The Impact of Plant Closures on K-12 Education
From US News and World Report Read the entire piece here. WHEN GENERAL MOTORS announced plans earlier this week to cut 14,000 jobs and shudder five of its car manufacturing plants, President Donald Trump threatened the company with tariffs, labor…
A Decade of Neglect: Public Education Funding in the Aftermath of the Great Recession
“A Decade of Neglect: Public Education Funding in the Aftermath of the Great Recession,” details the devastating impact on schools, classrooms and students when states choose to pursue an austerity agenda in the false belief that tax cuts will…
Solidarity with UAW
Roughly 14,000 workers will lose their livelihoods this year when General Motors shutters five factories in the United States and Canada. As employees on the factory floor are getting laid off, GM executives are profiting handily from stock buybacks, and…
The Power of Organizing
This new video from the United Federation of Teachers in New York City is an important reminder: Nothing replaces a one-on-one conversation. Door-knocking teams visited the homes of thousands of UFT members to talk to fellow members about the value of…
Midterms show educators have been swept into office in record numbers
A wave of pro-education energy, spurred by the April walkouts, led to election victories in Oklahoma, Arizona and Wisconsin A new wave of teachers’ strikes could soon hit US schools, with educators in Chicago and Los Angeles considering walkouts. And after the midterm…