By Tim Walker Last week, in a rare display of bipartisanship, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the so-called “Cadillac tax,” a 40% tax passed on “high cost” health plans as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. The vote in support of the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act (H.R.…
By Mary Ellen Flannery and Tim Walker “Election 2020 starts right here, right now!” NEA President Lily Eskelsen García announced to the almost 7,000 delegates at the NEA Representative Assembly on Friday. Backstage at the George E. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, 10 presidential hopefuls were waiting to make their case to educators at…
Educators are poised to play a major role in determining who is elected the next President of the United States. Harnessing the power of the #RedforEd movement, educators, parents, and students across the country have taken action to force a conversation about the years of chronic neglect that has taken a toll on student opportunity…
By Tim Walker The #RedforEd movement played a huge role in motivating voters to go to the polls and support pro-public education candidates in the 2018 mid-terms. With hundreds of new lawmakers ensconced in statehouses across the country, educators and their allies in 2019 transferred their energies from helping candidates get elected to making sure…
By Tim Walker Melissa Grothe recently returned to her home community of Astoria, Oregon to teach at Lewis and Clark Elementary. The move was welcome but came with what she called a “hard dose of reality about the difference between what our students need and what I can provide for them in a system so…