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Teachers in Los Angeles flex their muscle, move closer to going on strike

In overwhelming fashion, teachers in Los Angeles voted to authorize a strike over pay, class size, and the city’s push toward charter schools, the union announced late Friday. Ninety-eight percent of...

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These Washington state teachers are going on strike, delaying the start of...

Teachers in multiple school districts in Washington state are going on strike this week, delaying the start of school. Tacoma and Puyallup teachers overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike on Tuesday...

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Scott Walker, who rose to prominence attacking teachers unions, toppled by a...

Tony Evers (D), Wisconsin’s state superintendent of public education and a former teacher, won the governor’s race against incumbent Scott Walker (R). Walker, who has undermined teachers unions and...

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Los Angeles teachers are willing to strike for better school conditions ‘as...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Teachers at Beachy Avenue Elementary School are weary. They’re tired of paying for so many of their classroom supplies, having very few physical education options for...

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This is what the Los Angeles teacher strike means for schools across the country

Los Angeles teachers began a strike on Monday to demand that their school district increase pay and take steps that they say will improve students’ quality of education. This is the first Los Angeles...

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Denver teachers vote to go on strike for first time in over two decades

Only a few weeks into the new year, teachers in another major U.S. city are getting ready to take to the streets. Denver Public School teachers voted late Tuesday to authorize a strike, after more than...

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3,000 Oakland teachers to strike this week as education protests continue to...

Three thousand teachers from the Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, California, plan to go on strike Thursday. The teachers’ union has been working without a contract since July 2017. It’s...

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Teachers in Oakland, California to return to the classroom after seven-day...

Teachers in Oakland, California have reached a tentative deal after seven-day strike, securing salary increases and a pledge from administrators that some two dozen schools set to close will remain...

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Kamala Harris to announce plan to boost teacher salaries

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is expected to announce her support for a plan that would see the federal government step in to increase teachers’ salaries. The move comes at a time when widespread...

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West Virginia Senate passes sweeping education bill to ban teacher strikes

The West Virginia State Senate on Monday passed a sweeping education overhaul bill that would deem teacher strikes unlawful. The chamber voted 18-15 to advance the measure — after Senate Republicans...

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