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- Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents (CER in the news)
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Sep 14, 8:16 AM, Associated Press:
As millions of American children start the school year online, the Trump administration is hoping to convert their parents’ frustration and anger into newfound support for school choice policies that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has >
- State laws have declined in their capacity to serve charter school students
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Sep 14, 8:10 AM, The Center Square:
State laws have declined in their capacity to serve charter school students, according to a new report published by the Center for Education Reform (CER).
- Latest national charter school law rankings and scoreboard released (CER)
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Sep 10, 8:58 AM, CER:
The Center for Education Reform (CER) today released its 2020 ranking of charter school laws in the United States, revealing that charter school laws in the U.S. have declined in their capacity to serve students.
- Parents and Teachers Favor Slow Return to In-Person Learning
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Sep 17, 8:54 AM, U.S. News & World Report:
A NEW POLL SHOWS THAT parents and teachers are both equally cautious about returning to in-person learning, citing overwhelming concern for student and staff safety as their main reason for favoring a slow, phased in approach.
- The latest crisis: Low-income students are dropping out of college this fall in alarming numbers
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Sep 17, 8:31 AM, Washington Post:
As fall semester gets into full swing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, schools are noticing a concerning trend: Low-income students are the most likely to drop out or not enroll at all, raising fears that they might never get a >
- Biden: Charter Schools Are ‘Very Misguided’
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Sep 17, 8:30 AM, Washington Beacon Journal:
Biden's campaign website does not mention charter schools under his "plan for educators, students, and our future." He has received endorsements from NEA, the American Federation of Teachers, and other major teachers' unions, which >
- Maine school choice lawsuit replicated in New Hampshire, Vermont By Jacob Posik
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Sep 17, 8:28 AM, Maine Wire:
The Institute for Justice (IJ), which represents the three Maine families who are challenging the sectarian exclusion within Maine’s town tuitioning program, also represents the plaintiffs of the cases originating in New Hampshire and >
- WATCH: Biden Says He’ll Kill Federal Funding For Charter Schools. Many Of Those Schools Hugely Benefit Minorities.
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Sep 16, 8:20 AM, Daily Wire:
Speaking to Lily Eskelen Garcia, the president of the National Education Association, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he had the same feeling that the NEA has about charter schools, adding that no “private charter school >
- Analysis: From Virtual Picket Lines to Remote-Only Walkouts, What Would a COVID-19 Teacher Strike Look Like? Would It Make Any Difference?
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Sep 16, 8:19 AM, The 74:
Late last month, the United Federation of Teachers, representing employees of the nation’s largest school district, threatened to hold a strike authorization vote if certain safety measures related to the coronavirus weren’t put into place >
- Report: COVID-19 School Closures Could Cost U.S. Economy $14 Trillion
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Sep 15, 8:32 AM, US News & World Report:
K-12 students will experience a 3% lower income over their lifetimes because of lost learning, according to existing research.
- Opinion: School choice, innovation allows all students access to great education
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Sep 15, 8:30 AM, Florida Politics:
It is time for parents across America to be empowered to make decisions about their child’s education. Parents know their children better than any government bureaucrat ever could. It’s time that parents across the country be trusted the >
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- Philly charter school launches "The Boys' Latin Teaching Fellowship" to address the lack of Black male educators
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Sep 17, 7:25 AM, WPVI:
According to recent statistics, only two percent of teachers in American public schools are Black men. In Philadelphia, only four percent of Black men are educators.
- Our view: Teachers union must also consider interests of students, parents
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Sep 10, 8:14 AM, Press of Atlantic City:
Last week the teachers union mischaracterized the district’s reopening plan as including a “blanket refusal” to allow any teacher to work from home. It put this bogus claim into the media while calling for a big protest against the >
- More school choice will benefit all Tennesseans | Opinion
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Sep 10, 5:49 AM, The Tennessean:
If the Lee administration is successful in its appeal, then the program will provide low- and middle-income students enrolled in Nashville and Memphis public schools with an education savings account worth up to $7,300 a year, redeemable >
- Saco Senator launches civics education initiative
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Sep 17, 8:26 AM, Press Herald:
The Maine Democracy Project is a non-partisan, nonprofit committed to empowering a new generation of voters, advocates, and leaders through civics education, voter registration, and electoral engagement efforts, according to a news release.
- Poll: Rural Kentuckians want in-person options for school
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Sep 17, 8:01 AM, Grayson Record:
Following drastic changes in education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent poll found 62 percent of likely rural voters want some form of in-person or hybrid learning educational options for students.
