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After seven days of strikes, the Oakland Unified School District announced it had reached an agreement with the teachers’ union on four “common good” demands — which, until this point, had placed the two sides in a gridlock since the…

As the Oakland Unified teachers strike marches toward its eighth day next week, the school district is warning a continued walkout threatens high school seniors’ academic future as graduation season approaches — while representatives with…

Adam Tritt, a high school English teacher in Palm Bay, Florida, was shocked when his school’s librarian – eager to comply with Florida’s new law restricting “inappropriate” books in schools – removed one-third of the books on his classroom…

By Ritika Amit Kumar  The summer break is the ideal time to develop your abilities and skills. Whether you want to learn a new talent or develop an old one, now is the time to do so. You can look at careers in coding, graphic design,…

Ministers have said that tests for year 6 pupils in England are “designed to be challenging” after concerns from a headteachers’ union that this week’s Sats exams had left some pupils “in tears”.The National Association of Head Teachers…

Teachers, parents, students and school staff headed to the picket lines Friday for the seventh day of the Oakland Education Association’s strike against the Oakland Unified School District as both sides remained far apart on key issues,…

As the Oakland school teachers’ strike enters its second week, the walkout has reached a point of irrationality, and the damage to the children continues to mount. This is what happens when union activists sit on both sides of the…

The Oakland teachers strike continued Thursday after a more contentious turn the day before, as allegations of misleading figures, canceled board meetings and a doubling-down against the “common good” proposals left the labor battle perhaps…

Education is no longer confined to traditional classroom settings as technology has made it digitally accessible anywhere, said experts on Thursday. During Covid-19 pandemic the education system went through an overhaul wherein…

Still deadlocked on negotiations related to pay and proposed “common good” measures, the Oakland Education Association prepared to enter its second week on the picket lines, and planned to rally outside a now-canceled board meeting as its…