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DOGE Already Happened in Chicago: How To Resist Through Coalition Building

Michaela Brant interview with Stacy Davis Gates The Progressive
The practice of solidarity, the practice of coalition, those two practices are going to be critically important for how we withstand these moments. But not just for survival – to make a better path forward. Survival is one thing; living is another.

CTU Members Ratify New Contract With 97% Approval

Nader Issa, Sarah Karp | WBEZ and Michael Puente | WBEZ Chicago Sun-Times
The contract is the CTU’s first without a strike or a strike vote in 15 years. The agreement sets lower class size limits, gives pay raises and could add hundreds of new staff members.

Tidbits – Mar.13 – Reader Comments: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since Red Scare; Assault on Social Security; DHS Ends TSA Officers’ Contract; Teachers and Schools; Call Script: Demand the Release of Mahmoud Khalil; More…

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Reader Comments: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since Red Scare; Assault on Social Security; DHS Ends TSA Officers' Contract; Teachers And Schools Struggle To Help Children; Call Script: Demand the Release of Mahmoud Khalil;

Friday Nite Videos | December 6, 2024

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Five Things Christian Nationalists Want from Trump. What Your Brain Is Really Doing When You're Doing 'Nothing.' The $1 Trillion Private Health Insurance Scam. Michael Kosta Meets the No. 1 Book Banner in Florida. Trump Goes to War With Allies.

Breaking the Public Schools

Jennifer C. Berkshire The American Prospect
Red states are enacting universal education vouchers, threatening budget calamity and potentially degrading student achievement.

The Troubling Trend of State Takeovers of Public Schools

Georgia Jensen Inequality.org
Educational inequality is a major issue, and change is necessary. But a takeover is not the answer. Too often, it is an instrument of conservative politicians wielded against local communities who find their voices shut out.

Tidbits – Sept. 5 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: A Way out of This Mess – Please Take It; Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;

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Reader Comments: 2024 Elections - Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: There Is a Way Out of This Mess - Please Take It; Labor Day, Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;

The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools

Jennifer C. Berkshire The Nation
Their agenda breaks with decades of Democratic thinking about education. The Harris-­Walz education agenda is often inseparable from the campaign’s economic priorities. Both are part of what the candidates describe as a pro-family platform.
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