Teachers

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 5th, 2018, to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal 2019 budget for the Education Department.

Betsy DeVos to recommend states consider arming school personnel

Melissa Quinn · December 18, 2018 3:09 pm

Keagan Nedrow, left, and Reed Nedrow, bottom right, stand with their mother, Tara Nedrow, right, who teaches history at Union High School, and other teachers, during a teacher rally against low school funding at the state Capitol Oklahoma City, Monday, April 2, 2018.

Veteran teacher exposes teachers’ unions in new book

Kate Hardiman · December 7, 2018 12:00 am

Rebecca Johnson, a representative from Anadarko Petroleum Corp, speaks to students during a chemistry class at Windsor High School in Windsor, Co., on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. *** Local Caption *** Rebecca Johnson

Red Alert Politics

Dumbing down high school only hurts students in college

John Patrick · November 5, 2018 11:53 pm

Striking teachers carry picket signs as they march around the Tacoma School District Central Administration Building.

More teachers are going on strike than at any time in the past 25 years

Sean Higgins · October 8, 2018 8:40 pm

Thousands march to the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and public school funding on the first day of a state-wide teachers strike on April 26, 2018, in Phoenix.

Beltway Confidential

Arizona Supreme Court wrecks teachers unions' plans, kicks their tax-hike proposal off ballots

Emily Jashinsky · August 30, 2018 9:07 pm

In this Oct. 13, 2017, photo, youths chat at the Ramon Marin Sola Elementary School, which opened its doors as a daytime community center after the passing of Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Beltway Confidential

Educational opportunity comes to Puerto Rico

Jeanne Allen · August 17, 2018 6:49 pm

Judge grants discovery in teachers union case against Project Veritas

Sean Higgins · July 20, 2018 8:18 pm

Hillary Clinton speaks at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, England, on June 25, 2018.

Hillary Clinton: Brett Kavanaugh's nomination shows Trump wants to turn the clock 'back to the 1850s'

Naomi Lim · July 13, 2018 5:05 pm

A student from Destiny Charter Middle School in Tacoma, Wash., holds a sign that reads "Students Before Politics," during a rally held by charter school students, teachers, and supporters at the state Capitol on May 17, 2018.

NEA delegates vote to help fund teachers’ strikes, statewide labor campaigns

Brooke Conrad · July 9, 2018 8:35 pm

Teachers union says it shouldn’t have to prove it has the support of teachers

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2018 9:44 pm

Lily Eskelsen Garcia, President of the National Education Association speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.

Teacher’s union NEA cuts budget by $28 million

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2018 8:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

Thanks to Janus v. AFSCME, my teachers don’t have to give money to a union that doesn’t speak for them

Avery Klatsky · June 27, 2018 10:30 am