- Miami-Dade, Broward teachers unions: ‘We deserve to go back to safe schools’
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Sep 17, 7:46 AM, WPLG:
United Teachers of Dade and the Broward Teachers Union representatives accused state and school district authorities on Wednesday of negligence and recklessness for rushing to reopen schools without investing in the implementation of >
- N.Y. Teachers Union Sues Cuomo
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Sep 17, 7:43 AM, WSHU:
New York’s largest teachers’ union has filed a lawsuit against Governor Andrew Cuomo over more than $5 billion in state spending that’s expected to be withheld from school districts. The cuts come during a massive state budget >
- Operation Education: E-learning at the Empowerment Zone schools
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Sep 17, 7:40 AM, WSBT 22:
The South Bend Empowerment Zone is working to turn around five struggling schools, and the switch to e-learning in the spring hit them harder than most.
- EDITORIAL: Unions plan a merger to protect the establishment
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Sep 17, 7:37 AM, Colorado Springs Gazette:
Make no mistake, together or apart the teachers unions run public schools. They control the administration, determine who is on the school board, and therefore what is taught in classrooms. They control a system in which 50% of students — >
- Plumas Charter School students head back to school at all four learning centers
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Sep 17, 7:29 AM, Plumas News:
During the first week of September, Plumas Charter School teachers and staff at all four PCS learning centers welcomed students back on campus for the start of their fall 2020 hybrid learning program.
- Virtual only school GA Connections Academy sees uptick in enrollment amid COVID-19
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Sep 17, 7:23 AM, WGXA:
Six months ago when schools across the state were scrambling to piece together digital plans, one Georgia school didn't. Georgia Connections Academy is a statewide charter public school that has been 100 percent online since it opened in >
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- Saco Senator launches civics education initiative
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Sep 17, 8:26 AM, Press Herald:
The Maine Democracy Project is a non-partisan, nonprofit committed to empowering a new generation of voters, advocates, and leaders through civics education, voter registration, and electoral engagement efforts, according to a news release.
- N.Y. Teachers Union Sues Cuomo
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Sep 17, 7:43 AM, WSHU:
New York’s largest teachers’ union has filed a lawsuit against Governor Andrew Cuomo over more than $5 billion in state spending that’s expected to be withheld from school districts. The cuts come during a massive state budget >
- Philly charter school launches "The Boys' Latin Teaching Fellowship" to address the lack of Black male educators
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Sep 17, 7:25 AM, WPVI:
According to recent statistics, only two percent of teachers in American public schools are Black men. In Philadelphia, only four percent of Black men are educators.
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- Operation Education: E-learning at the Empowerment Zone schools
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Sep 17, 7:40 AM, WSBT 22:
The South Bend Empowerment Zone is working to turn around five struggling schools, and the switch to e-learning in the spring hit them harder than most.
- Talawanda families protest against remote learning, want more options
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Sep 17, 6:32 AM, Cincinnati Enquirer:
Despite Talawanda School District's effort to clarify its position on virtual-only classes and students' safety, some families still want a choice in the matter.
- Ohio (sort of) releases state report cards
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Sep 16, 7:40 AM, Columbus Dispatch:
There are no overall letter grades for school districts or buildings. There is no information about students’ performance on standardized tests, because most didn’t take any this spring. And those hoping to compare districts’ academic >
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- Poll: Rural Kentuckians want in-person options for school
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Sep 17, 8:01 AM, Grayson Record:
Following drastic changes in education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent poll found 62 percent of likely rural voters want some form of in-person or hybrid learning educational options for students.
- Miami-Dade, Broward teachers unions: ‘We deserve to go back to safe schools’
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Sep 17, 7:46 AM, WPLG:
United Teachers of Dade and the Broward Teachers Union representatives accused state and school district authorities on Wednesday of negligence and recklessness for rushing to reopen schools without investing in the implementation of >
- Virtual only school GA Connections Academy sees uptick in enrollment amid COVID-19
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Sep 17, 7:23 AM, WGXA:
Six months ago when schools across the state were scrambling to piece together digital plans, one Georgia school didn't. Georgia Connections Academy is a statewide charter public school that has been 100 percent online since it opened in >
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- EDITORIAL: Unions plan a merger to protect the establishment
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Sep 17, 7:37 AM, Colorado Springs Gazette:
Make no mistake, together or apart the teachers unions run public schools. They control the administration, determine who is on the school board, and therefore what is taught in classrooms. They control a system in which 50% of students — >
- Plumas Charter School students head back to school at all four learning centers
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Sep 17, 7:29 AM, Plumas News:
During the first week of September, Plumas Charter School teachers and staff at all four PCS learning centers welcomed students back on campus for the start of their fall 2020 hybrid learning program.
