Tag: teachers

Instead of expressing a modicum of compassion for the special needs student, his teacher and a teacher’s aide incessantly derided the boy and his condition with open disdain.

After nine days on strike, the teachers won!

West Virginia's fight isn't over though.

So what was it about the Parkland killings that tipped the scale? This is among the questions we teachers have been asking one another at school recently.

Preparation, communication, and unity were the keys to their success.

“How do we amplify each other’s message and work together to target the oligarchs that fill the politicians’ war chest?”

The demonization of teachers and the idea that making a profit is more important than ensuring that all citizens have the right to a public education offers just one more example of how morally bankrupt the philosophy of neo-liberalism has become.

Students test scores and VAM-based teacher evaluations give false reassurance and end up making teachers miserable.

One teacher joined the NUT the day before the strike so they could join the action. Another filled out their NUT membership form on the picket line.