February 10, 2019
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 10, 2019, 5:55 AM GMT By Associated PressDENVER (AP) — Teachers say they will strike Monday after failing to reach an agreement on pay. Both sides met Saturday in an attempt to reach a…
February 9, 2019
Perhaps the Warriors went into Talking Stick Resort Arena on Friday night expecting the usual result, a win against the young and tanking Phoenix Suns. Instead, the defending NBA champions found themselves in quite the brawl before summoning a 13-0 run midway through the fourth quarter and eventually pulling away down the stretch for a…
February 9, 2019
The measles virus is cropping up all over the U.S., and though 2019 cases aren’t yet at record levels, we’re careening toward a year full of sick children. Total counts are changing every day, as is the list of counties with cases. Here are answers to some of the questions you’re likely to have as…
February 9, 2019
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Health officials say 14 children in the Clark County area are confirmed to have measles amid an outbreak, and that other people in the region could have been exposed. Since January 1, officials said there have been 12 children between 1-10 years old and two youths ages 11-18 with confirmed cases of the…
February 9, 2019
Thousands of Virginia teachers left their classrooms and rallied in Richmond on Monday to demand more education funding and higher salaries. Teachers gathered in front of the state capitol building, just as their fellow educators did during strikes and rallies last year in West Virginia, Kentucky, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. Virginia Educators United…
February 9, 2019
Teachers in the US city of Los Angeles have approved a contract deal between their union and school officials, ending a six-day strike that disrupted classes for nearly half a million students. Although all votes have not been counted, the union said on Tuesday evening that a “supermajority” of its 30,000 members voted in favour of…
February 9, 2019
United Teachers Los Angeles union representative Julie Van Winkle, right, holds a photograph showing a class of students, covering their faces to avoid the need of parental releases, during a news conference Friday outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters. | Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo Thousands of Los Angeles teachers plan to strike Monday —…
February 9, 2019
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Jan. 24, 2019, 9:32 AM GMT By Dennis RomeroTeachers in Denver have authorized a strike against the public school district, but the pending labor action is not just about their pocketbooks. “They’re striking for better…
February 9, 2019
Denver Classroom Teachers Association teachers and supporters rally at the Colorado State Capitol demanding better wages and urging the state not to get involved in a possible strike on January 30, 2019. Photo: Andy Cross/Denver Post via Getty Images The Red for Ed movement likely immortalized 2018 as a banner year for labor organizing among…
February 9, 2019
Barring a last-minute agreement, Denver’s public school teachers on Monday plan to walk off the job for the first in a quarter of a century. The contract dispute follows a six-day strike by teachers last month in Los Angeles and a series of labor actions in 2018 by educators in half a dozen states. The Denver Classroom…