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How News Reporters Are Being Deceived by Fake Groups of ‘Moms’ and ‘Parents’ Attacking Public Schools

March 29, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

These groups are the creation of deep-pocketed conservative networks, not “grassroots” advocates.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: education, GOP/Right Wing, Media, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Teachers

What a Podcast killed by Houston Public Media Reveals About the State Takeover of the City’s Schools

December 8, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

While “The Takeover” features balanced reporting, it largely frames the takeover of Houston schools as the latest iteration of the failed education reform movement.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, education, Media, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Teachers, Time-Sensitive

Chicago Teachers Want to Transform Their City into a ‘System of Care’—Will Dems Go Along?

September 20, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Headbutting and friction continue in the battle of big ideas vs. entrenched leadership.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Democratic Party, economy, education, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, Teachers, Time-Sensitive

Can Vice-Presidential Pick Tim Walz Make Democrats the Education Party Again?

August 16, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Harris’s decision to choose a teacher as her running mate creates an opportunity to remake the Democratic Party’s image for public schools.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, biden, Democratic Party, education, GOP/Right Wing, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, Teachers, Time-Sensitive, Trump

LA Schools’ Lowest-Paid Workers Walk Out, With Teachers by Their Side

March 26, 2023 By Independent Media Institute

Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers went on strike March 21-23, 2023, for the first time in four years, shutting down the nation’s second-largest school district for three rain-soaked days.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Community, economy, education, Health care, Human Rights, interview, Labor, Media, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Social Benefits, social justice, Teachers, Time-Sensitive

Is the Right Wing ‘Whitewashing’ the History Curriculum Taught in Public Schools?

February 19, 2023 By Independent Media Institute

woman reading book

A fight over new history curriculum standards in Virginia is part of a nationwide campaign to undermine public schools and prevent educators from teaching the truth about America’s inequality.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, charter schools, Community, economy, education, food, GOP/Right Wing, History, identity politics, immigration, interview, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Sandra Jones, Social Benefits, social justice, Teachers, Time-Sensitive

My visit to this inner-city elementary school increased my admiration for teachers.

April 27, 2019 By Egberto Willies

Highland Elementary School Boy's day 2019 Closing Ceremony

The few hours I spent at Highland Heights Elementary School was all inspiring to me. I think I got more out of the kids than they did of me. Thank you teachers.

Filed Under: Evergreen, General Tagged With: elementary school, Evergreen, Highland Heights Elementary School, inner city, Teachers

Are the teachers’ ‘strikes’ the beginning of a real worker revolt

April 10, 2018 By Egberto Willies

School Bus Teachers

America is in need of a real worker revolt. The Fight for $15 has been ongoing, but to many, it did not feel like a general workers movement but more a fight by those at the economic fringe who need quick relief. The teachers’ strikes are different for it tells a different story, an abysmal […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Labor, labor unions, Teachers, worker revolt

West Virginia Teacher strike, an act that must be replicated throughout US

March 5, 2018 By Egberto Willies

Virginia Teacher strike, an act that must be replicated throughout US

The West Virginia teachers are employing an excellent tactic that is sure to garner widespread support in that they are showing the humanity that comes with their profession.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Strike, Teachers, West Virginia

MSNBC’s Big Names Completely Ignore West Virginia Teachers Strike

March 3, 2018 By FAIR

MSNBC’s Big Names Completely Ignore West Virginia Teachers Strike

The decision not to give significant coverage to a teacher’s strike in West Virginia is the exact reason why we need independent media not influenced by the corpocracy.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: FAIR, Strike, Teacher's Strike, Teachers, West Virginia

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