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Aegis editorial says Harford teachers union vote could be a shift away from extremes on pay issues
The recent election of a new president of the Harford County Education Association, the local teachers' union, has the potential to be something of a turning point in the discussion of important matters of compensation for public employees. For many...Tags: Politics, Government, Civil and Public Service, Elections, Public Employees
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AFT: Over-reliance on testing threatens education
DETROIT (AP) — The nation's second-largest teachers union says the dependence on high-stakes testing is undermining America's education system and impeding classroom teaching. The American Federation of Teachers approved the resolution...
Tags: Joe Biden, Education, American Federation of Teachers
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Democrat takes on teachers union in Prop. 32 ad
PolitiCalA former Democratic lawmaker takes on California's largest teachers union in a new ad for Proposition 32, the November ballot measure that promises to eliminate special-interest money in politics. In a two-minute Web video posted on YouTube this week,... -
In wake of teachers union vote, Emanuel defends aggressive CPS changes
Tribune reporterFollowing a vote by the Chicago Teachers Union that showed overwhelming support among teachers for a strike, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday defended his aggressive push to make changes at the Chicago Public Schools. Emanuel acknowledged the nearly 90...Tags: Politics, Unions, Rahm Emanuel, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning
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Ka-boom! Teachers destroy barrier to a strike --- Reformers, school officials are hoist with their own petard
Change of SubjectThe cartoon image in my mind's eye today is of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, his schools chiefJean-Claude Brizard and various public education reform advocates standing in a semicircle, their clothes and faces speckled with the sooty residue of an explosion. Their.... -
2 teachers union lobbyists teach for a day to qualify for hefty pensions
Two lobbyists with no prior teaching experience were allowed to count their years as union employees toward a state teacher pension once they served a single day of subbing in 2007, a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation has found.
Steven Preckwinkle, the...Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Democratic Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Lobbying
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Harford teachers union, school board reach tentative deal on bonuses
Harford County Public Schools officials announced late Wednesday they have reached a tentative settlement with the county's teachers union on receipt of a bonus payment offered by Harford County Executive David Craig that the union's leadership had...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Arbitration, Collective Contract, Collective Contract, Trials
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More realistic approach needed to teacher contract negotiations
The likelihood of a negotiating impasse between Harford County Public Schools and the local teachers union will no doubt drag out further any final contract settlement between the two sides. The stalemate may also eventually trigger a test of the state'...Tags: Politics, Harford County, Unions, Maryland, Career and Workplace
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Critics seek more oversight of renovations at school district headquarters
Outraged education, community and political leaders have called for increased oversight of spending in the Baltimore City school system, amid revelations that about $500,000 was spent to upgrade offices at the district headquarters while city and state...Tags: Politics, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Renovation
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Newton: A split among Democrats
Gloria Romero is a Democrat. She was elected to the California Assembly as a Democrat and later to the state Senate. She served as Democratic leader of the Senate, the first woman to do so. Ben Austin is a Democrat too. He worked in the White House...
Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, Elections, Gloria Romero, Parties and Movements
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Thousands of teachers rally in Chicago
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel bore the brunt of criticism from angry teachers who filled the Auditorium Theatre on Wednesday to make clear their unhappiness with the administration's efforts to overhaul public education in Chicago. The crowd of nearly 4,000...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Party, Chicago Mayor, Teachers
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Baltimore Teachers Union surprises special educator with extreme classroom makeover
On any given day, the activity in Ellen Vikestad's classroom would resemble a round of bumper cars.
As Vikestad and her special-needs students at Claremont High School have made their way from one end of her cramped classroom to the other for lessons,...Tags: Students, Parent Organizations, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Education
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