Los Angeles teachers go on strike but schools stay open with substitutes
Educators and parents wearing ponchos and rain boots and carrying umbrellas gathered downtown to march from City Hall to district headquarters in the pouring rain, pressing for higher pay and smaller class sizes that the district says could bankrupt the…
Los Angeles teachers strike looms in nation’s second-largest school district
Teachers in Los Angeles are preparing to strike Thursday to demand higher pay and smaller class sizes.
More than half of Americans support pay raises for teachers, poll finds
Americans overwhelmingly believe teachers don't make enough money, and half say they'd support paying higher taxes to give educators a raise.
Teacher rebellion tests Republican grip on Kentucky
Thousands of educators have been protesting at the state Capitol in recent weeks to oppose changes to their pension system and to ask lawmakers for more school funding.
Teacher strikes and walkouts have been spreading from West Virginia to Arizona. Thousands of Kentucky educators rallied on Friday at their state Capitol, as Oklahoma's largest teachers' union called for an end to their nine-day walkout. William Brangham talks with…
As recently as Tuesday, the Arizona governor refused to meet with teachers threatening to strike over low pay and said he was sticking with a 1 percent raise proposal. Now, he has offered a 9 percent wage hike for teachers…
Thousands of teachers staged walk-ins at 1,112 schools spanning 130 districts in Arizona, according to Arizona Educators United. But so far Gov. Doug Ducey and the Republican-controlled Legislature haven't budged to the group's demands.
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