"We built a wide coalition of teachers, preschool teachers, middle school teachers, and teachers' pets," Warren said.
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"We built a wide coalition of teachers, preschool teachers, middle-school teachers, and teachers' pets," she said.
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Teachers Pay Teachers was able to transform its idea of a marketplace where teachers could sell successful lesson plans to other teachers into a multi-million dollar business that's raised gobs of money and turned teachers into cash-raining millionaires.
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Oklahoma What teachers wanted: Like West Virginia, teachers in Oklahoma rank in the bottom three states for teachers salaries.
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Talia also seems to have run a page on a website called Teachers Pay Teachers selling resources for teachers.
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Elementary- and middle-school teachers Female elementary-school teachers are most likely to marry male elementary- and middle-school teachers.
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The motion names the Detroit Federation of Teachers, interim teachers union president Ivy Bailey and 23 Detroit Public Schools teachers.
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I've had them as math teachers, science teachers, and English teachers—the ones with robotic tones that look dead on sight.
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According to the Center for American Progress, female teachers earn on average $2,000 less per year than male teachers and African-American teachers on average earn $2,700 less per year than white teachers.
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He told his teachers, you know that — teachers asked around.
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Oregon teachers Like so many other teachers across the nation in recent months, teachers in Oregon are walking off the job today.
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Zimmer had the strong support of labor and teachers' unions including that the UTLA, along with the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers.
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Now Oakland teachers have walked out, and Sacramento teachers may follow.
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Many teachers agreed and wanted to support these outstanding new teachers.
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Many teachers spend time at home corresponding with teachers and students.
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Like, literally, they won't pay the teachers what the teachers earned.
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Chicago teachers' strike The teachers' strike in Chicago is officially over.
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We got a lot of teachers — a lot of history teachers.
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And technology conferences for teachers often book influential teachers as speakers.
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We hear from English teachers, E.L.L. teachers, elementary school teachers and even science teachers about how much they love this feature — and how easily it can be used to encourage students to support claims with evidence.
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Many of these teachers started out as "teacher bloggers," but most became Insta-famous through Teachers Pay Teachers, an online platform that allows teachers to sell classroom resources they've created, such as worksheets and bulletin board decor.
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Experts on gun violence echoed teachers' concerns on having teachers carry weapons.
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First, strong programs have excellent teachers, and teachers are made, not born.
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But this renewed wave of teachers' strikes shows the sacrifices teachers are willing to make, said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
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The Detroit Federation of Teachers said the Detroit Public Schools Community District is currently 22015 teachers short, with only 22016 spots being filled by substitute teachers.
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Grey says teachers often reach out to her through Teachers Pay Teachers to ask how they can get similar types of training to help their schools.
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Society should value teachers more, and give teachers more of what they need.
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Black teachers and staff recommended more days of suspension than white teachers did.
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Now Oakland teachers are prepared to walk out, and Sacramento teachers may follow.
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Oakland teachers just kicked off the fourth major teachers strike of the year.
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I urge politicians, policymakers, administrators, teachers, and parents to support their teachers' unions.
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I think schools here overwork the teachers, but the teachers also overwork themselves.
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Even publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs that require teachers to have the same credentials as kindergarten teachers rarely require equivalent pay and benefits for pre-K teachers.
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Florida teachers, like teachers across the country, are taking action against their working conditions.
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There are more students standing out here for their teachers than the teachers themselves.
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A tiny minority of news pieces about teachers ever feature direct comments from teachers.
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Most teachers are volunteers — the central government pays only six teachers' salaries in Boda.
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It is no wonder that teachers overwhelmingly oppose arming teachers as a safety measure.
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Teachers were on strike, protesting the imposition of French-speaking teachers on Anglophone schools.
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Teachers: The State Department is moving forward with new rules for foreign exchange teachers.
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Denver teachers' strike The teachers' strike in Denver is over after just three days.
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Public school teachers in Oklahoma are among the lowest paid teachers in the country.
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Teachers said the bill would take more of their paychecks for pension benefits and cut out new teachers from the plans that teachers have relied on for decades.
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California Teachers Association pits 6.63 non-union California public school teachers and the Christian Educators Association International against the California Teachers Association, an influential union with 325,000 members.
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California Teachers Association pits 10 non-union California public school teachers and the Christian Educators Association International against the California Teachers Association, an influential union with 325,000 members.
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While I also lament the disrespect Americans have toward teachers, I reject the traditional Chinese insistence that 'teachers are always right and we should never challenge teachers or textbooks.
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In 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recorded the median pay for elementary school teachers at $183,490, middle school teachers at $56,720, and high school teachers at $58,030.
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The district wrote a new contract with its teachers union, which included student performance in evaluating teachers, while providing teachers with a one-time but long-delayed pay increase.
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Most "teacher influencers" became Insta-famous through Teachers Pay Teachers, an online platform that allows teachers to sell classroom resources they've created, such as worksheets and bulletin board decor.
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Denver teachers' strike Teachers in Denver are set to go on strike today, after talks between the teachers union and the Denver school district fell apart over the weekend.
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The teachers union detailed on Twitter how teachers heard their colleagues scream from getting shot.
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Highly effective teachers are compensated on the same level as ineffective or even harmful teachers.
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Imagine that a school district replaced all its average teachers with near-bottom-quality teachers.
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California Teachers' Association two years ago, which challenged the practice in the California's teachers' union.
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Ludwig said second-grade Durham teachers also brought clothes for Ponderosa teachers to pick out.
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Consequently, teachers are leaving the profession early, leading to a shortage of fully qualified teachers.
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It's available through Teachers Pay Teachers, an educational marketplace that features teacher-made learning materials.
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Sarafina Alamurda disagrees, and thinks teachers should teach: Teachers should not be armed with guns.
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Among the demands of the teachers' union, United Teachers Los Angeles, is smaller class sizes.
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Your teachers: He will hire more teachers, pay them more, and fund better school supplies.
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A major Massachusetts teachers' union, alongside one representing Boston teachers, announced their endorsement of Sen.
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LA teachers inspired Chicago teachers to fight for similar gains — and got most of them.
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The category spans a variety of jobs, from kindergarten teachers to high school physics teachers.
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Teachers at the schools are sometimes not state-certified as teachers, according to these accounts.
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Merit pay policies to recruit and reward excellent teachers, teachers who teach in the most challenging schools and teachers who teach in subject areas where there is a shortage of educators are almost always resisted by the teachers unions, to the detriment of their members.
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Kentucky's teachers' strike follows similar efforts in West Virginia, where teachers successfully won statewide raises and benefits reform after the longest teachers' strike in the state's history earlier this month.
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While teachers unions aren't necessarily opposed to a system of master teachers, most teachers' contracts aren't set up for anything like this, and altering them would require tricky political negotiations.
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The states with protesting teachers are also the among states that pay teachers the least, and in the United States, the amount teachers make can vary greatly according to geography.
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"It's hard to find great teachers period, great bilingual teachers is even more important," Boasberg said.
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Male elementary-school teachers are most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers. 8.
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The win for the teachers in West Virginia could prompt teachers in other states to strike.
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In turn, all of us, teachers and non-teachers alike have a responsibility to challenge ourselves.
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Teachers can buy individual memberships or entire school districts can buy licenses for all the teachers.
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Aldinger was employed by Source 4 Teachers, which provides supply teachers to schools across the USA.
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October 22013, is World Teachers' Day, so here's a look at how the world values teachers.
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She also said teachers in surrounding states make $1373,000 to $20,000 more than West Virginia teachers.
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Teachers in cities spent more, on average, than teachers in suburban, town or rural public schools.
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There have been no instances of teachers angrily shooting students, or students stealing guns from teachers.
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Similarly, the National Union of Teachers found teachers with larger class sizes work the longest hours.
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Mr. Ojeda's greatest advantage may be simply that there are teachers or relatives of teachers everywhere.
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Have your teachers or teachers at other school districts in your area ever gone on strike?
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Unfortunately, the teachers' unions are threatened by charters, since most charter teachers choose not to unionize.
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"The teachers got their demands," said Nasser Al Nawasrah, deputy head of the Jordanian Teachers Syndicate.
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Because, though a majority of teachers are dedicated, well-meaning mentors, rogue teachers are a threat.
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Teachers' strikes As one teachers' strike ends, another begins on the other side of the country.
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New York State United Teachers, the state's powerful teachers union, has also called for more funding.
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Teachers in the reserve are disproportionately low-performing compared to teachers in the system over all.
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The city's teachers' union, the United Federation of Teachers, was the most powerful lobby against closures.
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Teachers who connect online with the Badass Teachers Association are "very, very pro-Bernie," Kilfoyle said.
