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When Was the Last Time You Read a Book?
We published this article, written by two Oakland teachers, in our most recent newsletter. They were trying to capture a very real and very ironic problem for teachers: overworked as they are,...
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LA High School Fights Against LAUSD’s Scorched-Earth Restructuring
A black, brown, and working class school slated for restructuring. Years of neglect and mismanagement by the central district. A top-down, careerist superintendent. Veteran and outspoken teachers at...
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How Chicago Teachers Got Organized to Strike
This article was submitted to us by a teacher friend. She writes, “The article illustrates in a very simple way what needs to be done to have and be a union that is truly on the side of the working...
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Seattle teachers resist standardized testing
As some of you might have heard, Seattle teachers at 2 high schools have refused to administer a junk science standardized test mandated by the district. This is a brave action and a powerful action....
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Why Teachers Should Care About the Contract: Aram Mendoza
This is a recent article from our newest newsletter analyzing the OEA contract struggle. We post it here so you can access the citations and hyperlinks. Here, Aram Mendoza analyzes the current...
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International Labor Action for Rank and File Teachers: In the Fight for Free...
This is a recent article from our newest newsletter analyzing the OEA contract struggle. We post it here so you can access the citations and hyperlinks. Here, A.S. Read brings the international...
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Solidarity with Seattle Teachers and Students Refusing Pointless Standardized...
Solidarity with Seattle Teachers and Students Refusing Pointless Standardized Tests! As Classroom Struggle, we would like to send our deep respect and solidarity to the teachers, parents and...
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Stop the $7.6 Million in Cuts to Oakland Schools! Here are 2 ways to act now!
We are currently distributing this email blast and flyer around Oakland schools. You can help stop these cuts too! There are 2 ways to tap in: Please fill in the cuts your school is facing at the...
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GO Public Schools’ Proposal Gets an F from OUSD Teacher
We post a fiery letter from an OUSD teacher who attended GO Public Schools’ event Wednesday night. There GO and a coalition of other organizations (including SEIU 1021, Youth Together, Youth...
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Garbage Science: Teacher Evaluation by Test Scores and Some Ideas for...
Some of you might have already seen the shocking results in the New York Times today. Apparently, all the teacher evaluations programs pushed on school districts by Obama’s Race To The Top and the...
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Connecting the Dots: Bay Area Millionaires Buying School Board Elections...
A little while ago we wrote about how corporate money has been rolling into school board elections across the country, upturning normally low-key, local affairs and twisting them towards corporate...
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All Out for Oakland Schools! Tomorrow, Wedn., 5:30 @ Board Meeting!
Join Oakland parents, teachers, and students in Adult Ed and K-12 tomorrow to demand: Save and rebuild adult education! Grant teachers a fair contract! Reduce Special Ed Case Loads! Rally at 5:30 at...
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Update and Next Steps to Rebuild Adult Ed
Dear supporters of Classroom Struggle and Public Education in Oakland, We won $1 million dollars for Adult Ed! This is definitely a partial victory, and we should celebrate this, since it was direct...
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Lessons from SF: UESF Teachers Push for Strike Vote in Contract Negotiations
We repost an article below which comes to us from two members of the leftist teacher’s caucus in UESF, EDU (Educators for a Democratic Union). They and other EDU and … Continue reading →
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Lessons from San Francisco: How to Build a Militant Teacher Union
Recently, UESF, the SF teachers’ union, faced a defeat in their most recent contract struggle. Despite strong attempts to organize more militantly, including calls for strike and some work-to-rule...
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This is Community Engagement??
To our Supporters: Classroom Struggle has been very busy since the new year challenging and fighting the billionaire privatization agenda of Superintendent Antwan Wilson and the servile school board....
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