Teacher union

Are parents finally gaining a foothold in the battle for school choice? It is probably too early to call, but one thing is certain - parents are fighting back. For years, they have quietly requested that public schools give their children a decent education. They weren't demanding little Einsteins, they just wanted their children to

Caring, united, democratic: CTU is nearly 30,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one. In every school and workplace, unity in action protects our members and the students we serve. Along with parents, students and community we advocate for the schools – and the city – that our students deserve. Learning, working and living conditions are not separate. Together, our Union wages a comprehensive fight.

Unions have always made America strong.

In less than two years, newly-elected leaders transformed the 27,000-member Chicago Teachers Union. Learn how they organized as rank-and-file members then ran for office to chart a new direction for their union. This book details how the engaged thousands of members to tackle problems on the job and to build a stewards network that became the backbone of their 2012 citywide strike. Find out how they worked with their communities, trained new leaders, and ran a contract campaign that became a…

A new era of teacher leadership, both online and in person, allows educators to connect beyond their school walls and quickly respond to problems impacting their classrooms, writes Kira J. Baker-Doyle.

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Teachers won a raise of about $6,000 before the walkout, but were not granted the full amount of their demanded funds to improve school conditions.

Education Week eLearning: Response: 'Dynamic Teacher Unions are the key to Assuring a World Class Education' -… #edtech #elearning

Teachers at EFL schools are still waiting for aid, says UPE

Duh....or blame the teachers' unions for all the ills of education, while saying the..corporation is the model to follow in reforming public schools?....

I am an active member of the Ghana National Association of Teachers . Indeed, I have served GNAT first as a school(unit) representive and was later elected the local secretary of Nadowli Local .

The Chicago Teachers Union wails about schools closing, but it is the union’s actions that have been solely responsible for past school closings and for the conditions that will lead to more closures in the future.

Image from title page of "You and Your Union," ILGWU Education Department, 1935. Blogged at: bughousesquare.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/as-we-grow-older-...