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But we were student teachers, and so our world was our supervising teachers and our classrooms.
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To help English teachers, history teachers, and other non-technical teachers learn coding, computer science educator Emily Thomforde developed the Beyoncé metaphor to make it easier for them to grasp JavaScript.
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Spurred by the recent efforts of teachers in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky, teachers in Arizona are walking out of their classrooms, while Colorado's teachers are rallying at their state Capitol.
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"I had a complicated home life, and my teachers, predominantly my theater teachers and my English teachers, were very dedicated to taking care of me in a particular way," she said.
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"Vendors offering free technology to teachers for their personal or professional use in exchange for teachers promoting it to students or other teachers is a very questionable activity," Professor Reidenberg said.
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He heard from other teachers who had gone through similar leaves of absence, and teachers who lost their jobs after becoming sick, and spouses of teachers who died after getting sick.
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To help prevent aspiring teachers from getting caught by surprise, we asked teachers everywhere for one thing they wish they knew before becoming a teacher, and more than 50 teachers responded.
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By promoting their Teachers Pay Teachers products on Instagram with hashtags such as #TeachersOfInstagram and #TeacherLife, as well as sharing classroom tips and snapshots, these teachers acquire tens of thousands of followers.
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The teachers have seen mixed results from the nationwide strikes — West Virginia's was largely successful, garnering a 5% raise for teachers, while many of Oklahoma's teachers were dissatisfied with the changes enacted.
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The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe told a news conference that although teachers attended school, most were not teaching but could not provide statistics.
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Educating teachers is seen as crucially important: Teachers advance within the profession based in part on how successfully they educate each other, and schools are held accountable for helping their teachers improve.
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Public school teachers earn 284% less than similar professionals, teachers are more likely than non-teachers to work a second job, and the average teacher makes $2469,2109 less than 2240 years ago.
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As Indiana teachers argued this week, however, shooting teachers with rubber bullets shouldn't be one of them.
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But her work on social media and Teachers Pay Teachers brings in over $2000,235 in a year.
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School leaders need support to help teachers learn and the authority to act when teachers aren't succeeding.
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Teachers matter And nowhere does the quality of a school system exceed the quality of its teachers.
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A teachers' union said militants had threatened or attacked teachers in at least four schools this year.
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Teachers and union representatives said the deal, once signed, is enough to get teachers back in classrooms.
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Calls for a teachers' strike in Oklahoma started amid a walkout by West Virginia public school teachers.
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Their teachers, like virtually all the teachers in the state, earn the same high marks on evaluations.
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Denver (CNN)Denver teachers plan to strike on Monday, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association said on Wednesday.
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Teachers who had walked out in the teachers' strike of 1990 said the time had come again.
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Here it is in sharp relief: My HS had more sexual predator teachers (convicted!) than minority teachers.
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Teachers have been inspired by the West Virginia strike that won teachers a pay raise this month.
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"I don't think we should be handing out guns to drama teachers and biology teachers," he said.
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Some of them will be just for teachers, while others will be for both teachers and students.
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Lawyers for student plaintiffs argued that the state's ironclad job protections for teachers deprived students of a quality education, while teachers unions and the state said the system helped recruit and retain teachers.
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CM: I think, no, we're not going to run out of teachers, there are about 33 million K12 teachers in the US, and many more that are retired, or-, or English language teachers.
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They focused on black, white and Latino teachers since there were not enough Asian-American teachers or teachers of other races included in the data to draw conclusions for those demographics, Cherng said.
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Many cash-strapped Colorado teachers use a service called the Resource Area for Teachers, which purchases classroom supplies in bulk and sells them to teachers for up to 90% off the original value.
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Forcing teachers onto the same pay scale, and basing that scale solely on the number of years teaching, means that our very worst teachers make just as much as our very best teachers.
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In fact, in states where teachers have recently walked out—that's West Virginia, Kentucky and Oklahoma, for now—new teachers were already paid least, and veteran teachers still weren't making a living wage.
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I think the only way we could allow [arming teachers] is to have a psychological background test on all teachers given guns, but I would prefer that teachers not have guns at all.
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Yes, but: If teachers face consequences, they can't be too harsh as there are too many teachers to be fired and relations may remain sour if teachers are let go, Cornell told Axios.
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But a political backlash meant that the contracted teachers were promised trade-union representation, just like ordinary teachers.
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Warren was appearing before a gathering of the American Federation of Teachers, the country's second-largest teachers union.
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The teachers had been fired from Lyla's school, which would reopen next week with new, properly vetted teachers.
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For teachers, so teachers can put their projects up on the site and fundraise to get them funded.
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Listening to distraught students, teachers and parents at the White House yesterday, he proposed more guns — arming teachers.
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California Teachers Association, which challenged the constitutionality of agency fees for public school teachers in the Golden State.
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Kentucky What teachers wanted: Kentucky teachers also wanted more funding to pay for textbooks, technology and school programs.
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Teachers groups and DeVos have most recently clashed over arming public school teachers to respond to mass shootings.
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She is also expected to highlight pay inequity between black and white teachers and male and female teachers.
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But we do a disservice to our teachers and our children if we focus only on teachers' salaries.
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In Luxembourg, for example, starting teachers' salaries are greater than what many teachers will see in their lifetime.
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Don't forget the ostracizing that is done to those teachers who choose not to join their teachers union.
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DeVos and teachers' unions at war There's no love lost between DeVos and the nation's largest teachers' unions.
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Thus only Asian teachers can teach Asian students and black, Latino or Asian teachers can't teach white students.
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The effective teachers on one side were achieving much better results than the ineffective teachers on the other.
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Marietta English is president of the Baltimore Teachers Union and vice president of the American Federation of Teachers.
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West Virginia teachers' strike Last year, West Virginia teachers went on strike and won a 5% pay raise.
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I encouraged her to talk to her teachers while other parents approached teachers on behalf of their children.
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The question quickly arose: What about other teachers, ordinary teachers whom no one would regard as quasi-ministers?
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Creative-writing teachers have affairs with two kinds of people: other creative-writing teachers, and creative-writing students.
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Some educators argue that the only people in office who can truly advocate for teachers are teachers themselves.
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The president of West Virginia's branch of the American Federation of Teachers said teachers can't trust Senate leadership.
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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten describes the latest developments in the UAW and Chicago Teachers Strike.
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I have listened to the first-grade teachers, who don't want to be pistol-packing first-grade teachers.
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The teachers are part of a growing, nationwide movement of teachers pushing back against lawmakers after years of austerity, after teachers in West Virginia successfully won a pay raise with a nine-day strike.
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"On education, it is time to have school choice, merit pay for teachers, and to end the tenure policies that hurt good teachers and reward bad teachers," he said in Wisconsin on August 17.
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Low pay and funding means working in Colorado's schools is less attractive to college graduates and prompts teachers to leave the profession early, leading to a shortage of qualified teachers, the teachers group says.
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Teacher training, especially in classroom management, has long been a point of contention between teachers and the city's Education Department, said Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, the city's largest teachers' union.
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The outcome of the six-day LA teachers strike in January, which resulted in pay raises for teachers and more funding for schools, gives Wendt hope that Oakland teachers can reach a similar deal too.
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You can choose from two different types of teachers: professional teachers, who are certified in foreign language instruction, and community tutors, who are native or advanced teachers and can offer a more informal teaching experience.
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Bad: high ratio of children to adult, very low pay for teachers, terrible teachers not getting fired or replaced.
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Back then I was a little bit stubborn and didn't want to spend the money on Teachers Pay Teachers.
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Evidence-based methods of instruction, practice, coaching from experienced teachers and feedback are all part of making good teachers.
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The bill, however, would give first-year teachers a $228,2200 raise, while teachers with more experience would get more.
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Many teachers struggle to buy their own house, says Eric Heins, who runs the California Teachers Association, a union.
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"Teachers and families have returned but we still have about 10 schools missing teachers due to trauma," he added.
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What's more, teachers without collective bargaining rights face a larger wage penalty than teachers who benefit from union support.
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Many teachers have already left the state for better jobs elsewhere; teachers who stay often face dire financial straits.
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The district says about 400 substitute teachers and more than 2,000 reassigned administrators will fill in for protesting teachers.
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Teachers' unions have argued that teachers should not be held responsible for all of the difficulties poor students have.
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In the highest-paying state for teachers, New York, teachers need to earn a master's degree within five years.
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Teachers helped write the Common Core standards, and while their implementation has not been perfect, teachers overwhelmingly support them.
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New Hampshire: Elementary school teachers (except special education teachers) had a 16% decline in employment between 2013 and 2018.
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Already 85033 teachers have attended this school year — and 10 of those teachers attended both of our fall workshops.
