The UFT and its state affiliate, New York State United Teachers, won their battle to maintain rigorous certification standards for teachers when a New York State Supreme Court justice on
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered June 22 that a referendum to repeal tax increases enacted in April to fund teacher raises should be stricken from the ballot. The
WASHINGTON—In a 5-4 decision almost as predictable as the sun coming up this morning, the Supreme Court ruled that public-sector employees can’t be required to pay any fees to the
WASHINGTON, D.C. —“In any normal administration, combining some of the core functions of the education and labor departments might make sense in terms of bringing together programs that educate children
New York, NY – Equally-credentialed Early Childhood Education teachers demanding pay parity with their DOE counterparts marched from Battery Park to City Hall on Wednesday, with a noisy call on
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—A petition campaign led by former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn is threatening to nullify the $6,100-a-year pay raise Oklahoma teachers won after their walkout last spring. Coburn’s group,
MEXICO CITY, Mexico—About 8,000 members of the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (National Coordination of Education Workers, CNTE), marched in Mexico City June 4, beginning a strike covering
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has released a report outlining the stark state of mental health and social services in the city’s public schools. “Safe and Supportive
On Sunday, June 10, Coral Davenport’s front-page story in The New York Times provided a guide to the many government agencies where the Trump administration is eliminating science from their
New York, NY – Early Childhood Education Teachers tasked with putting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature Universal PreK program into action later this fall, will be marching on City Hall
