Tulsa Public Schools
With the district a frequent target of criticism from Gov. Kevin Stitt for not offering in-person instruction due to high local rates of COVID-19 infection, representatives from Tulsa Public Schools administration, faculty and support staff issued a joint statement Thursday calling for educators to be placed higher in the state s vaccine priority structure. All across the country, states have prioritized teachers and other school team members for the COVID-19 vaccine. We simply believe Oklahoma should do the same, which is why we continue to advocate for teachers, and our team, to be a higher priority in our state, reads the statement, issued jointly by TPS Superintendent Dr. Deborah Gist, Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association President Shawna Mott-Wright, and American Federation of Teachers Local 6049 President Nancy Leonard.
More young students are headed back to classrooms. Will high schoolers join them?
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With the school year more than half over, some educators and students where school remains virtual are coming to grips with a sobering prospect: high schoolers may not return to buildings this school year.
Nearly two-thirds of the nation’s students from kindergarten to fifth grade have the option of some in-person learning, according to a recent estimate by the website Burbio. Only around half of high school students have that option. And while a few places, including Denver, are bringing high schoolers back now, those tracking school reopening plans say they don’t see evidence that the divide will close anytime soon.
American labor movement looks to Oregon women for new leader, solidarity
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
Posted Jan 30, 2021
Liz Shuler, left, and Sara Nelson grew up in Oregon 87 miles apart. Now they are two of the most powerful people in all of American labor.
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After a historically chaotic presidential election, another important national political race is shaping up – this one with extraordinary Oregon connections.
The AFL-CIO, the nation’s most powerful labor group, will likely elect a new president at its next convention. For the first time, two leading candidates are women. And both are from Oregon.
Liz Shuler, who grew up in Milwaukie, is the current second-in-command at the AFL-CIO. She has ascended with lightning speed to the highest levels of American labor, motivated in part by a corrupt corporation that exacted a painful toll on her family.
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