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Many teachers said that they would tell parents not to blame teachers if their kids received a bad grade.
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Illinois ranks as the sixth best state for teachers, despite talk of a looming strike among Chicago-area teachers.
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Jon Cacchione, president of the local teachers' union, told WSEE he supports the decision to arm teachers with bats.
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That money was meant to fund mental health services, overtime pay for teachers, additional security staff, and substitute teachers.
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"We held the line," said Barbara Madeloni, the president of the state's largest teachers' union, the Massachusetts Teachers Association.
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Arizona teachers were inspired to go on strike after watching teachers in Oklahoma demand higher pay earlier that month.
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It must have been my teachers who taught me, just as my 5-year old son's teachers taught him.
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Galvanized by a growing social media campaign, teachers wanted competitive pay to attract and keep teachers in the state.
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But the state teachers union said the deal fell short and teachers walked out of the classroom on Monday.
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Cover image: Illinois Federation of Teachers President Daniel Montgomery speaks as Chicago Public Schools teachers picket Thursday morning, Oct.
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The union represents 19,000 teachers and other educators in Las Vegas and is the largest teachers union in Nevada.
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Warren landed hometown support from the Massachusetts chapter of the American Federation of Teachers and the Boston Teachers Union.
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"Generally, temporary teachers will not be picking up lesson plans where our OUSD teachers left off," the district said.
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About 55,000 teachers have been hired under the new contract system since 2016 out of 240,000 teachers in total.
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As teachers across the country retire, their pensions are being subsidized by newly hired teachers to a surprising degree.
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"I don't believe teachers should be armed, I believe teachers should teach," the sheriff said at Wednesday's town hall.
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Teachers against a bill on funding charter schools This time, teachers were not demanding raises or better health insurance.
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Jim Justice agreed to a 5% raise for teachers and a commitment to fixing the teachers' troubled insurance program.
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Because they work within the public school system, pre-K teachers earn the same as high school chemistry teachers.
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In addition, the bill included a $2628 tax credit for teachers' school supplies (totaling $28500 million if 6900 percent of West Virginia's nearly 2628,28503 teachers claim it), a $22019 bonus for teachers not absent more than four days per year (totaling $7.9 million if 80 percent receive it), a $2,000 bonus for certified math teachers (estimated at $700,000 for 85033 teachers), and an additional $24 million in student support personnel.
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She and other teachers said they worried that without the supporting content — which is supposed to guide teachers in assigning coursework — teachers may simply choose not to teach climate change, putting their students at a disadvantage.
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The Grawlix guys (Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy) also play teachers who have no business being teachers.
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Oakland teachers share a lot of the same frustrations that led LA teachers to walk out of class in January.
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Now Oakland's teachers have also racked up some major wins after walking off the job, and Sacramento teachers may follow.
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"Lots of schools have received new teachers and we will soon have thirteen new teachers [in one village]," she says.
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Teachers in Oklahoma, the lowest paid public school teachers in the country, appear to be inching closer to a strike.
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As salaries for automotive engineers rise, more students study engineering and fewer become teachers, unless teachers' pay also goes up.
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FROM PEN: Prep School Nightmare: How a Student Abused by 2 Teachers Helped Expose Decades of Sexual Misconduct by Teachers
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The organizers, operating under a Twitter account called "Teachers Are Sick," said that teachers would return to the classroom Tuesday.
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Caputo-Pearl cited teachers' demands to reduce class size by hiring more teachers as "arguably the most fundamental" stumbling block.
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Fewer potential teachers are considering the profession, while tens of thousands of teachers retire or leave the profession each year.
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This is not a call for more white teachers or a statement about some inherent inability of black male teachers.
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Several education experts, teachers and migrants told Reuters that there were not enough spaces in the language classes, or teachers.
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Not all substitute teachers are required to have a bachelor's degree — even though full-time teachers need to have one.
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"We do need to train teachers, especially white teachers, on how to interact with our African-American students," he said.
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In Singapore, an elite group of "master teachers" are responsible for helping other teachers in the school system to improve.
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Over time, more than 8,000 paraprofessionals became teachers, providing the largest single source of minority teachers in New York City.
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A new study by Zillow shows just how difficult paying rent is for teachers, especially new teachers, across the country.
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Value-added results suggested that individual teachers could be the primary driver of student improvement — but only the good teachers.
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Students excellent in certain areas are invited by their teachers to teach students of other teachers in their online community.
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When Chicago teachers went on strike in 2012, they had some of the same concerns that teachers do in 2018.
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Many of us would like to say that Chicago's teachers and all of our teachers deserve more pay and benefits.
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We have people in Washington ... telling teachers what they should do without asking teachers, 'What do you want to do?
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KS: That's how you communicate with your teachers so it's like ... Louie: I email my teachers to talk to them.
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"I have listened to the first-grade teachers who don't want to be pistol-packing first-grade teachers," Inslee said.
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Many of these educators started out as "teacher bloggers," but most became Insta-famous through Teachers Pay Teachers, an online platform that allows teachers to sell classroom resources they've created, such as worksheets and bulletin board decor.
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"Things like pay-for-performance, diversified pay for teachers in hard-to-staff schools or subjects, or pay incentives for teachers with prior work experience are all viable options to provide greater compensation for teachers," Rauner continued.
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The volunteer teachers overlapped those couple of years so they really helped me out a lot in recruiting more teachers and at that time all the instruments we were using were donated by the teachers and the teachers friends were loaning all the instruments except for the drum kits which were the rehearsal studio's.
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These parents and teachers say that she is forcing teachers to adopt prepackaged curriculums, bringing in families with little stake in the school's approach and retaliating against teachers who resist her policies by starting investigations focused on them.
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With a 225 percent raise for all city teachers going into effect on Saturday, combined with a 2000 percent raise teachers received in May, senior teachers in the pool could now earn up to $119,472, the report found.
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More likely, however, is that black teachers and white teachers perform differently when it comes to identifying giftedness in black students.
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And in the states, West Virginia teachers won a raise through an unorthodox method — inspiring teachers elsewhere to consider similar moves.
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Others are paying maths and science teachers more, which is anathema to unions, who want to treat all teachers the same.
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Yet most teachers will need to supplement their income, said Carl Korn, the press secretary for New York State United Teachers.
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"One goes with the pipeline for teachers of color," which could help reverse "the precipitous decline of black teachers," she said.
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The big misconception [with the Arizona teachers' strike last year] was that teachers were complaining that they weren't getting paid enough.
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Chicago teachers strike Today will be the fifth day of a massive teachers strike in Chicago that's affecting about 300,000 students.
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That means an estimated two-thirds of teachers would go without paychecks over the summer, the American Federation of Teachers figures.
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But his endorsement from the state's teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers of West Virginia, may prove even more powerful.
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Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will host a lunch for teachers from across Turkey to market the national Teachers' Day (1000 GMT).
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For instance, the students reported that their black and Latino teachers were "clearer" or easier to understand than their white teachers.
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Trump walked back his view that teachers should have guns a second later, then reiterated that some teachers should have guns.
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My teachers at the time might have gotten apples, but the teachers of LA have a new edible gift in mind.
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According to the Department for Education, which analysed teachers' diaries, the time teachers spent marking nearly doubled from 2010 to 2013.
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"I come from a family of teachers, and my friends are teachers, often times in very difficult school situations," he added.
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Providing such resources to teachers is inexpensive compared with the costs of constantly recruiting for open positions when teachers leave education.
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Thirty-six students, some former students, three teachers and the family of one of the teachers were on board, he said.
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And it means that young teachers—even if they are the most effective teachers in a school district—make the least.
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"Teachers are working their hearts and souls out," said Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.6 million-member American Federation of Teachers.
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They were both former teachers, and the type of teachers who would spend extra time with students after school helping them.
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In November, Brenda will join at least 30 other teachers and former teachers who are on ballots in various state races.
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Those teachers train mentors and other leaders within the system, who in turn work with newer teachers to develop their skills.
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Early this year, the union that represented teachers at Acero and other Chicago charter schools merged with the Chicago Teachers Union.
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Most teachers and historians involved in the debate admit that the sheer breadth of the curriculum presents a challenge for teachers.
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Florida teachers Thousands of teachers packed Florida's state capitol building in Tallahassee yesterday to demand billions of dollars in school funding.
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Once new teachers reach the classroom, they deserve a supportive environment including ongoing support and mentoring from veteran teachers and administrators.
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Several teachers — and many parents, teachers of their own young children — were concerned less about combating climate skepticism than climate anxiety.
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" Also, he promises to create "a refundable tax credit for early childhood teachers to boost earnings for the lowest-paid teachers.
