Arizona Students Back in Class After Six-Day Teacher Strike

MELISSA DANIELS and TERRY TANG / The Associated Press May 4, 2018 The state's educators win a 20-percent pay raise by 2020 after a walkout that was part of a bubbling national uprising over low pay and school funding. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Students as Teachers: Facing the World Adults Are Wrecking

Belle Chesler / TomDispatch Apr 23, 2018 The teenagers who marched after the Parkland shootings don’t necessarily hate the world; they just hate the one we’ve built for them. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Teaching America a Lesson

Steve Fraser / TomDispatch Apr 18, 2018 The teacher strikes, rallies and walkouts in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and elsewhere are a stunning reminder that socioeconomic class has always mattered in our public and private lives. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

New Teacher Activism Signals Revolt Against Conservative Ideology

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 5, 2018 The red state insurrections are a reminder that can get lost in debates about school reform: You can't run a decent education system on the cheap. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Teachers Rise Up Over Education Cuts

SEAN MURPHY and BRUCE SCHREINER / The Associated Press Apr 2, 2018 Educators in Kentucky and Oklahoma walked out of classrooms and held rallies in the latest evidence of rebellion in some Republican-led states. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Teachers’ Lounge

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This Pakistani Festival Makes Education a Fun Activity

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Feb 15, 2018 In a country where public school systems are failing, a growing nonprofit organization shows students and teachers how to revitalize learning. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘A Day Without a Woman’ Strike Shuts Down Schools in Alexandria, Va.

Clara Romeo / Truthdig Mar 9, 2017 More than 300 teachers and staff members in Virginia requested leave to show solidarity with the International Women's Day protest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America Treats Most Academic Faculty Like Peons, and the Results Are Not Pretty

By Roslyn Fuller / AlterNet Sep 20, 2016 The growth of insecure faculty members in American higher education has consequences that reach far outside the classroom and far beyond the lives of poorly paid teachers. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Changes in American Education Are Forcing Huge Numbers of Black Teachers From Public Schools

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 8, 2016 An estimated 26,000 African-American teachers have disappeared from some of the nation's neediest campuses, even as the overall teaching workforce increased by 134,000, reports Mother Jones. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Public Sector Unions Pin Hopes on Antonin Scalia Going Rogue

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 The conservative Supreme Court justice holds the key to their fate in a case with blockbuster potential. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

A Genius Educator, Donald Trump and the Spread of Political Correctness

By John Ogden Sep 1, 2015 Rafe Esquith, teaching phenom of fifth-graders at Hobart Elementary School, ran afoul of the school’s administration, initially because of a joke overheard by a colleague. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )