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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) this week announced an endorsement from 100 teachers in Iowa – the state she has gone “all-in” on in hopes of reviving her floundering campaign.

The #RedforEd teachers movement flexed its political muscle in the Kentucky gubernatorial race on Tuesday, powering the campaign of Democrat Attorney General Andy Beshear against incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Sunday the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) “cannot simply take yes for an answer” as the teachers strike moved into its eighth day with no end in sight.

One thousand members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) marched through the streets of downtown Chicago on Monday, demanding more money.

Pupils at a high school in Slough have accused their teachers of peddling anti-Brexit “propaganda”, expressing concern that their biased, political views could “mould the minds” of younger children who are yet to form their own opinions.

The education views of Democrat 2020 contender Andrew Yang may differ from many of his colleagues in that he said data show “65-70 percent of our students’ outcomes are determined outside of the school.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) promised to make colleges and universities “debt-free” and vowed to “cancel all student debt” in the U.S. during the third Democrat debate in Houston, Texas, Thursday evening.

Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill on Thursday morning which would raise the minimum teacher pay in the state to $40,000.

Former Vice President Joe Biden lashed out at a teacher in the midst of his 1988 presidential run, attacking the man’s intelligence and comparing himself to Martin Luther King Jr. in the process.

Self-confessed socialist candidate for president, Bernie Sanders, recently ripped pro-baseball because its players make more than teachers. But to many Americans, it looks like Bernie lacks any understanding about the economics of the matter.

A recent survey of 2,000 teachers in 22 states found 48 percent of teachers under 35 would prefer to negotiate their own salary and benefits for themselves, without the involvement of teachers’ unions.

Noah Karvelis, the 24-year old Arizona music teacher who was credited with launching the national #RedforEd movement, holds just a “provisional” teaching certificate, having failed to complete the required coursework and pass tests on the U.S. Constitution and the Arizona Constitution.

The #RedforEd movement is now targeting the state of Maine, where teachers plan to converge on the state capital of Augusta on April 17 to support the passage of a bill that would grant them the right to strike.

More than half of the nation’s prospective elementary school teachers fail their licensure exam on the first attempt, according to a report.

Palmetto, Florida’s Manatee School for the Arts has hired two armed combat veterans to protect students and teachers while at the school.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) pledged Thursday to fight Trump administration policies that would arm teachers to defend their own lives and the lives of their students if under attack.

The New York Times reports President Trump’s Department of Education is considering the use of federal funds to buy guns for teachers around the country.

Michigan lawmakers axed a requirement that would make prospective teachers take a basic skills test before earning their certification in Michigan.

“This letter is to inform you and all district employees that these acts are unlawful,” a letter from the Goldwater Institute states. “If the district does not reopen and employees do not return to their duties, parents and students will have a legal cause of action against them.”

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is calling on school pension fund managers to divest of companies that make “assault weapons.”

The government should take measures to stop parents withdrawing their children from some lessons where they have to study Islam or visit mosques, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has said.

Pupils need schools to “give them the facts” about their options for terminating pregnancies in order to counter “inaccurate” information from pro-life campaigns, according to a motion passed at a teachers’ conference.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) argued that arming teachers is “toxic lunacy” that “makes our schools less safe.” Blumenthal said, “There’s a real moment of opportunity here. And the president has to provide leadership, which

While speaking with CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jeff Zeleny, Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) stated he wants “teachers to teach” and will focus on law enforcement presence and “hardening” schools rather than having teachers carry firearms. Zeleny asked, “Governor,

Abraham, a student at the University of Albany, told Breitbart News that after hearing Trump speak about his “common sense” plan to allow trained teachers to carry weapons, he thought immediately of his former science teacher. 

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to President Trump’s proposal to allow teachers to carry firearms by stating that such an idea is “truly demented.” Brooks said, “It’s a demented idea. I mean, aside from everything else,

President Donald Trump plans to meet with interested parties at the White House to discuss preventing school shootings in America.

Chicago Public Schools employees reportedly stole thousands of dollars in school-funded gift cards meant to be used as incentives for special needs students, according to a report from the school district’s inspector general.

California’s teachers are receiving low grades for how effective they are in the classroom, according to a 2017 survey.

Parents of an Ohio high school student gave a special Christmas gift to their son’s teachers this year: bottles of wine with their son’s face on the labels. News of their unique gift has gone viral.

Most public school teachers say mass immigration has a “mixed” or a “negative” impact on American schoolkids.

A California high school has come under fire for a controversial history project that involved students reenacting conditions on a slave ship.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham claims that intelligent machines will soon replace teachers in the classroom as part of an education revolution that will focus on individualized learning approaches.

A teacher who fronted a major recruitment campaign for the Department for Education accused schools of “indoctrinating” pupils “from a very young age” in the wake of the EU referendum, it has emerged.

Surveys of teachers’ voting intentions prior to the general election indicate the Left dominates the British education system.

New York state education officials have dropped a literacy test that successfully screened out the least capable candidate teachers, amid strong opposition by the teachers’ unions.