by Jeff Bryant | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog
We can add Arizona to the ever-growing list of states where teachers are saying "enough" to state-imposed financial austerity, and walking off the job to protest years of pay cuts, inadequate school resources, and stressful working conditions. Under the banner...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 19, 2018 | Blog
Surprising results from a new survey of teachers reveal the depth of "financial strain" classroom professionals face. These include high levels of college debt, stagnation of already subpar pay, increasing housing and childcare costs, rising health insurance premiums...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 12, 2018 | Blog
One of the more interesting stories about the recent release of scores on the 2017 National Assessment of Education Progress (aka. The Nation's Report Card) is not about the scores themselves but the way conservative education policy operatives are spinning them. The...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog
The momentum of this spring's teacher uprising is growing, as Oklahoma teachers extend their walkout into a second week and teachers in Kentucky and Arizona are increasingly eager for some kind of disruptive action. It's too early to gage the full impact of this...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 5, 2018 | Blog
Teacher strikes that started in West Virginia and are now raging in Oklahoma and whipping up in Kentucky and Arizona are being called a "nationwide movement." But a nationwide movement for what? The Wall Street Journal calls the teacher rebellions a "response to years...
