Judge strikes down California teacher tenure
By LINDA DEUTSCH Alex Caputo-Pearl, president elect of United Teachers Los Angeles, takes questions on about the verdict of the Vergara v. California lawsuit in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 10,…
Teacher unions
LA. GOVERNOR DEMANDS FEDS DROP SUIT AGAINST STATE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT In this Aug. 30, 2013, photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando. Jindal on Wednesday,…
GREECE: SCHOOLS SHUT, PROTESTERS PEPPER SPRAYED
By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Striking teachers protest in Thessaloniki on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Thousands of school teachers and other civil servants held an afternoon demonstration to demand…
POLICE MOVE IN ON MEXICO CITY PROTESTERS
By MARK STEVENSON and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out…
GREEK HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO STRIKE OVER JOB CUTS
By DEREK GATOPOULOS University administrative staff members chant slogans outside the Administrative Reform ministry in central Athens against austerity measures that threaten their jobs, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The…
LEGISLATORS GIVE MEXICO LEADER EDUCATION VICTORY
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ FILE – In this May 2, 2013 file photo, Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico. Teachers’ protests that…
GUARDS HELP ESCORT CHICAGO KIDS TO NEW SCHOOLS
By DON BABWIN Safety Guard Renee Green high-fives Demari Hill, 5, as she heads to Gresham Elementary School with her parents Destiny and Anthony Hill on her first day of…
AP-NORC POLL: PARENTS BACK HIGH-STAKES TESTING
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and JENNIFER AGIESTA FILE – In this April 18, 2013, file photo, Burgess-Peterson Elementary School principal Robin Robbins, center, meets with students during an after-school study program…