- Great Hearts Academies is just the latest public school to face racism allegations
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Sep 17, 7:19 AM, Arizona Republic:
Former students and teachers from Great Hearts Academies have come forward to draw attention to what they call a pattern of racist and sexist practices in the charter school network.
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- Philly charter school launches "The Boys' Latin Teaching Fellowship" to address the lack of Black male educators
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Sep 17, 7:25 AM, WPVI:
According to recent statistics, only two percent of teachers in American public schools are Black men. In Philadelphia, only four percent of Black men are educators.
- New charter school in Wesley Chapel uses special technology to work around COVID-19 pandemic
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Sep 4, 7:23 AM, WFTS:
Students have several options — they can attend in-person classes, go fully online with special technology that mimics a classroom atmosphere, or a mix of both.
- Educator in Pennsylvania's 'poorest town' fights to 'save those kids' with school choice
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Aug 26, 6:04 AM, Fox News:
Smith said that the major roadblock is that Democratic politicians are beholden to teachers’ unions, who in addition to fears of job loss cite issues with separation of church and state. “I am a fan to some degree of teachers’ unions -- I >
- Miami-Dade, Broward teachers unions: ‘We deserve to go back to safe schools’
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Sep 17, 7:46 AM, WPLG:
United Teachers of Dade and the Broward Teachers Union representatives accused state and school district authorities on Wednesday of negligence and recklessness for rushing to reopen schools without investing in the implementation of >
- Operation Education: E-learning at the Empowerment Zone schools
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Sep 17, 7:40 AM, WSBT 22:
The South Bend Empowerment Zone is working to turn around five struggling schools, and the switch to e-learning in the spring hit them harder than most.
- Plumas Charter School students head back to school at all four learning centers
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Sep 17, 7:29 AM, Plumas News:
During the first week of September, Plumas Charter School teachers and staff at all four PCS learning centers welcomed students back on campus for the start of their fall 2020 hybrid learning program.
- Charter school’s plan to move to Rancho San Diego to be heard Friday by county planners
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Sep 17, 7:05 AM, San Diego Union Tribune:
A plan by Literacy First Charter Schools to build a new high school on a parcel of undeveloped land in Rancho San Diego will be heard Friday by the San Diego County Planning Commission.
- At LEAP Academy, school buses deliver meals to families while students take classes online
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Sep 17, 6:34 AM, KYW Newsradio:
A South Jersey school has found a new way to make sure its students are well-fed during remote learning by busing meals to kids.
- Talawanda families protest against remote learning, want more options
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Sep 17, 6:32 AM, Cincinnati Enquirer:
Despite Talawanda School District's effort to clarify its position on virtual-only classes and students' safety, some families still want a choice in the matter.
- Most NYC public school students not guaranteed real-time remote learning
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Sep 17, 6:25 AM, New York Post:
An already chaotic start to the school year took another twist hours before classes began Wednesday when the city Department of Education announced that kids signed up for blended learning aren’t guaranteed real-time virtual >
- Teachers union sues San Antonio ISD, saying it broke the law when letting charter firm take over school
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Sep 17, 5:52 AM, San Antonio Current:
The Texas State Teachers Association has sued San Antonio ISD and the state's education commissioner, alleging they violated the law when they turned over a struggling elementary campus to a New York charter school operator.
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- Philly charter school launches "The Boys' Latin Teaching Fellowship" to address the lack of Black male educators
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Sep 17, 7:25 AM, WPVI:
According to recent statistics, only two percent of teachers in American public schools are Black men. In Philadelphia, only four percent of Black men are educators.
- Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents (CER in the news)
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Sep 14, 8:16 AM, Associated Press:
As millions of American children start the school year online, the Trump administration is hoping to convert their parents’ frustration and anger into newfound support for school choice policies that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has >
- State laws have declined in their capacity to serve charter school students
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Sep 14, 8:10 AM, The Center Square:
State laws have declined in their capacity to serve charter school students, according to a new report published by the Center for Education Reform (CER).
- Parents and Teachers Favor Slow Return to In-Person Learning
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Sep 17, 8:54 AM, U.S. News & World Report:
A NEW POLL SHOWS THAT parents and teachers are both equally cautious about returning to in-person learning, citing overwhelming concern for student and staff safety as their main reason for favoring a slow, phased in approach.
