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Op-Ed: Unions must address 'Waiting for Superman’s' failing schools

Madison - Wisconsin is one of those states with children who are “waiting for Superman.” With that in mind, there are issues not being examined seriously by teachers, which involve making hard decisions of protecting teachers who should not be teaching kids.

In the Media by Carol Forsloff - 7 comments

Obama offers assistance to failing schools

President Obama is concerned about America's leadership in the coming decade. He is putting together an aid package of $900 million to help faltering schools in the United States to get back on track.

In the Media by Lauren Todd - 1 comment

Washington State Schools Lose $13.2 Million Over Union Laws

What with the economy in a downturn, the state budget stretched and needed money hard to come by, who in their right mind would allow a $13.2 million grant to schools to slip through their fingers? Washington State, that’s who.

In the Media by Lew Waters

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Teachers face pupil online abuse

Social networking websites are being used to threaten and make false allegations against teachers, according to a teachers' union.

Strike call from teachers' union

A teachers' union conference votes for an escalating campaign of industrial action over "ideologically driven attacks" on state education.

B.C. teachers contract dispute heats up

The two sides in the B.C. teachers contract dispute are crossing swords again, with the teachers' union going to court to have the mediator dismissed while the employers are asking that teachers be ordered to resume their extracurricular activities.

Teachers back anti-test campaign

Teachers in the NUT union vote to ballot for a boycott of a new phonics reading test if its results are used in league tables.

Ban Wi-Fi in classroom, Ontario teachers union urges

The Ontario English Catholic Teacher's Association says computers in all new schools should be hardwired instead of setting up wireless networks, citing safety concerns.