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CHICAGO — Members of the Chicago Teachers Union are refusing to follow the Chicago Public School system’s order for pre-kindergarten and certain special-education teachers to come into school in person this week, with their students to follow next week. Citing a new surge of COVID-19 cases and concerns that...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Educators of adults in California are pressing lawmakers to prioritize short-term retraining programs when the new session kicks off in January. Budgets for adult-education programs were cut during the Great Recession and still have not recovered – although some experts say they’ll be key to economic...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Educadores para adultos en California están presionando a los legisladores para que den prioridad a los programas de reentrenamiento a corto plazo cuando comience la nueva sesión en enero. Los presupuestos para los programas de educación de adultos se recortaron durante la Gran Recesión y aun...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Los sindicatos de maestros quieren ver cambios significativos en una propuesta que, según ellos, obligaría a las escuelas de California a reabrir en marzo, siempre y cuando estén fuera del nivel “purpura” o del nivel más estricto de las restricciones de COVID-19. El Proyecto de Ley...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif – Teachers’ unions want to see significant changes to a proposal they say would force schools in California to reopen in March as long as they’re out of the “purple” tier, or most stringent level of COVID-19 restrictions. Assembly Bill 10 will be taken up as an emergency...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Nuevos datos muestran que la pandemia ha tenido efectos devastadores, especialmente en los padres e hijos de California. Un informe publicado el 14 de diciembre de la Fundación Annie E. Casey muestra que en Golden State, el 15% de los padres tienen dificultades para poner comida...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — New data shows the pandemic has had crushing effects – especially on California’s parents and children. A report released on December 14 from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows in the Golden State, 15% of parents are struggling to put food on the table, 20% don’t...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ante la perspectiva de una nueva administración de Biden, varios grupos defensores de la reforma educativa esperan grandes cambios en el 2021. Ed Honowitz, de Pasadena, director principal del proyecto en la Iniciativa Gestión Laboral de California (California Labor Management Initiative), que es parte de la...
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SACRAMENTO, Calf. — With the prospect of a new Biden administration on the horizon, California groups that advocate for education reform are hoping for big changes in 2021. Ed Honowitz is a former Pasadena school-board member who now runs the California Labor Management Initiative for the nonprofit Californians Dedicated...