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The government insists that teachers working by contracts have the same starting salary of 5,000 dirhams (around $520) like regular teachers.
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But even though this strike focuses on teachers' salaries, students joined them on the picket lines, saying their teachers deserve better.
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Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, knocked the proposal in a statement on behalf of the teachers' union.
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And even though this strike focuses on teachers' salaries, students joined them on the picket lines, saying their teachers deserve better.
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But it is important to emphasize that disruption increases teachers' workloads and wastes lesson time that teachers have carefully prepared for.
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The bill now excludes teachers who "exclusively perform classroom duties as classroom teachers" from being allowed to carry guns at school.
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Politicians, teachers' unions and parents in New York have long differed over how to interpret data on the evaluations of teachers.
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Several of the teachers, including Em Bandeth, are already working or volunteering part time as art teachers outside of the school.
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In an effort to penalize teachers who attended these rallies, Bevin subpoenaed the names of teachers who have used their sick days — and won in a court case that has put thousands of teachers at risk of being fined.
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Christine Campbell, president of the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, one of the three bodies representing teachers and service staff, told a rally at the State Capitol on Monday that teachers would not return to their classrooms yet.
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One was to echo President Donald Trump's call to arm teachers with concealed weapons (many teachers abhor the idea of being armed).
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Research also shows that white teachers tend to express lower expectations for the academic success of black students than do black teachers.
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Teachers' unions there criticise Bridge for often hiring unlicensed teachers; they also argue that the chain funnels money away from public education.
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The state of play: Teachers in seven states have already gone on strike this year, with teachers in Washington being the latest.
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But a dire shortage of US teachers means some schools are taking drastic measures -- like hiring teachers from half a world away.
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The last Chicago teachers strike was in 2012 and lasted more than a week until teachers and the mayor reached an agreement.
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In short, most teachers who get into senior leadership positions aren't there because they're great teachers—they're there because they're careerist scumbags.
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Compared to other college graduates, America's teachers are, academically, about average, and about a third of teachers change careers within five years.
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He has free reign of the school, including the teachers' lounge, and has turned all the teachers to putty in his hands.
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How it works: Teachers voluntarily opt into the guardianship program, allowing school districts to approve school employees and teachers to carry guns.
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"I have listened to the first-grade teachers that don't want to be pistol-packing first-grade teachers," Inslee told the president.
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Some critics claim increasing pay for teachers will reduce the number of available jobs for applicants, as fewer teachers leave their positions.
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Day 3 of Arizona teachers strike Teachers in Arizona will stay on strike tomorrow, demanding higher pay and more funding for education.
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No wonder more teachers are leaving the profession ... Two-thirds of US teachers quit before retirement, according to the Learning Policy Institute.
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The study also found that black teachers were three times more likely to recommend black students for gifted services than nonblack teachers.
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After all, it's true that take-home pay for West Virginia's teachers is pretty dismal, and that good teachers are massively shortchanged.
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American school teachers often make low wages, with some teachers in Mississippi and West Virginian bringing home less than $46,000 per year.
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Some Texas teachers associations, like the Houston Federation of Teachers, are already transitioning its members to a non-government dues collection method.
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We should find a way that teachers and policymakers can agree to measure teacher effectiveness and pay good teachers what they deserve.
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The teachers strikes show no signs of slowing down, with Arizona educators rejecting a deal and Colorado teachers remaining out of classrooms.
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"We want people who teach yoga, who want to realize yoga, not people who are yoga teachers like gym teachers," he said.
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The more people feel they are doing teachers' work, the more they may question teachers' role in responding to the current crisis.
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Teachers won a raise and successfully pushed back against Mayor Rahm Emanuel's desire to evaluate teachers based on their students' test scores.
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It is not practical to purchase guns for teachers and training with guns where teachers need materials to do their job; teach.
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The teachers are spending a significant portion of their salaries to buy school supplies that directly benefit students, not the teachers themselves.
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So far about a dozen teachers in Arizona have received supplies, according to the site, and almost 20 teachers have made requests.
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These include Guerreros Unidos, the group blamed for the disappearance of 43 student teachers from the Ayotzinapa teachers' college in September 2014.
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At the time, Detroit Federation of Teachers asked for teachers to return to the classroom for the sake of the children's education.
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Prekindergarten teachers in city schools or in centers directly run by the Education Department belong to the United Federation of Teachers union.
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The budget proposal includes an extra 2750% raise for teachers, which means teachers would get a combined 22214% raise starting July 0003.
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The state teachers' union has been demanding $10,000 raises for teachers; $5,000 raises for support staff; and $200 million in educational funding.
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The contract, which gives teachers an average raise of 16% over five years, was ratified last week by the Chicago Teachers Union.
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The education ministry said 25% of primary school teachers in state schools were out on strike, and 23.3% of secondary school teachers.
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Oklahoma teachers took to the campaign trail following walkouts, with nearly 100 public teachers on the ballot in the state's primary elections.
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Teachers in the state began discussing a walkout as West Virginia teachers held a days-long strike last month over low wages.
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Much like in-person teachers, virtual teachers may grade student work, hold conferences with parents, and provide one-on-one student assistance.
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Teachers got their moment at the third Democratic debate when Democratic candidates rushed to defend public education and proposed raising teachers salaries.
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Teachers haven't gotten an across-the-board salary raise since 2014, and they are among the lowest-paid teachers in the country.
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After researchers asked the teachers and staff to rate the severity of the child's behavior, they found a difference according to race: White teachers and staff seemed to be easier on the students they thought were black than black teachers were.
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The board called for amicus briefs in a case brought by teachers at a charter school in the Bronx who are seeking to decertify the United Federation of Teachers local that represents them along with public school teachers in the city.
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" As the teachers' strike was unfolding in 2012, Mr. Emanuel said, he should not have canceled a pay raise that teachers were expecting without first discussing the issue with the leader of the teachers' union: "It made me the opponent.
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Science teachers assigned classes to explore topics like climate change and genetics, social studies teachers encouraged students to examine the meaning of global citizenship and how history affects their lives, and journalism teachers suggested that students tell a story through interviews.
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Lack of paid leave is particularly devastating for teachers, a workforce dominated by women -- 78% of elementary and middle school teachers, 87% of teacher's assistants, 98% of preschool and kindergarten teachers, according to 2017 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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American teachers work more and are paid less than most developed nations American teachers work more and are paid less than most developed nations Two words describe how American public middle school teachers compare to other wealthy countries: Overworked and underpaid.
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A "wildcat strike" by public school teachers in West Virginia — a state where teachers have no collective bargaining rights — proved successful, as Gov.
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Grimaldi's Pizzeria: Teachers have a "pizza" Grimaldi's heart, so they're offering 15% off the bill for all teachers between May 6th and 10th.
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Many teachers feel that other teachers are confidants: They tell us things that would never get said to the parents or the director.
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The Chicago Teachers Union's demands reflect what teachers across the country have been clamoring for: smaller class sizes, more support staff, higher raises.
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He says the scripts, which teachers read from tablet devices, are like a "lobotomy", as teachers no longer have to think for themselves.
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In South Africa a programme using technology to provide coaching to teachers from a distance was effective because the teachers engaged with it.
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Help came, in the form of coaches — veteran teachers — working side by side with newbies and time set aside for teachers to collaborate.
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Teachers who want more kudos but not the bureaucratic burden of running schools can become "master teachers", with responsibility for training their peers.
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Ahead of World Teachers' Day on October 218, Refinery2116.89 is publishing a special theme week of Money Diaries featuring teachers from across America.
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Ahead of World Teachers' Day on October 1, Refinery88.29 is publishing a special theme week of Money Diaries, featuring teachers from across America.
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To celebrate World Teachers' Day on October 5, Refinery29 is publishing a special theme week of Money Diaries featuring teachers from across America.
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Ahead of World Teachers' Day on October 5, Refinery29 is publishing a special theme week of Money Diaries, featuring teachers from across America.
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A proposed four-year contract that averted a teachers' strike earlier this month must still be ratified by the entire Chicago Teachers Union.
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One teachers' union said nearly half of all primary school teachers in Paris would strike on Tuesday, forcing dozens of schools to close.
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Detroit's main teachers union, the Detroit Federation of Teachers, said on Sunday that it was not planning on calling an official strike vote.
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I&aposm more worried about teachers not enforcing it, teachers trying to be buddy-buddy with their students rather than enforcing the discipline.
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My amendment means 500 additional teachers for the state of North Carolina – an average of five more teachers per county in our state.
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The dispute pits non-union teachers and the Christian Educators Association International against the California Teachers Association, an influential union with 325,000 members.
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Relay will be in 12 cities by next academic year, training 2,000 teachers and 400 head teachers, including those from government-run schools.
