des Money” Owusu’s new school uniform designs. Courtesy of Nolis Anderson You’re reading NPR’s weekly roundup…
‘We Are Left With No Other Choice’: WV T eachers Strike Again A Y ear Later
March 14, 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Nearly a year to the day after West Virginia teachers went on a strike that launched a national “Red4Ed” movement, they’re doing it again. Teachers and school support workers lined streets outside schools with picket signs and packed the state Capitol for the first day of a walkout Tuesday over complicated…
Denver Progress reported by both sides in Denver teachers strike
March 13, 2019
A marathon bargaining session moved Denver teachers and the school district “closer” to an agreement to end a strike by thousands of educators. Interested in Education? Add Education as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Education news, video, and analysis from ABC News. As the strike entered its third day Wednesday,…
It’s official: Oakland instructors walk out for more pay, extra support personnel
March 13, 2019
OAKLAND, Calif. – More than 3,000 teachers and staff walked off the job and onto picket lines Thursday, claiming they are among the lowest-paid educators in the Bay Area and demanding a 12 percent pay hike over three years. Waving signs and chanting bilingual slogans, including “Up with teachers. Down with school closures” and “Education, not incarceration,”…