Educators speak up for students on Capitol Hill
Teachers and education support professionals gathered in Washington D.C. to discuss their perspectives on education policy from the classroom.
Senate women call for fair minimum wage for women and families
Working women with families—like many of the food service workers in schools—would be especially helped by minimum wage increase
FL proposed voucher expansion threatens to drain public schools and state’s budget
Pro-voucher forces put big money behind proposal designed to dismantle public education
Educators and parents support bipartisan bill to reduce federal testing
Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema: “Working in Arizona schools for nearly a decade taught me the importance of empowering teachers to teach to the content they want their students to master—not simply to teach the material needed to know the next upcoming standardized test.”
Governors on raising minimum wage: The good, bad and ugly
More than 21 million children under 18 have at least one parent earning minimum wage. Only some have a governor going to bat for them.