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A 6900 report shows that 2628 percent of teachers wanted training in social emotional skills and very few pre-service teachers received training.
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West Virginia teachers become the latest to go on strike, following successful strikes by teachers in Los Angeles and Denver earlier this year.
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"I consider this a victory for teachers and a victory for students," said Eric C. Heins, the president of the California Teachers Association.
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The state could try to call in substitute teachers, but according to Lofaso, substitute teachers are standing in solidarity with full-time educators.
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The strike flamed race-related tension between union leaders, who took the side of the white teachers, and teachers from communities of color.
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For example, Toys workers either testified or made their presence known at recent meetings of Texas Teachers, Oregon Investment Council and Ohio Teachers.
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Teachers lose their $250 classroom supplies deduction The tax plan eliminates a $250 deduction eligible to teachers for their spending on classroom supplies.
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The teachers union said the school district should tap into $1.8 billion in reserves to fund more staff members and increase teachers' pay.
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Our failure to consult teachers on policy also speaks to the broader issue of how we as a society undervalue and underappreciate teachers.
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Ohio's teachers' unions have mobilized against the widespread arming of teachers in schools, arguing that gun control, not armed clashes, will protect students.
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Within a year, Florida and Texas passed bills allowing teachers, or increasing the number of teachers allowed, to carry guns in the classroom.
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In January, Nevada's largest teachers' union, the Clark County Education Association, endorsed Sanders, and the United Teachers Los Angeles endorsed Sanders last November.
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Teachers in the state are furious about a surprise bill lawmakers passed last week that cuts pension benefits for new and retiring teachers.
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Teachers said that more established start-ups gave them pricier perks like travel expenses to industry-sponsored conferences attended by thousands of teachers.
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There were about 20 teachers placed in different schools across northern Italy, and I was one of two black teachers in the program.
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And some experienced teachers said it was preposterous to think that algorithms could be better than skilled teachers at adapting to students' abilities.
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He struggled to build positive relationships with teachers unions partly because of his agenda to use state assessments to evaluate teachers and schools.
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Both Schultz and Bellard noted that they are not trying to replace teachers at all — "Teachers teach, we help kids practice," Schultz said.
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After speaking to teachers at the school, she called the visit "wonderful," only to tell Townhall that she saw problems with the teachers.
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The Washington Teachers' Union, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools and Badass Teachers Association were among the other groups set to attend the event.
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The nation's second-largest teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), said it will encourage local and state chapters to back Sen.
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To make up for those 2,631 missing teachers, about 1,400 central office staffers and 400 substitute teachers covered teacher absences Monday, Alejo said.
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Ducey had previously promised a pay increase of 20 percent to teachers over the next two years, but teachers rejected it as unsustainable.
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It started with the widespread teachers strike in West Virginia in January 2018, followed by teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, Kentucky, California, and Colorado.
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Teachers in the state began discussing a walkout as West Virginia teachers held a days-long strike earlier this month over low wages.
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Andy Pallotta, president of New York State United Teachers, the state teachers' union, called for school administrators to develop plans for excess heat.
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Armed teachers The most controversial idea that Trump has embraced is arming teachers and school administrators with guns in order to protect schools.
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"The teachers just walked in," he said, indicating a representative of the New York State United Teachers near another from the A.F.L.-C.
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Bill, Paul, and I started out as teachers, and teachers like to be recognized for their work, even if they're not becoming wealthy.
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Do no-excuses schools protect students from teachers' bias, or might they leave room for teachers to act out of fear or prejudice?
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Many teachers think the government needs to listen to people in public schools to find out what would make teachers stay in education.
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These trends are what spurred the teachers strike in West Virginia and what has fueled talk of teachers strikes in several other states.
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New Mexico has the second-lowest salary in the region, with teachers earning on average $123,500, while Texas' teachers earn $52,575 on average.
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In America today, according to the Economic Policy Institute, public school teachers earn over 11% less than similar professionals, teachers are more likely than non-teachers to work a second job, and the average teacher makes $1,000 less than 30 years ago.
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Teachers unions have long been skeptical, if not outright opposed, to annual testing, especially as those tests have been used in many states to grade the teachers themselves, which they say unfairly punishes teachers for circumstances, like student poverty, outside their control.
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They will target teachers and other educators in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, as well as Texas, where Biden spoke earlier this week with members of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the largest teachers unions in the country.
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One 2017 survey of nearly 5,000 teachers, conducted by the American Federation of Teachers and the Badass Teachers Association, found roughly two-thirds feel their jobs are "always" or "often" stressful—roughly double the rates of stress experienced by the general workforce.
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But you know what I thought of, as soon as I saw that, these teachers, and I've seen them, and a lot of schools where they had problems, these teachers love their students and the students love their teachers in many cases.
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For that reason, the state's two teachers' unions, the West Virginia Education Association and the state branch of the American Federation of Teachers, do not function as those in other states might, although they do lobby for teachers and help with grievances.
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Freeing up more time for teachers to collaborate also often means larger classes — common in Singapore and Shanghai but strongly resisted by American teachers One state has come further than the rest in trying to rethink how it helps its teachers improve: Iowa.
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After thousands of teachers walked off the job in Los Angeles earlier this month, Garcetti helped broker a deal between the United Teachers Los Angeles union and the Los Angeles Unified School District, and teachers went back to work earlier this week.
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So far, in 2019, teachers in three major cities have gone on strike, including Oakland, and nearly all of West Virginia's teachers did too.
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One of the teachers yodelled in a supermarket while the other teachers sang and danced to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)".
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Pay also skews lower for elementary school teachers than high school teachers, and starting teacher salaries average $38,617, according to the National Education Association.
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Teachers and parents should also not be overlooked, with the committee suggesting training and resources for teachers and awareness and engagement campaigns for parents.
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Teachers in West Virginia told BuzzFeed News that they're now speaking with teachers in Kentucky about striking over unsatisfactory pension and retirement fund negotiations.
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So I would create everything and spend extra money for crafty stuff, where I should have just bought it all on Teachers Pay Teachers.
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Most of the Oakland school district's computer science teachers started as teachers in other areas and were trained up to teach the new courses.
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This included teachers paying union officials for plum jobs, and female teachers being told they would be given jobs only in exchange for sex.
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I felt like I was taking on the responsibility of making a movie based around a teacher to celebrate teachers, but specifically kindergarten teachers.
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They may require teachers to give more Common Core–aligned practice tests and examine the data to see if students (and teachers) are progressing.
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After we published our database showing the falling or stagnant pay of teachers, we received hundreds of responses from teachers who detailed their experiences.
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Child care and preschool workers will be doing the educational work that teachers do, so they will be paid like comparable public school teachers.
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And teachers who "specialise in difficult subjects (like chemistry or physics)" may look askance at pay schedules that "stop them from outearning gym teachers".
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The procession was able to set off again around noon, with teachers from the SUD teachers' union stepping in to prevent any further clashes.
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Michael Mulgrew is the president of the United Federation of Teachers, which represents school teachers in New York City, the nation's largest school district.
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He said many non-teachers from elsewhere in the country had joined the teachers at the barricades, adding a shadowy element to the protests.
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He also is very much arguing in favor of arming teachers—hundreds of thousands of teachers, if he's serious about the 20 percent number.
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"As teachers, we know parents are the first and best teachers for their children and we want them to work with us," she said.
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In Kentucky, the legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto in order to fund education; teachers in Arizona went on strike, as did teachers in Colorado.
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Ms. Williams's lawyers said the teachers were charged multiple types of fees on their accounts, similar to what the teachers in New Jersey experienced.
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The president of the Oklahoma Teachers Association said the walkouts will continue into next week as teachers demand more funding for schools, CNN reported.
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The city of Chicago has reached a tentative deal with the local teachers' union following a days-long strike by teachers in the city.
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But the truth is, teachers' unions and associations (name your state's) fight policies that would allow good teachers to get paid what they deserve.
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The big picture: More teachers will continue to mobilize until the numbers swing in their favor, like teachers in North Carolina did on Wednesday.
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But with teachers' help, she secured private scholarships for a graduate school program for special education teachers who wanted to teach the hearing-impaired.
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Tina Harrell from Cinnaminson thinks schools should spend the money to increase security, but not arm teachers: Teachers should not be armed in school.
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Teachers in the state hadn't gotten an across-the-board salary raise since 2014, and were among the lowest-paid teachers in the country.
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It begins in grade school, when teachers' unconscious biases subtly favor boys over girls — even feminist teachers who try to watch their own biases.
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As enrollment fell, many teachers were no longer needed, and Mr. Taveras said he also sought to remove teachers who were shirking their duties.
