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Dec 2, 2020 · Throughout the pandemic, teachers’ unions in many states and large districts have played a powerful role in negotiating school closures and reopenings.
- mwill@educationweek.org
- Senior Staff Writer
Dec 4, 2020 · In the pandemic-centered debate over school reopenings, teachers unions have been standing up with strike threats, legal actions and protests. Critics say this action has nothing to do with...
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Mar 25, 2021 · We should expect teachers’ unions to slow school reopening decisions just like we should expect them to advocate for increased education funding, lower class sizes, or enhanced teacher...
Feb 8, 2021 · The Chicago union had ground reopening to a halt before reaching a tentative deal Sunday with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, averting a strike and agreeing to return K-8 students to classrooms by early...
- Dana Goldstein
May 13, 2021 · Randi Weingarten, president of the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union, called on Thursday for a full reopening of the nation’s schools for the next academic year, saying: “There is no...
- Dana Goldstein
Jul 29, 2020 · Unions are threatening to strike if classrooms reopen, but are also pushing to limit live remote teaching. Their demands will shape pandemic education.
Jan 26, 2022 · Teachers’ Unions and the First and Second Faces of Power. Due to the local nature of COVID-19 school reopening plans, we argue that teachers’ unions’ second face power partly resides in their opportunity to negotiate CBAs with school district management.
