teachers union

Welcome to the 'teachers union' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'teachers union'.

Are you an expert about 'teachers union'? Do you want to be the Technorati authority on 'teachers union'? You can write a description that will appear right here: Join Blogcritics!

Original Technorati articles tagged “teachers union”

• in Politics
  Angry Protestors In Madison: America’s Cairo?
  Will Madison, Wisconsin become America's Cairo, Egypt?
  by JerryWatson / on Feb 21, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “teachers union”

 

• Lewis Points Finger At ‘Rich White People’ For School Problems

  
  — Authority:
  A day before the first set of school closings was set to begin, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis had some harsh words about how the Chicago Public Schools are funded and managed, blaming much of the district’s problems on racism.
  6 hours ago

• Uh Oh: How Many Chicago Teachers Are Gonna Be Laid Off This Summer???

  
  — Authority:
  DatzHott.com - "Where Everything Cool is Hott!" This can’t be life. Reports Huffington Post: The worst fears of Chicago Public School teachers and staffers were confirmed Friday when district officials announced it was laying off some 850 employees. “Given the historic financial crisis facing our District, ...
  3 days ago

• Victorian teachers’ rage is stoppered (for now)

  
  — Authority:
  Victorian AEU officials lowered the coffin of our EBA campaign into the ground in June with one final and successful push for a yes vote to an atrocious agreement. This followed a rebellion against the deal among the membership. At the union-run regional ballot meetings, members had grilled officials about the dodgy ...
  6 days ago

• CPS Legally Leaves Door Open To Keeping 10 Of 50 Schools Open

  
  — Authority:
  Until a new judge can be assigned to a lawsuit filed by the Chicago Teachers Union and parents from 10 elementary schools, CPS attorneys agreed the district wouldn’t take any permanent actions at the schools in question.
  1 week ago

• Rahm Emanuel Tied To Firm Astroturfing Protests Against Chicago Teachers Union

  
  — Authority:
  A consulting firm tied to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been caught paying people to protest the Chicago Teachers Union. The firm, Resolute Consulting, worked on Rahm Emanuel’s 2002 Congressional campaign and is led by long time Emanuel friend Greg Goldner. Goldner along with other interested parties have been ...
  1 week ago

• CPS Releases Five-Year Education Plan

  
  — Authority:
  News links:  Chicago Tribune The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett released the district’s five-year education plan Monday, which included assurances of art for every grade level and an annual district academic report card. ...
  1 week ago

• WTU 2013 Election- The Best Kept Secret in Town!!!

  
  — Authority:
  WTUs Secret 2013 Election By Candi Peterson Vote Davis Slate for WTU   Liz Davis /Candi Peterson WTU Can Be Better! The recent Washington Teachers Union (WTU)  2013 presidential election was the best kept secret in town. The current Teachers union president, Saunders kept our union elections ...
  1 week ago

• CTU Fears Chicago Could Follow Philadelphia’s Lead With Teacher Layoffs

  
  — Authority:
  Chicago Teachers Union officials fear the city could soon follow Philadelphia’s steps and send out thousands of layoff notices. On Friday, the Philadelphia School District notified more than 3,000 employees of layoffs.
  1 week ago

• Attorney Mark Bresee says no conflict for school board member Richard Barrera with job at Labor Council

  
  — Authority:
  The education elite--administrators and union officials and their respective lawyers--are already working together behind closed doors. They often oppose each other in public, but theyre united in keeping the voters ignorant of how decisions are made in schools. Mark Bresee speaks from first-hand experience when he ...
  1 week ago

• Fired Photographers Picket Chicago Sun-Times

  
  — Authority:
  News links:  Chicago Tribune Laid off photojournalists and their supporters demonstrated outside the Chicago Sun-Times headquarters  Thursday. The protest comes in response to last weeks announcement that the newspapers entire staff of 28 full-time ...
  1 week ago

• Save Money. Live Better. Open a Charter and Break the Unions Part I

  
  — Authority:
  Do you know that there isn’t a Walmart in Boston? There just isn’t one. But the Walton family, and several other out of state donors like Bill Gates and Charles Schwab are apparently very interested in our little state. There has been an enormous amount of money poured into local elections in the Bay State. But ...
  1 week ago

• Taxpayers Protest TIF Funding Of DePauls New Basketball Arena (VIDEO)

  
  — Authority:
  The allocation of $55 million of Chicago’s tax increment financing (TIF) dollars  for the building of a new DePaul University basketball arena at McCormick Place is “unjust,” according to a group of approximately 20 protesters who took their message to the university’s student center Wednesday. “A private ...
  1 week ago

• CTU Fears More Teacher Layoffs On The Horizon

  
  — Authority:
  News links:  Chicago Tribune The state legislature did not pass a measure before the spring session ended that would have let the city of Chicago get out of paying a portion of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) pension payments for two years. As a result, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Teachers Union Fears Massive Layoffs Due To School Closings, Pension Costs

  
  — Authority:
  With 49 elementary schools set to close this summer, and the district facing an additional $412 million in pension costs, the Chicago Teachers Union estimated hundreds – if not thousands – of teachers could be laid off to reduce district spending.
  2 weeks ago

• Public Education “Reformers” Discredited By Yet Another Study

  
  — Authority:
  The privatization of public education movement sometimes called “ed reform” has always had one fatal flaw – none of their claims are supported by the evidence. In modern American politics being completely nonfactual is only a minor handicap, especially if like the “ed reform” movement you have money behind ...
  2 weeks ago

• Education and Strange Bedfellow: Common Core is Wrong

  
  — Authority:
  First off - read Anthony Codys column from his Living in Dialogue slot at Education Week.  READ IT in its entirety.   Why?  Because it gives quite the total picture of Common Core and why so many - yes, including Tea Party folks - are against it.  Worried about it.  And will fight it.  You should be, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Teacher: We can help low-income students

  
  — Authority:
  Tennessee is offering $7,000 bonuses to high-performing teachers who work for two years in one of the state’s 83 chronically low-performing schools , reports the Commercial Appeal . “These teachers will not be able to make a substantial difference in these communities, which have economic deprivation, massive ...
  2 weeks ago

• West Side Education Activists Plan New Strategy To Fight School Closings

  
  — Authority:
  West Side education activists say they have a new tactic to stop school closings in Chicago. The plan involves filing stacks of parent complaints with the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights. The strategy is centered around the adverse affects the school closings will have on disabled and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chicago Teachers Union Files Lawsuit to Stop School Closings

  
  — Authority:
  Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s latest attempt to privatize education in Chicago is running into considerable opposition. The Chicago Teachers Union, joining up with concerned parents, has filed a lawsuit to halt the school closings the privatizer-heavy Board of Education ordered. The lawsuit alleges Chicago Public Schools ...
  2 weeks ago

• CPS Push For Privatized Charter Schools Promotes Inequality, Education Panelists Say (VIDEO)

  
  — Authority:
  The ongoing push for charter schools across the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district may infringe upon the fundamental human right to equal opportunity for education, according to a group of panelists who discussed privatization and education at the University of Chicago Wednesday night. “Leaving people out of ...
  2 weeks ago

Comments about teachers union