AFT calls for longer school year
The president of the American Federation of Teachers on Thursday called for extending the school year. Edward J. McElroy proposed pushing the year into the summer to provide intensive instruction and...
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The Center for Union Facts wants to give $10,000 each to 10 teachers — to stop teaching. The organization said Tuesday it can be impossible to fire a bad teacher if he or she is protected by a union....
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New York, New York
When New Yorkers say that 90 degrees is sweltering, I’ll no longer look at our weather map of triple-digit temperatures and scoff. Here, we go from an air conditioned house to an air conditioned car to...
View ArticleBecky Felts’ Column for Sept. 24
Why don’t our teachers stay: Providing the right learning conditions for new teachers Today’s efforts to improve teaching and boost student achievement are almost exclusively focused on punitive...
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