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But opponents said the new rules asked far too little of teachers, and would allow charter schools to certify teachers who were essentially untrained.
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The teachers strikes "had a lot of community support and that was portrayed in the media" says American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.
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When students and teachers were the same gender, teachers also had more positive impressions of students, and students looked forward more to the subject.
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Majority of my teachers have been white and female, however I have had two black male teachers, an Asian teacher, and a Hispanic teacher.
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Under the agreement, the de Blasio administration will give bonuses of $5,000 to $8,000 to teachers who work in schools that many teachers avoid.
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In a signal of how wary schools are of absorbing those teachers, Renewal schools are exempt from having to hire teachers from the pool.
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In other immigration news: Some American school districts, unable to find teachers willing to work for the pay offered, are recruiting teachers from abroad.
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Before then, teachers with seniority could claim whatever job they wanted, displacing novice teachers without so much as having to interview with a principal.
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Chicago's schools will be shut tomorrow before an expected teachers' strike, though the union representing the 25,000 teachers continues to negotiate with the city.
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To make up for the loss, about 1,400 central office staff members and 400 substitute teachers have been filling in for the missing teachers.
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Mary Fallin signed a bill that raises teachers' salaries by an average of $6,100, but the state teachers' union said that is not enough.
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The teachers' union expected some 15,000 teachers to use personal days to walk off the job as Indiana's state law blocks them from striking.
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Locally, teachers are walking picket lines in front of individual schools, according to Christine Campbell, president of the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia.
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In the United States, teachers are hit particularly hard by this lack because roughly 76% of public school teachers are women, and they're underpaid.
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If they choose and teachers volunteer to be armed, I think that's up to each individual school and the teachers of that school district.
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West Virginia's teachers sparked a nationwide teachers movement after they walked out of their schools for nine days in February, demanding better working conditions.
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"The condition of the schools is so decrepit in Detroit that you can hardly teach in them and kids can hardly learn in them," says Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, a national teachers union that helped Detroit teachers bring the lawsuit.
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We learned that educational materials purchased at online marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers fill in the many gaps created, in part, by insufficient district curriculum, though most of the teachers we talked to wish that their districts would just give them something to work with.
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It's important to note that some schools are better equipped to reimburse their teachers than others, and in some cases teachers can order supplies through their school, but there are still many that leave it entirely up to the teachers to get everything they need.
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A new study, not yet published, found that math teachers favored boys over girls, and white students over black or Hispanic students — and that female teachers were biased in favor of boys and that nonwhite teachers were the most biased in favor of white students.
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These studies suggest that black teachers are powerful role models, particularly for black boys; that they are more likely than white teachers to recognize competence in their black students; and that subjective judgments by teachers play a vital role in determining success at school.
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But the bill did not address further concerns of teachers, including issues with the teachers' public employees insurance program, the rising costs of health care and a tax on payroll deduction options, according to Christine Campbell, president of the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia.
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The report argued that holding preschool teachers to lower standards than public-school teachers has fed the perception that the work itself is low-skill and in turn has helped justify policies that keep preschool teachers' wages down and prevent them from growing professionally.
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That's the main the reason Oakland has struggled to keep qualified teachers, Brown said, pointing out that 571 Oakland teachers left the classroom last year.
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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said walkouts by teachers should not be necessary to address lack of spending on public education.
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School systems likewise could use crowdsourcing to connect master teachers with teachers seeking professional growth, bringing them into the 21st century without breaking the bank.
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In a recent lawsuit funded by the American Federation of Teachers, a group of nine teachers accused Navient of negligence in administering their student loans.
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" Reason for walking out: "In many ways the attack in Kentucky was more on retired teachers than the regular classroom teachers, because it's their pensions.
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Alvarado is one of several Filipino teachers in their fourth year at Casa Grande teaching science -- a notoriously hard subject to fill with US teachers.
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That's the main the reason Oakland has struggled to keep qualified teachers, Brown said, pointing out that 193 Oakland teachers left the classroom last year.
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Ivy Bailey, interim president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, said in statements that teachers were being blamed rather than given assistance to help children.
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Teachers can buy individual memberships to the service, but, as the founders tell me, many school districts now buy licenses for all of their teachers.
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Take for instance, BrainPOP, Teachers Pay Teachers, Quizlet, Wikispaces, GoNoodle or Schoology, who all got creative when it came to exploring distribution and monetization strategies.
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Senior teachers tend to cluster in wealthy schools, while schools where many children are poor often churn through large numbers of novice, badly paid teachers.
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Elementary school teachers were more likely than secondary school teachers to spend their own money, and they spent more of it, according to the survey.
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Teachers in other states, including West Virginia and Arizona, held demonstrations earlier this year demanding higher pay for teachers and more funding for public education.
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Ahead of World Teachers' Day tomorrow, October 5, we're looking at one week of spending among five teachers in and outside of the United States.
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But instead of tackling the large, systemic issues, she found herself scrambling for teachers, emergency certifications for untrained teachers, while still providing quality education. Why?
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For many teachers, especially teachers whose students have IEPs, or Individualized Education Plans, lesson plans need to be tailored specifically to fit each student's needs.
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The teachers' view Since the board's announcement, teachers and students around the country protested the change, saying the test curriculum they're left with is Eurocentric.
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As I got older, teachers stopped asking for help, but it's a little-known fact that high school teachers actually need help stocking their classrooms.
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The education ministry will review the teaching credentials of MTM teachers and enact laws to set minimum requirements for expatriate teachers and principals, Tarr said.
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In a poll released by the Hawaii State Teachers Association, 47 percent of Hawaiian teachers said they spent between $250 and $500 on classroom materials.
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It was whatever I remembered from my own high school teachers and whatever I could glean from veteran teachers who took me under their wing.
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Not only was the illegal nature of the West Virginia teachers strike shocking, but these teachers also successfully organized in a "right to work" state, .
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The state's largest teachers union shut them down after nine days amid the sense that lawmakers weren't going to budge and give teachers more money.
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These Oklahoma teachers work up to 6 jobs Some of the teachers have decided to take matters into their own hands -- and run for office.
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Kentucky teachers prepare to butt heads with state Legislature ... Teachers in Kentucky are gearing up for a showdown with state lawmakers Friday, days after Gov.
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The decision to call off the Oklahoma walkout was met with mixed reaction from teachers, some of whom said the teachers' union ended it prematurely.
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We also train America's teachers because the issue isn't just that schools aren't teaching computer science; instead America's teachers don't know how to teach it.
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Read "Mexico's army is airlifting food because striking teachers are causing shortages" Read "Mexican teachers aren't backing down after eight died in clashes with police"
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While some data suggests Chicago teachers earn more than the national average, teachers are still paid less than other positions that require a bachelor's degree.
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Teachers crying "We'll get louder" and carrying signs with slogans like "WV teachers deserve better" flooded the State Capitol, their voices echoing through the halls.
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A school should be a safe place where students can learn and if teachers were armed, students would be in constant fear of their teachers.
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Jana, an activist hedge fund, wrote its letter with Calstrs, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, which manages the pensions of California's public-school teachers.
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So is it possible that just as the Supreme Court is about to take a hammer to the teachers' unions, teachers are back in favor?
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Under new rules that permit charter schools to certify their own teachers, would-be teachers will receive insufficient hours of instruction and minimal supervised practice.
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The conflict launched the city's largest-ever teachers' strike; police barricades and helicopters kept the teachers apart from the activists, some of whom were armed.
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When teachers walked out in Chicago in 2012 and Wisconsin in 2011, nonpartisan polling found the majority of parents and the public supported the teachers.
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Bridge says that ''teachers are required to reference the day's teachers' guide and to diligently work to ensure all material is covered in each lesson.
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Bevin called teachers "ignorant" and "selfish," and said kids were likely exposed to sexual assault because teachers were protesting instead of staying in the classrooms.
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The teachers' pension fund in Puerto Rico looks very much like a legalized Ponzi scheme — one that might hold a warning for teachers across America.
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We have people in Washington, D.C., representatives, senators and legislators telling teachers what they should do without asking teachers, 'What do you want to do?
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Inslee spoke passionately about his conversations with teachers and their thoughts, and pleaded with Trump to take his proposal to arm teachers off the table.
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We have people in Washington, D.C., Representatives, Senators and legislators telling teachers what they should do without asking teachers what do you want to do.
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Many teachers in the state say Ducey's promise is not enough, and makes no mention of raises or benefits for other school employees besides teachers.
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On the opposite coast, Los Angeles teachers -- who recently scored victories with their strike this year -- threw their support this week behind West Virginia teachers.
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To make up for the loss, about 2000,22019 central office staff members and 400 substitute teachers are trying to fill in for the missing teachers.
