Category: teachers

Pricey Pencils, Paper: Teachers Get Schooled in Inflation

NEW YORK—Teachers face a harsh lesson as inflation drives up the cost of everything from paper to pencils before the school year begins, leading some to cut back on supplies—or substitute with cheaper items. “If you ask any teacher, Ticonderoga pencils are it,” said Kristina Eisenhower, 35, an instructional facilitator. Yet a 12-pack of that…


LIVE NOW: Judge Partly Pauses Florida’s ‘Stop Woke Act’; NJ Teachers Union Calls Parents ‘Extremists’ | NTD

More info is out about the FBI search of former President Trump’s Florida home. We’ll tell you what we now know, and what the judge says about releasing the affidavit. A federal judge in Florida is allowing critical race theory to be taught in private companies. That’s after Governor DeSantis tried prohibiting it. A controversial…


Judge Partly Pauses Florida’s ‘Stop Woke Act’; NJ Teachers Union Calls Parents ‘Extremists’ | NTD

More info is out about the FBI search of former President Trump’s Florida home. We’ll tell you what we now know, and what the judge says about releasing the affidavit. A federal judge in Florida is allowing critical race theory to be taught in private companies. That’s after Governor DeSantis tried prohibiting it. A controversial…


New South Wales Teacher Shortage Under Microscope

The brain drain of New South Wales (NSW) teachers leaving the profession or not being attracted to the job in the first place is the focus of a new parliamentary inquiry. The probe comes about a month after thousands of NSW public and Catholic schoolteachers walked off the job and protested in Sydney’s CBD, demanding…


Unvaccinated Teacher Still Fighting in the Courts Over Her Treatment by NYC Education Department

NEW YORK—Teacher Rachel Maniscalco has been battling New York City’s Department of Education and her own union over the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination since last year. That battle continues to be fought in court. As reported by The Epoch Times in January, she and thousands of her colleagues who refused to receive the mandated vaccination were…


How California’s Largest Special Interest Gains Power From Classroom | Rebecca Friedrichs

California teachers are leaving their union. It is estimated that over 15 percent have left their union in recent years, and this year alone, 4,000 more will leave. The California teachers union has become one of the most influential special interests in California politics. Is the union’s deep influence in California politics helping the teachers?…


A Call to Arms: Teachers in Conservative States Are Volunteering to Carry Guns

Crosses and flowers laid out in the public square of the grief-stricken town Uvalde, where a teen gunman killed 19 students and two teachers, are an all-too-familiar scene igniting a call to arms for teachers in Texas and beyond. The Republican-led Texas legislature is addressing the twin issues of school safety and mass violence following…


Texas Republicans Renew Interest in Arming Teachers

In wake of the Uvalde school shooting, Texas Republicans have expressed renewed interest in programs already in place to arm teachers as state Democrats call for more gun control. Texas Attorney Ken Paxton (R) saidn he doesn’t believe passing new gun laws will deter criminals, and believes the answer is to make schools hard targets…


Live NOW: Poll: Americans Favor Arming Teachers | Meet the Billionaires Club Pumping CRT | Larry Elder

In another mass shooting, four people—two doctors, a receptionist, and a patient—were killed in Tulsa after a gunman opened fire inside a medical building Wednesday, authorities said. According to Townhall, a recent poll conducted by The Trafalgar Group surveyed 1,091 general election voters and found that 57.5 percent of voters believe schools are somewhat or…


Ohio Bill Lowering Training Requirements for Armed Teachers Moves Forward

The Ohio state legislature is considering a bill that would dramatically lower training requirements for teachers who wish to carry guns at school. Under current Ohio law, individual school districts are able decide whether teachers and staff members can arm themselves. In June 2021, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4–3 that any school employee who…