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deutsey

(20,166 posts)
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 08:59 AM Sep 2015

Democracy Now! report yesterday on Seattle Teacher Strike

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/9/15/seattle_strike_enters_fifth_day_as

Schools are closed in Seattle again today as the city’s first teacher strike in 30 years enters its fifth day. Last week, teachers, represented by the Seattle Education Association, unanimously voted to go on strike, demanding fewer standardized tests for students, more time to prepare for classes, and better pay. The impasse has delayed the start of the public school year for about 53,000 students. The strike comes after Washington’s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the state’s new charter school system is unconstitutional.
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Democracy Now! report yesterday on Seattle Teacher Strike (Original Post) deutsey Sep 2015 OP
K and R. A teachers union that does what a teachers union is *supposed* to do?!?! Smarmie Doofus Sep 2015 #1
 

Smarmie Doofus

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1. K and R. A teachers union that does what a teachers union is *supposed* to do?!?!
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 09:27 AM
Sep 2015

i.e. Stand up for the kids and define the profession?!?

How did you do it, Seattle?

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