Teachers

Hillary Clinton, left, and New York City first lady Chirlane McCray visit a classroom for children seven to 18 months at FirstStepNYC, an early childhood development center on April 1, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Kathy Willens-Pool/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s what Clinton, O’Malley and Sanders told America’s biggest teachers union

Jason Russell · July 7, 2015 6:58 pm

In this 2013, photo provided by Center for Individual Rights, Rebecca Friedrichs, a veteran Orange County, Calif., school teacher, poses for a portrait. Friedrichs is the lead plaintiff in a case brought by group of California schoolteachers asking the Supreme Court to rule that unions representing government workers can't collect fees from those who choose not to join. (Greg Schneider/Courtesy of the Center for Individual Rights via AP)

Supreme Court agrees to hear major right-to-work case

Sean Higgins · June 30, 2015 7:18 pm

Bryan Johnson, a fifth grade teacher at Lister Elementary in Tacoma, Wash., calls on students raising their hands to answer questions, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Education policy should focus on goals, not rules

Jason Russell · June 24, 2015 9:08 pm

In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, Steve Salaita, a professor who lost a job offer from the University of Illinois over dozens of profane Twitter messages that critics deemed anti-Semitic, speaks to students and reporters during a news conference at the campus in Champaign Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

AAUP’s selective defense of academic freedom

Eliana Rudee · June 19, 2015 9:00 am

When asked what would be the right mix of traditional public schools and charter schools, Randi Weingarten called it "a really false choice and false question...We need to make every public school a place where parents want to send their kids. (AP Photo)Â

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Major teachers union ready to work with charter schools

Jason Russell · June 15, 2015 8:42 pm

Parents heckle, get ejected from meeting on school ‘gender identity’ policy

Parents heckle, get ejected from meeting on school ‘gender identity’ policy

Barbara Boland · May 8, 2015 4:19 pm

Teachers may not be as powerless as they think when it comes to reforming their own schools. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

How teachers can drive education reform

Jason Russell · April 17, 2015 7:32 pm

Liberal anger lingers after Rahm’s victory in Chicago

Liberal anger lingers after Rahm’s victory in Chicago

Sean Higgins · April 9, 2015 12:17 am

"Especially with this crazy political atmosphere, this is a place where we need to be lending support to middle-of-the-road Democrats and Republicans both, and this is part of that effort," Jeffrey Soth, the Operating Engineers' political director, told National Journal last year. (AP Photo)

GOP group’s super PAC mostly funded by unions

Sean Higgins · April 6, 2015 9:00 am

Teachers Union Chief: ‘Yes,’ I Knew About Hillary’s Private Email

Teachers Union Chief: ‘Yes,’ I Knew About Hillary’s Private Email

Daniel Halper · March 16, 2015 6:46 pm

Teacher Tenure Case Goes Forward in New York City

Teacher Tenure Case Goes Forward in New York City

Daniel Halper · March 13, 2015 12:03 pm

DNC: ‘Stop Scott Walker’

Daniel Halper · February 28, 2015 7:31 pm