Posts tagged remote learning
Teachers’ union boss blames math test slide on COVID — after fighting to keep remote learning
December 6, 2023 // The leader of the second-largest teachers’ union in the US linked the worldwide drop in math scores on a key international test to the COVID-19 pandemic — during which she had lobbied against a full return to in-person learning. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten issued a statement that said remote learning was to blame for the drop in the 2022 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) math evaluation after scores were released Tuesday.
Local 51 union members set to strike on March 1
March 3, 2023 // Members of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees Local 51 union in Morgan County are set to strike starting at 12:01 on the morning of March 1. A statement released by Morgan Local Superintendent Dr. Kristin Barker said that once the strike begins, the district will conduct remote learning for the first three days of the strike. Union president Tom Quaintance previously told WTAP that the strike is primarily over wages. A statement released by the superintendent said the school board is currently offering a contract that they consider “fair and fiscally responsible.” The raises they are currently proposing fall short of what the union is asking for.
Why teachers in Ohio’s largest school district voted to go on strike
August 24, 2022 // The showdown is the latest in years of tensions across the nation between teachers who argue they are underpaid and underappreciated, particularly after navigating the coronavirus pandemic, and school systems that say they are strapped for cash. In Columbus, teachers say they want guarantees of smaller class sizes, full-time art, music and physical education teachers in elementary schools and a cap on the number of class periods throughout the school day.
Teachers at the Blue Man Group’s “Progressive” School Strike Over Union Busting
May 27, 2022 // The private Blue School in New York teaches labor history. Its teachers just walked off the job.
Illinois: AMENDMENT 1 WOULD CEMENT STRIKES AS GO-TO WEAPON FOR CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
March 10, 2022 // The Chicago Teachers Union has gone on strike five times and walked out on students at least three other times since it got the right to strike in 1984. Gaining greater power through Amendment 1 would embolden militant union tactics.
Chicago Teachers Union members may strike if demands for remote learning period aren’t met
January 1, 2022 // "…Safety committees are the authority on safety in our schools. We can use them to take back control from our principals and CPS. But we need to organize in our buildings to prepare members for action if and when concerns are ignored."