It’s a well-known fact that many public school teachers enter the profession only to leave a short time later. The U.S. Census Bureau says teachers are leaving the profession at a rate that has continued to climb for the past three years. First-grade teacher Michelle Usher stays. Currently in her eleventh year of teaching, Usher
Teachers across Oregon warn that disruptive behavior from students has reached a crisis level in our classrooms, telling harrowing stories of commonplace violence to local station KGW. A new report from our sisters and brothers at the Oregon Education Association on the rising frequency of student outbursts is embedded in the KGW news story –
WEA Political Director Derek Hawkins and UniServ Director Peter Morris attended #CEALobbyDay on February 28 and had the pleasure of meeting with State Representative Shannon Bird. Representative Bird was endorsed by WEA in the last election and has agreed to sponsor the new evaluation bill in the House. This bill will include language that will
