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In the weeks ahead, Congress will consider rewriting the No Child Left Behind Act and, if some leaders on Capitol Hill get their wish, it will feature dramatically reduced federal oversight of education. These Congressional leaders point to states’ rights when they argue that the federal government should send $50 billion to 50 states and…

The below is excerpted from the Labor Notes book How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers. Available at labornotes.org/store. Leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union were pretty sure they would need to strike the school district in the fall of 2012 to win what students and educators deserved. But they had come into office only two years before, and begun

Culture wars only distract from the hard work schools are doing to close learning gaps.

Chris Rufo and the president of a prominent teachers union have made clear their contrasting opinions in a public feud regarding American public education.

Time Magazine and teachers union president Randi Weingarten penned an opinion piece attacking Christopher Rufo.