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At Sciences Po, an elite university in Paris, there are 37 teachers of Arabic, compared with 180 such teachers across all of France's public schools.
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Denver teachers and their union leaders argue that it is more important to raise teachers' base pay than to offer them modest and unpredictable bonuses.
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For example, white teachers are less likely than black teachers to refer black students to gifted programs, or to have high expectations for their potential.
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In the 11 months since their strike, teachers in Oklahoma and Arizona have protested, and so have teachers in California, who walked out last month.
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Two years ago, the school board said it would lay off about 26 teachers, according to reports, but ultimately 217 teachers ended up losing jobs.
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Teachers in West Virginia haven't gotten an across-the-board salary raise since 22008, and they are among the lowest-paid teachers in the country.
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Teachers' opposition to DeVos meant a skeptical audience was already primed to pay attention and share widely — and there are 3 million teachers in America.
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The former high school students in the case in California, where teachers can be granted tenure after just two years in the classroom and where procedures to dismiss ineffective teachers can cost school districts hundreds of thousands of dollars, argue that too often, incompetent teachers end up in classrooms with disadvantaged children, and that the laws make it all but impossible to remove the teachers.
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Teachers add to 'brain drain' While students make up two-thirds of Puerto Rico's total population decline, between 1,000 and 4,000 teachers also left in 2014.
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The union for Los Angeles teachers is asking for higher pay in a district where the starting annual salary of teachers is $212,22, according to LAUSD.
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The strike has captured national attention, and teachers in Oklahoma (which is also a right-to-work state) may soon follow the West Virginia teachers' lead.
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Through color-coded storage bins, perfectly organized bookshelves, and bubble-lettered bulletin boards, these teachers find hordes of fans in both fellow teachers and nonteachers alike.
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See what the teachers' union wants Former teacher Elizabeth Warren joins the picket lines Teachers got a boost of support Tuesday from Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
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Trump and DeVos "have made the choices very stark," said Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, the country's second-largest teachers union.
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For example, different countries see students treating their teachers with a different level of formality, and not all teachers grade on an A to F system.
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But no teachers have been fired for absence, or anything else—teachers' unions wield enormous political clout, and tend to torpedo reforms that threaten their position.
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Although head teachers still do not have the power to hire, fire or discipline other teachers, they can recommend disciplinary action to a higher administrative level.
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Teachers can either make their textbooks available for free, which the vast majority of teachers did during the beta test, or charge students for using them.
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While many teachers argue they are advocates for equal pay for both veteran as well as new teachers, their focus is not specifically on pay raises.
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Driving the news: Oakland teachers went on strike Thursday, joining Los Angeles and Denver among major U.S. cities that have seen teachers' strikes in recent months.
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Ontario Teachers', which administers pensions for 316,000 retired and working teachers in Canada's most populous province, on Wednesday reported a 13 percent investment return for 2015.
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I asked Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, whether teachers should have similar training, in addition to the lockdown preparation they already undergo.
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For example, if the union represents teachers in a school district, it will represent all teachers in that district, regardless of what any particular teacher desires.
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West Virginia What teachers wanted: West Virginia teachers -- with an average salary of $45,642 -- demanded better pay and a fix to the Public Employees Insurance Agency.
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The Oklahoma teachers' union wanted $9.43,000 raises for teachers; $5,000 raises for support staff, such as janitors and cafeteria workers; and $21 million in education funding.
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"A lot of the teachers said they knew other teachers who had been through fertility treatment too and they had a very supportive community," Deborah said.
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The NCES survey, which questioned teachers in all 2200 states and the District of Columbia, found that teachers spent an average of $21 on classroom materials.
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Fledgling teachers across the United States are guided in their first experiences in the classroom by thousands of practicing teachers, some very capable, others less so.
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Oklahoma teachers are paid, on average, less than teachers in nearly every other state, at $85033,460 a year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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For example, teachers may disagree with the union-supported policy that makes schools use longevity, rather than merit, to determine which teachers are fired or rewarded.
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A proposed four-year contract that averted a teachers' strike earlier this month is scheduled for a ratification vote by Chicago Teachers Union members next week.
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Also, there is an unintended consequence of arming teachers: more gun violence — as when teachers mishandle their guns and accidentally injure innocent kids in the classroom.
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Teachers share their lessons, which are aligned to a shared course of study, so that other teachers can build upon the lessons through lesson study journals.
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Terry Moe, a Stanford political scientist and often a critic of teachers' unions, said on Monday that West Virginia teachers were not asking for anything radical.
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"Our teachers are saying to us: We know that we did this," said Christine Campbell of the West Virginia arm of the American Federation of Teachers.
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Because so few licensed teachers are applying for jobs, Tulsa has relied on emergency certifications to hire more than 212 teachers who lack training in education.
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He has apparently not directed Catholic school officials to fire teachers who practice birth control or divorced teachers who remarry without benefit of a church annulment.
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The most common one they cited was no physical contact, either with teachers or with each other; respecting teachers and each other; and always being monitored.
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They need districts that focus less on compliance and more on helping teachers learn in rich ways that parallel how those teachers might teach their students.
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"The teachers are working extra hard these days," Levi said, stressing that teachers are eager to get back to normalcy when it's safe to do so.
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The racial gap between public school teachers and students continues to grow as districts struggle to find and retain teachers of color, The Washington Post reports.
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Good teachers by themselves can't fix this — and part of the problem is that good teachers and a better educational experience for students aren't valued enough.
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Teachers are losing hundreds of dollars a day Since teachers don't get paid while on strike, they're making tremendous sacrifices to stay on the picket lines.
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Oklahoma teachers receive an average salary of $85033,460 a year, less than teachers in nearly every other state, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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"But that's me, there are other [teachers] that are trained," she said, adding that the question of arming teachers should be left up to each school.
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In some cases, teachers were allowed to resign after being confronted with evidence of misconduct, and administrators wrote letters of recommendations for teachers who were fired.
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Oklahoma teachers receive an average salary of $42,85033 a year, less than teachers in nearly every other state, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The GOP-held state legislature passed a pay raise for teachers in a revenue package last week, but teachers said the proposed plan was not enough.
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Public support for teachers, mixed voter support for funding The curbing of union power in West Virginia in 2016 did not stop teachers there from striking.
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Authorities in Xinjiang are recruiting tens of thousands of teachers from across the country to teach at these schools, while many Uighur teachers have been imprisoned.
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That's one reason why teachers in the state haven't gotten a payscale raise in 13 years (local school districts could pay teachers more, but few did).
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Teachers union says district blocked health inspectors Detroit Public Schools had said on its Facebook page that it was aware of the efforts, and encouraged those concerned to reach out to the Detroit Federation of Teachers, the recognized collective bargaining organization for teachers in the school district.
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Echoing West Virginia teachers grievances for more pay and more staff, Oklahoma teachers and a newly formed group "Oklahoma Teacher Walkout - The Time Is Now!" are calling for the state's 41,000 teachers to walk off the job as soon as April 2, the group's leader said.
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Teachers have staged other major sickouts this year, calling for teachers to call in sick, but this is the first one sanctioned and organized by their union, the 21980,22.3-member Detroit Federation of Teachers, in a sign of how the crisis in Detroit Public Schools is escalating.
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Teachers were able to extract major concessions from states that had historically been reluctant to fund education, including a 2202 percent raise for teachers in West Virginia; a 2628-percent increase in the school funding formula in Oklahoma; and a 28500-percent raise for teachers in Arizona.
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Puerto Rico, where the money to pay teachers' pensions is expected to run out next year, has become a particularly extreme example of a problem facing states including Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania: As teachers' pension costs keep rising, young teachers are being squeezed — sometimes hard.
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But ed-tech can help greatly—by monitoring pupils and teachers alike, assisting the best teachers and, most important, making up for the failings of the worst.
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I have worked with many beginning teachers who are excellent from the start, and, in contrast, have seen experienced teachers who are not getting the job done.
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On Thursday, teachers in Colorado and Arizona joined the wave of educators protesting across the country against insufficient funding — for both public schools and public school teachers.
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They included teachers not receiving the training that was supposed to follow the tests and no budget to pay the more experienced teachers to mentor new ones.
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Over 24,000 teachers and public employees joined a private Facebook group that became the headquarters, forum, and meme factory for the massive teachers' strike in West Virginia.
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More than three-quarters of public school teachers are women, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, so it's sadly no surprise that teachers are underpaid.
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At least one other Pennsylvania school district has armed teachers with something other than guns, suggesting that teachers literally stone school shooters with a bucket of rocks.
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As our program in Scranton shows, there simply are not enough teachers, let alone a representative pool of female teachers, trained to offer an inclusive learning environment.
