By Julie Carson and Matthew Kogan, Teachers, United Teachers Los Angeles (group affiliation added for identification purposes only; this is not an official communication of UTLA) The standing room only crowd at the AFT convention’s Social Movement Unionism vs. Corporation “Reform” panel discussion held earlier this month demonstrated that many union members are hungry to […]
Click here for reuse options!The original draft of this essay was written in mid-June, 2014. The figures cited in the piece are indicative of the Form-460 information available at that time. I will be writing another piece which discusses the currently fundraising figures soon. Given the despicable smear job the Johnson campaign has run against the distinguished Dr. McKenna, […]
Click here for reuse options!I am an activist and organizer who recently joined the fight against “education reform,” which is really code for the attempt by corporations, billionaires and hedge funds and the industry they have spawned, to privatize public education and break the teachers unions. I have been frustrated at the seeming lack of interest on the part […]
Click here for reuse options!This opinion piece is by Cynthia Liu, founder of K-12 News Network. UPDATE 7-9-14: the person whose ugly tweet was reproduced below has apologized for his behavior and BATs co-founders insisted he do so. In addition the National BATs released the following message on Facebook (responses also at the link) following this incident: “Official BAT […]
Click here for reuse options!K12NN has invited several teachers who are attending summer NEA and AFT meetings to blog about those events. GatorbonBC is a teacher from Florida who is attending the NEA Representative Assembly in Denver, CO. This post is re-posted with permission from the blog Continuing Change, where GatorbonBC blogs about public education. At the foot […]
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