- The latest crisis: Low-income students are dropping out of college this fall in alarming numbers
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Sep 17, 8:31 AM, Washington Post:
As fall semester gets into full swing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, schools are noticing a concerning trend: Low-income students are the most likely to drop out or not enroll at all, raising fears that they might never get a >
- Biden: Charter Schools Are ‘Very Misguided’
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Sep 17, 8:30 AM, Washington Beacon Journal:
Biden's campaign website does not mention charter schools under his "plan for educators, students, and our future." He has received endorsements from NEA, the American Federation of Teachers, and other major teachers' unions, which >
- Maine school choice lawsuit replicated in New Hampshire, Vermont By Jacob Posik
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Sep 17, 8:28 AM, Maine Wire:
The Institute for Justice (IJ), which represents the three Maine families who are challenging the sectarian exclusion within Maine’s town tuitioning program, also represents the plaintiffs of the cases originating in New Hampshire and >
- Saco Senator launches civics education initiative
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Sep 17, 8:26 AM, Press Herald:
The Maine Democracy Project is a non-partisan, nonprofit committed to empowering a new generation of voters, advocates, and leaders through civics education, voter registration, and electoral engagement efforts, according to a news release.
- Poll: Rural Kentuckians want in-person options for school
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Sep 17, 8:01 AM, Grayson Record:
Following drastic changes in education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent poll found 62 percent of likely rural voters want some form of in-person or hybrid learning educational options for students.
- Miami-Dade, Broward teachers unions: ‘We deserve to go back to safe schools’
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Sep 17, 7:46 AM, WPLG:
United Teachers of Dade and the Broward Teachers Union representatives accused state and school district authorities on Wednesday of negligence and recklessness for rushing to reopen schools without investing in the implementation of >
- N.Y. Teachers Union Sues Cuomo
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Sep 17, 7:43 AM, WSHU:
New York’s largest teachers’ union has filed a lawsuit against Governor Andrew Cuomo over more than $5 billion in state spending that’s expected to be withheld from school districts. The cuts come during a massive state budget >
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- Philly charter school launches "The Boys' Latin Teaching Fellowship" to address the lack of Black male educators
-
Sep 17, 7:25 AM, WPVI:
According to recent statistics, only two percent of teachers in American public schools are Black men. In Philadelphia, only four percent of Black men are educators.
- Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents (CER in the news)
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Sep 14, 8:16 AM, Associated Press:
As millions of American children start the school year online, the Trump administration is hoping to convert their parents’ frustration and anger into newfound support for school choice policies that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has >
- State laws have declined in their capacity to serve charter school students
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Sep 14, 8:10 AM, The Center Square:
State laws have declined in their capacity to serve charter school students, according to a new report published by the Center for Education Reform (CER).
- Parents and Teachers Favor Slow Return to In-Person Learning
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Sep 17, 8:54 AM, U.S. News & World Report:
A NEW POLL SHOWS THAT parents and teachers are both equally cautious about returning to in-person learning, citing overwhelming concern for student and staff safety as their main reason for favoring a slow, phased in approach.
- The latest crisis: Low-income students are dropping out of college this fall in alarming numbers
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Sep 17, 8:31 AM, Washington Post:
As fall semester gets into full swing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, schools are noticing a concerning trend: Low-income students are the most likely to drop out or not enroll at all, raising fears that they might never get a >
- Biden: Charter Schools Are ‘Very Misguided’
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Sep 17, 8:30 AM, Washington Beacon Journal:
Biden's campaign website does not mention charter schools under his "plan for educators, students, and our future." He has received endorsements from NEA, the American Federation of Teachers, and other major teachers' unions, which >
- Maine school choice lawsuit replicated in New Hampshire, Vermont By Jacob Posik
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Sep 17, 8:28 AM, Maine Wire:
The Institute for Justice (IJ), which represents the three Maine families who are challenging the sectarian exclusion within Maine’s town tuitioning program, also represents the plaintiffs of the cases originating in New Hampshire and >
- Saco Senator launches civics education initiative
-
Sep 17, 8:26 AM, Press Herald:
The Maine Democracy Project is a non-partisan, nonprofit committed to empowering a new generation of voters, advocates, and leaders through civics education, voter registration, and electoral engagement efforts, according to a news release.
- Poll: Rural Kentuckians want in-person options for school
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Sep 17, 8:01 AM, Grayson Record:
Following drastic changes in education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent poll found 62 percent of likely rural voters want some form of in-person or hybrid learning educational options for students.
- Miami-Dade, Broward teachers unions: ‘We deserve to go back to safe schools’
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Sep 17, 7:46 AM, WPLG:
United Teachers of Dade and the Broward Teachers Union representatives accused state and school district authorities on Wednesday of negligence and recklessness for rushing to reopen schools without investing in the implementation of >
- N.Y. Teachers Union Sues Cuomo
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Sep 17, 7:43 AM, WSHU:
New York’s largest teachers’ union has filed a lawsuit against Governor Andrew Cuomo over more than $5 billion in state spending that’s expected to be withheld from school districts. The cuts come during a massive state budget >