After a hard-fought battle that was contested by the outgoing leadership, the social justice caucus of the Baltimore Teacher’s Union won their recent election. Diamonte Brown, who was a teacher at Booker T. Washington Middle School, is now the union president along with a slate of her colleagues. The caucus organized around several principles, including: […]
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CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANSION IN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE “NO ON 2” CAMPAIGN: THE ROLE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (MTA) AND EDUCATORS OF A DEMOCRATIC UNION (EDU)
INTRODUCTION In an article published by the National Education Policy Center, (NEPC) Lawrence Blum analyzes what occurred in the November 2016 election in Massachusetts when voters decisively defeated a referendum, funded by corporate backers of charter schools and privatization. The measure would have significantly increased the number of charter schools in the state and was […]