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"While holiday and end-of-year gifts for teachers are traditional in many places, tipping is not," said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
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The best teachers get postings to the ministry of education and hefty bonuses: overall, teachers are paid about the same as their peers in private-sector professions.
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Despite generous benefits packages teachers earn, in terms of total compensation (wages plus benefits) teachers earned 13.1% less than similar college graduates last year, EPI's analysis found.
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Sometimes, their teachers don't show up to work because they're out on the teachers union picket line demanding taxpayers pick up the tab for their plastic surgery.
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On the White House's proposal to arm some teachers, she failed to specify what proportion of teachers she believes would need to have guns to be effective.
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Courses that produce teachers who go on to do little or nothing to improve their pupils' learning should not receive subsidies or see their graduates become teachers.
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Their revolt galvanized teachers across the country and spurred a successful nine-day walkout for Oklahoma teachers, and shorter walkouts and rallies in Kentucky, Arizona, and Colorado.
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Petrilli, whose organization is no fan of teachers' unions, said this week's demonstrations show that teachers still wield powerful political clout even if their unions are weakened.
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The state teachers' group said the increases have gone largely to entry- and midlevel teachers, but that the most experienced educators' pay has barely risen since 2008.
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Although the charters will be in government school buildings, using government teachers, they are negotiating to be able to choose which teachers, to the greatest extent possible.
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Mary Fallin approved an average raise of $2250,21 for teachers; $2828,264 for support staff; and a $22.5 million increase in education funding -- fractions of what teachers wanted.
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It's tempting to tie this back to the teachers' strike, during which Republican legislators repeatedly attempted to block attempts to meet even some of the teachers' demands.
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Instead of fixating on black male teachers, we need to examine how teachers are trained, their beliefs about young minority men, and how they engage their students.
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Doug Ducey (R) offered organizers a 20 percent pay increase for state teachers by 2020, but teachers participating in the walkout have said it is not enough.
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Teachers in West Virginia are continuing to pack food bags for students so they don't go hungry even as the teachers strike stretches into its fourth day.
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Here's why: Governor Doug Ducey announced a proposal on Sunday that would give teachers a 20% salary increase by the year 2020, but some teachers aren't satisfied.
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The 2013 suit highlights the teachers union's involvement in gay rights issues as an example of the type of advocacy some teachers do not want to support.
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And second, how would it affect teachers of color, especially black teachers, given the rates of black men and women wounded or killed in officer-involved shootings?
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Jim Justice (R) announced an end to a nine-day statewide teachers' strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal to raise pay for teachers and state employees.
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Note to teachers: This lesson was written primarily for math teachers, but social studies instructors will likely find plenty of resources useful for their classes as well.
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Maxwell Hayden from Alameda Community Learning Center likes the idea of armed teachers: I personally believe that arming teachers with guns is the correct thing to do.
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The World Bank found that only 0.3 percent of teachers in Mozambique have the minimum knowledge needed to teach, along with 0.1 percent of teachers in Madagascar.
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White teachers are less likely than black teachers to assign black students to gifted and talented programs even if their test scores match those of white students.
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He is certainly right that many world-renowned scholars are poor teachers; however, it is also true that some of the best teachers are world-renowned scholars.
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Both teachers sit behind a table facing the entrance, by which all teachers and students must pass, but they never say hello to the students or staff.
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The walkouts and rallies in Republican-dominated states, mainly organized by ordinary teachers on Facebook, have caught lawmakers and sometimes the teachers' own labor unions flat-footed.
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In the states where teachers walked out, many teachers felt they had to beg their state legislatures to approve raises and the funding to pay for them.
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The education ministry said 18.8% of primary school teachers in state schools were on strike, and 16.5% of secondary school teachers - lower again than on Dec. 5.
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Mary Fallin approved an average raise of $6,100 for teachers, $1,250 for support staff and a $50 million increase in education funding -- fractions of what teachers wanted.
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The pay for West Virginia teachers starts at about $33,000 a year, and about 700 classrooms don't have certified full-time teachers, according to The Associated Press.
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Indiana State Teachers Association President Keith Gambill said teachers spent the day outside the Capitol with the intention of showing them they are at a crisis point.
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"The public is showing we need to invest more in our teachers to make sure kids have the quality teachers who can serve them well," Benner said.
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The education ministry said 5% of teachers nationwide were on strike on Friday, sharply down on Thursday when more than half of all public teachers walked out.
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After a long battle with the United Federation of Teachers union, New York City implemented a policy giving public school teachers six weeks of paid parental leave.
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Teachers in Arizona voted Thursday night to launch the state's first statewide teachers' strike next week, following successful similar efforts in other states such as West Virginia.
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Oklahoma teachers receive an average salary of $85033,460 a year, less than teachers in nearly every other state, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gov.
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The decision to arm teachers remains largely a local one, and it's difficult to say how many teachers are armed even in the states where it's allowed.
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The decision to walk off the job came after months of negotiations between the teachers' union, United Teachers Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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Cover image: Area educators teachers fire off rounds during a concealed carry class for teachers Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Adventure Tactical Training in Farmer City, Illinois.
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According to the New York Times, West Virginia's teachers were initially considering a "rolling strike," in which teachers in a few counties would walk out each day.
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Trump Proposes Giving Teachers Bonuses to Carry GunsThe president suggested 10 percent to 1.33 percent of teachers might be qualified to carry a gun on school grounds.
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He said that a lot of the best teachers wanted to be transferred with [him] because the top teachers always want to teach at the toughest school.
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How Oklahoma teachers do at the polls will signal whether or not teachers across the country can translate their recent political activism into an established political force.
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California Teachers Association — centered on a California law that allows school districts to require public school teachers, as a condition of employment, to either join the union representing teachers in their district or pay the equivalent of dues to that union — typically 2 percent of a new teacher's salary.
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The early childhood teachers who work for community-based organizations and receive less pay are largely black and Latino women, according to a study from the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College at Columbia University, while the teachers at the Department of Education are largely white.
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As part of the deal, teachers would get a 6 percent raise and slightly fewer students in each classroom, according to Alex Caputo-Pearl, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, a labor union that represents about 323,000 public school teachers, nurses, librarians, and support staff in the city.
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California Teachers Association, centers on a California law that allows school districts to require public school teachers, as a condition of employment, to either join the union representing teachers in their district or pay the equivalent of dues to that union -- typically 2 percent of a new teacher's salary.
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Teachers learned over the weekend that the district would run out of money June 30, according to Ivy Bailey, the interim president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers.
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"Right now, the focus is getting our kids together and having them hang out, play, laugh, and be with their teachers," said Ashley Pruett, one of Tomasini's teachers.
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The study offered evidence that teachers seem to be adjusting to the new style, too, as 70% of teachers said they were more effective having adopted the method.
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Chicago (CNN)About 300,000 students missed a fourth day of classes Tuesday as the Chicago Teachers Union and city officials blame each other for prolonging the teachers' strike.
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Teachers in the state were angry that they hadn't received an across-the-board salary raise since 2014, and were among the lowest-paid teachers in the country.
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Joel claims the school district in question simply may not have had the kind of "committed" teachers necessary to make restorative justice work — teachers like him and Megan.
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Early studies of racial matching (or lack thereof) between teachers and students showed that black teachers have higher academic expectations for black students than non-black ones have.
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Denver's public school teachers went on strike Monday, following the lead of teachers across the country who have refused to go to work until they get a raise.
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Last year's school management plan included the expectation that teachers give at least one sustainability-focused lesson every quarter—but several teachers described that as a low bar.
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Teachers complain about mildew, rats Teachers have complained of mildew taking over ceilings and walls, damage to school buildings and equipment and rats running rampant through the halls.
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Teachers in Kentucky, as well as in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona, have held recent walkouts or protests demanding more funds for education, including teachers' salaries and pensions.
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It is part of an anti-terror strategy known as Prevent, which was denounced this week by a teachers' union for requiring teachers to report on their pupils.
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" Before classes on Tuesday, dozens of teachers waved signs that read, "Stop Revictimizing Us." Some wore shirts in the school's maroon and white colors that read, "Teachers Strong.
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"Pension costs have been shifted to the individual," said American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, as teachers are being required to increase contributions to their pension program.
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After 22019 years, West Virginia reopened the pension plan for new teachers and gave teachers in the 401(k) plan an option to switch into the pension plan.
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The vote by members of the United Teachers Los Angeles union enables teachers to return to work on Wednesday, ending a battle that left 600,000 students in limbo.
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The district said it reassigned more than 2,000 administrators and hired about 105 substitute teachers to help fill in for more than 30,000 teachers and staff on strike.
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