I’ve written about the Badass Teachers Association (BAT) before, this rebel outpost of the national teachers unions, specifically its challenges to the leadership of the AFT
On Monday the Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted unanimously to unilaterally cancel the city’s current teachers’ contract. The Commission and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Last week I wrote here about a legal dispute in Camden: twenty-five local residents, backed by several statewide anti-charter groups, filed a complaint with the
In 1967’s classic film, “The Graduate,” young Benjamin (the graduate of the title) is given some advice by a friend of his father’s who wants
Liberals and labor unions go together like wine and cheese. Thus, it was with an ironic flair that the newly-formed Partnership for Educational Justice, which
From yesterday’s New York Times: David Boies, the star trial lawyer who helped lead the legal charge that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, is becoming
It starts here: Last week I looked at some of the myths surrounding the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a set of learning goals in
The American Federation of Teachers finished up its annual convention yesterday. Highlights were a vote of confidence in the Common Core and a vote of
You know things have gotten weird when Karen Lewis, head of the Chicago Teachers Union, and George Will, stalwart conservative commentator, reach a consensus. In
The Star Ledger reports today that American Federation of Teacher President Randi Weingarten will meet with teachers from Newark’s Hawthorne Avenue Elementary School to share