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Striking UIC faculty pickets, rallies with local, national leaders: ‘Without you, this place would not run’

The union is demanding higher minimum salaries, bigger pay raises that match inflation, mental health support for students, better job security for non-tenure track faculty, learning disability assessments for students and more.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #41

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia

Martin Schram: Now we need political heroics

Our news screens were erupting with breaking news of yet another mass shooting. But this time the news that began with a barrage of bullets also became something special — a tale of battlefield heroics on the homefront of a nightspot in Colorado Springs.

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Teachers’ union head accuses Pompeo of stoking hate with ‘filth’ comments

Republican ex-secretary of state called Randi Weingarten ‘most dangerous person in the world’ and said teachers taught ‘filth’

The Guardian - US

A Belated Vindication for School Reopeners

The Stolen Year acknowledges public school COVID failures but refuses to hold anyone responsible.

Reason

School Choice Is Winning in Arizona—and Beyond

"There's a new special interest group in town: parents."

Reason

A Belated Vindication for School Reopeners

The Stolen Year acknowledges the public schools' COVID failures but refuses to hold anyone responsible.

Reason

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GOP's war on books: Only the beginning

Gutting public schools, targeting booksellers, shutting down libraries: Every censorship tactic is on the table

Salon

‘Under siege’: Facing school shootings and book bans, US teachers have had it

American teachers are the most stressed they’ve been in years as they deal with the fear of increased shootings at schools, along with burdens of curriculum restrictions and being overworked.

Tribune News Service

After Uvalde shooting, tech companies tout their solutions. But do they work?

Despite the growing adoption of security tools in US schools, mass shootings have remained constant throughout the past 30 years

The Guardian - US

AFL-CIO unveils plan to grow but some union leaders underwhelmed

Liz Shuler, the federation’s president, announces effort to increase membership by 1m but some say they ‘have to aim much higher’

The Guardian - US

"Pedophile" slur hurts real victims

For actual victims of child sex abuse, using "pedophile" or "groomer" as a slur hurts their ability to get justice

Salon

Librarians fight book-banning madness

"Book bans are about limiting kids' freedom to read and teachers' freedom to teach"

Salon

Talk of race, sex in schools divides Americans: AP-NORC poll

Americans are deeply divided over how much children in K-12 schools should be taught about racism and sexuality

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

‘January 6 was a real wake-up call’: US unions fight to save democracy

Labor leaders view this year’s elections – and 2024’s – with special urgency, as a goal-line stand to preserve America’s democracy

Ballotpedia

AFT and AAUP meet with Colorado gov. about proposed union bill

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors (AAUP) president Irene Mulvey met with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on March 21 about a proposed bill that would expand public-sector collective bargaining in Colorado.

Reason

Randi Weingarten Says Masks Can Come Off When There's 'No Transmission in Schools'

The teachers union leader thinks schools that have an 80 percent vaccination rate could maybe, possibly let students unmask.

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