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.

The pros and cons of joining a teachers’ union You’ve probably been there — a teacher’s union representative comes around and makes a pitch to you about why you should join the teacher’s union. Then, you look at the cost and hesitate, wondering, “Do I really need to join?” or “What do teachers’ unions even […]

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.

The union for all of London’s language teachers, receptionists, admin staff, interns, and anyone else who works in a language school! TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. We love our jobs, we love our students, and we love our colleagues. We don’t like struggling to pay the bills, dealing with insecure employment […] The post TEFL Worker’s Union appeared first on A Radical Guide.

Unions have always made America strong.

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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?....

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