Page 6 - File Educators News Today

The protest called for a one-week shift to remote learning, more testing for kids and teachers, and additional high-quality masks, among other measures.

Illegal work stoppages

Los Angeles Unified School District moves to reopen schools for in-person instruction on Thursday, February 25, to the network of Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committees. Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Austin Beutner announced on Monday that some in-person teaching will resume next week, with a broader reopening planned for April 9. The school district is the second largest in the nation, with 665,000 students and roughly 60,000 staff, including 26,500 teachers. Am...

Karen Lewis, former leader of the Chicago Teachers Union, has died. She was 67.

Karen Lewis, Firebrand Former Chicago Teachers Union President, Dead at 67 Subscribe By Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, John Byrne & Juan Perez Jr., Chicago Tribune — February 08, 2021 9 min read Karen Lewis, former president of the Chicago Teachers Union, listens to a question after a meeting of the unions House of Delegates in Chicago on Sept. 14, 2012. The union confirmed Lewis death on Monday. She was 67.Charles Rex Arboga...

DSA-aligned teachers unions’ “Day of Resistance”: a pathetic appeal to Biden and the Democrats On Tuesday, an umbrella group of ostensibly “left” teachers unions and organizations known as “Demand Safe Schools” held a protest, which they billed as a “Day of Resistance.” The group includes the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and various local unions tied to the DSA, including the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Oakland Education Association (OEA), Movement of Rank and File...

USA Thursday 17 December 2020, by Lois Weiner Teachers’ activism since the pandemic began has focused on COVID-19’s deadly dangers, for all who use and work in schools. The GOP, Trump, and DeVos, once champions of online learning [1], in charter schools, suddenly reversed themselves, demanding face-to-face instruction everywhere, a stance that paralleled Trumpism’s disavowal of scientific evidence for how to save lives being lost to COVID-19. The most comprehensive movement for school ...

Randi Weingarten: Always thought we could reopen schools with ‘safeguards’ (Editor’s note: Shortly after this piece appeared, Biden selected Miguel Cardona to be  Secretary of Education.  Weiner’s analysis of what the movement can expect and demand from Cardona can be found here.) Teachers’ activism since the pandemic began has focused on COVID-19’s deadly dangers, for all who use and work in schools. The GOP, Trump, and DeVos, once champions of online learning, in charter schools...