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“A Crisis of Disrupted Learning”

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 at CEA Lobby Day

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

NEA’s Read Across America Online Resource Calendar is here!

Bring the celebration of reading and literacy into your classroom, library, and school all year long and celebrate NEA’s Read Across America program! Use our newly launched Read Across America digital calendar to plan ahead for special celebrations and observances throughout the school year. Each month, we offer suggested books for readers of all levels, plus

Denver Teachers Win for Denver Students!

Early Thursday morning, we reached an an historic agreement with Denver Public Schools on behalf of Denver’s educators. The tentative agreement, which must be ratified by the full DCTA membership, reforms a pay system which largely relied on unstable bonuses, and provides stability for students who, for the past ten years, have had their education disrupted by

Wednesday is Red for Ed Day

The ESP Kitchen staff of Ranum MS show their support for RED for Ed Join them and millions of other voices fighting for our nation’s public school students and educators. Show you support for Education by wearing Red on Wednesdays We’re raising our voices to protect public schools. To support every student, we’re wearing Red

What you need to know about TABOR, Gallagher, Amendment 23

The hidden forces that constrain spending in Colorado. A study of three constitutional amendments that have wide-ranging consequences on how Colorado pays for public services. “The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights’ central provision requires state lawmakers and local officials to put proposed tax hikes and bond measures to a vote of the people. But that’s not

Informational Meeting on Settlement

WEA has finished the 2019 Negotiations and have scheduled informational meetings to take place at the WEA office on: February 8, from 3-5pm February 11, from 11am – 1pm February 14, from 3pm-5pm   Election will take place by paper ballot between February 15 and February 21

America’s Teachers Are Furious

The Atlantic looks at the history of American teacher strikes and today’s unprecedented wave of teacher activism… “Many teachers’ unions have been modifying their brand and their explicit mission, placing emphasis on issues beyond educators’ own pocketbooks. In last year’s West Virginia strike, for example, teachers decried students’ limited access to quality instruction; in Oklahoma,

No Other Choice: DCTA strike media release

In the wake of the six-day L.A. teacher strike, which closed with victory for UTLA, DCTA members (93%) voted last night to approve a strike. Here’s a link to the media release DCTA issued after announcing the result. “Denver teachers want to be in their classrooms with their students, not out on strike. But we

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