How long before a teacher is tenured? The legislature mulls it over.
Rachel M. Cohen
Rachel M. Cohen is a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C., and a former American Prospect writing fellow. Follow her on Twitter @rmc031
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Q&A: The Education Stakes in Election 2016
A conversation with NEA President Lily Eskelsen García on what 2016 means for K-12 education.
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Education Reform Democrats Look Ahead to Life After Obama
School choice activists met at a Democratic National Convention forum to discuss the party’s education stances, but unions were conspicuously absent from discussion.
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Indiana Court Overturns Purvi Patel’s Feticide Conviction
The Indiana Court of Appeals last week overturned the 20-year prison sentence for Purvi Patel, the first woman in the United States to be convicted under a feticide law for having an abortion. The 3-0 decision marks a victory for reproductive rights advocates, who argued that using feticide laws to convict women who end their […]
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Liberal Governor, Divided Government
Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, among the nation’s most progressive governors, has been checked by the most right-wing legislature in state history—but there are always executive orders.
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Clinton Reframes Education Message, Attacks Trump
Hillary Clinton’s speech this week to 3,000 teachers union members underscored recent shifts in her party’s education agenda, and took jabs at Donald Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence.
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Q&A: The Abortion Battle’s Next Phase
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue reflects on how the Supreme Court’s historic ruling to reject restrictive clinic mandates will impact abortion policy and politics.
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Hillary on Charters: Yes and No
The Democratic presidential candidate spoke to the nation’s largest labor union, and defended both collective bargaining and public charter schools.
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Education Reformers Reflect at 25
A quarter-century on, challenges loom for the school reform movement.
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Teacher Unions Are ‘Bargaining for the Common Good’
Unions across the country are expanding their focus to the broader community.