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48 hours to Chicago teachers strike: Both sides describe progress — but still no deal
Chicago
22 hours ago

budget fight

Detroit
3 hours ago

English learners, TFA among the dozens of education programs hanging in the balance of Michigan’s budget tug-o-war


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Counting down

Chicago
Updated 2 mins ago

With polls favoring teachers, Lori Lightfoot agrees to put added staffing and class sizes in the contract

election 2019

Colorado
October 11, 2019

We asked the 2019 Denver school board candidates nine questions. Here’s what they said.

decision 2020

National
Updated 8 hours ago

2020 cheat sheet: What the Democratic presidential candidates have said about education

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First Person

First Person

New York
October 10, 2019

Filling up the dream box: strengthening teaching and learning for every New York City student

What does a unified teaching and learning strategy look like for more than 1,800 schools that collectively serve 1.1 million students?

First Person

New York
October 2, 2019

I never talked about race in my seven years in the classroom. Now I work to make sure future teachers do.

As someone who trains future teachers, I do what I do because I never want another educator to come to recognize race and racism in the way that I did.

First Person

National
October 1, 2019

A message from a black male teacher: Don’t make educators like me the default disciplinarians

I was a first-year teacher, but it didn’t matter, Rann Miller recalls. I was the Black teacher, and that meant I could take on the school's toughest challenges.

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Strike countdown

Chicago
4 mins ago

Union president tells parents to prepare for ‘short-term’ strike

Chicago parents should start preparing for a “short-term” teachers strike that will begin Thursday, union President Jesse Sharkey said. 

School funding

Indiana
3 hours ago

Indiana lawmakers look for better ways to identify students living in poverty

Indiana lawmakers, facing criticism that they are underestimating the number of students living in poverty, are looking for a better way to identify these children.

Early education

Tennessee
3 hours ago

Early education nonprofit First 8 starts new search for leader in Memphis

First 8, the nonprofit that oversees early education in Shelby County, has reopened its search for a permanent executive director. The board on Tuesday approved…

Union news

Indiana
4 hours ago

IPS teachers union membership declines after a year of turmoil

Over the past 11 months, the former president of the group pleaded guilty to embezzling money from the union, and a group led a campaign to replace the IEA.

How I Teach

How I Teach

Tennessee
11 hours ago

Perfecting her craft: Why this Memphis educator couldn’t teach without support from her mom and former teachers

Two of Regina DeLoach’s former elementary school teachers still message her on Facebook to check on how she is doing.

How I Teach

Colorado
October 9, 2019

On the brink of quitting, this Colorado special education teacher helped fix staffing gaps

This special education teacher talked about how she discovered a non-verbal student’s passion for wrestling and what happened after a wildfire traumatized the community.

How I Teach

Tennessee
September 25, 2019

How this award-winning educator creates a classroom inside a Memphis art museum

Kate Renner’s classroom is a majestic building in the middle of a Memphis’ Overton Park. It has marbled hallways and art hanging from every wall.