“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…
Spring’s teachers’ strikes were a springboard for educators winning in the midterms
Following walkouts over low pay and poor benefits, public school teachers ran for office in unprecedented numbers this year. [Photo: Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg/Getty Images] By Eillie Anzilotti As the teacher strikes that drew national attention in the spring in West Virginia,…
Pawt. School Committee Meeting, 11-13-18
PAWTUCKET SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 6:30 PM Jenks/JMW Complex for the Performing and Visual Arts Media Center 350 Division Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 Agenda I. Open Call-Public Session Meeting will come to order a. Roll…