MANOR, Texas (AP) The school bell rings, and about a dozen masked first-graders turn to the monitor and wave hello to their classmates each a tiny Zoom
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Virus, technology, unrest make it a stressful year for teachers
First-year teacher Cindy Hipps stands outside of Lagos Elementary School, at Manor Independent School District campus east of Austin, Texas, where she has taught first grade in a virtual and in-person hybrid classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hipps said she was told she was introduced to the ring of fire of teaching. I feel like a superwoman now, like I can take on anything.” (Acacia Coronado/Report for America via AP)
UC-AFT holds virtual May Day rally to promote strike readiness pledge
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University Council-American Federation of Teachers demonstrators come together to demand a fair contract for UC lecturers and demonstrate their willingness to strike.
Almost 200 people came together Saturday at a Zoom rally hosted by the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, to demand a fair contract for UC lecturers and demonstrate their willingness to strike.
Taking place on International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, the hourlong event featured speakers from several branches of UC-AFT and included messages of solidarity from other unions. Attendees were encouraged to sign and share a strike readiness pledge, which gained 40 signatures during the event.
Teachers find ways to support students in a post-COVID world
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SAINT PAUL, Minn. At J.J. Hill Montessori School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, John Horton has been nominated for Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
âLast spring in Minnesota it was a really challenging period for kids because of the things that were taking place with school and without in their own community, said Horton, who teachers first to third grade. So, as a teacher, our job really.people think itâs for academics and to teach lessons. But honestly, itâs about building relationships and supporting them.â
By Stan Greer | May 3, 2021 | 3:19pm EDT
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten gives a speech. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
This spring, government union bosses like Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT/AFL-CIO), are continuing to claim it remains too dangerous to reopen fully thousands and thousands of K-12 schools across the country that closed their doors in early 2020.
But a recent poll shows that parents of the very schoolchildren about whom Weingarten and her cohorts purport to be concerned lopsidedly disagree.
A nationwide scientific survey of K-12 parents conducted Feb. 14-21 by Gallup found that,