“We do this job because we love our students. We do it without the resources and support that we need, but we do it anyway. But we can no longer stand by and watch what is happening.” That was the…
How High School Teachers Can Support Students with Reading Difficulties
By Jeanne Wanzek High school students with reading difficulties face incredible challenges navigating content learning. Content-area teachers in disciplines such as social studies seek to cultivate students who can identify and communicate key ideas, provide explanations of and evidence for…
Chicago Teachers Union reaches tentative agreement
By Nader Issa Chicago Sun Times Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have landed a tentative agreement to reopen high schools, setting the stage for thousands of teenage students to return to classrooms Monday for the first time in…
Pawt. School Committee Meeting, 4-29-21
Pawt. School Committee, 4-20-21
Teachers Union Switches Stance, Now Endorses CDC Guidance on School Reopenings
The move comes after the American Federation of Teachers received a letter from the health agency. By Lauren Camera, April 12, 2021 The head of the powerful American Federation of Teachers blessed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent revision…