There will be no school on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 for students at Seattle Public Schools (SPS) because of a staff shortage, the school district said. The SPS, which serves more than 52,000 students, said Tuesday in a district-wide message that there is an unusually large number of school staff taking leave following Veteran’s…
No School Friday for Seattle, Neighboring School Districts Due to Staff Shortages
Teachers’ Union Tells Members to Treat Complaining Parents as Enemies: Report
October 21, 2021
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Parents opposed to critical race theory-based indoctrination in public schools should be treated as adversaries, teachers in Washington State have been told by their labor union. Critical race theory (CRT) holds, among other things, that white people are inherently racist and calls for engaging in racial discrimination in the name of combating it. Leftists claim…
NYC’s Unvaccinated Teachers Need to Waive Right to Sue For 1 Year of Health Benefits
October 11, 2021
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Aside from being put on unpaid leave, New York City teachers who’ve declined to get the COVID-19 vaccine won’t be allowed to keep their health benefits for another year unless they give up their right to sue the city over its vaccine mandate. This condition was the result of an arbitration invoked by the city’s…
Video: Teachers Chip In to Buy Car for Beloved Custodian Who Walks an Hour to School
A beloved school custodian who was forced to walk an hour to work for lack of a car couldn’t believe when faculty chipped in to buy him one. Unity Grove Elementary in Locust Grove, Georgia, shared touching footage of custodian Chris Jackson receiving his car keys recently. “Today was one of those days that makes you…
Santa Ana School District to Start Paying Faculty After Delay
The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) is set to start paying employees again after a month’s hiatus of new hires having missed paychecks. According to the school district, a little over 100 employees out of over 350 new hires, have gone without pay due to the school rapidly hiring new employees in a small…
Schools Can Promote Unity Without Enforcing Ideological Conformity
Commentary It is obvious that Canadians are divided—bitterly divided—over a number of important issues. Between the mudslinging of the federal election and the vocal disagreements over how to handle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, people are on edge. Family members aren’t speaking to each other, communities are divided, provinces are at odds with each other, and…
New Jersey, NYC to Require COVID-19 Jab for Teachers, State Workers
August 23, 2021
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New Jersey’s governor and the New York City mayor announced on Monday that they will be requiring all school employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine following the FDA’s approval of the drug. New Jersey will allow those who do not want to take the vaccine the option of COVID-19 testing as an alternative. New Jersey…
California Requires School Employees to Get Vaccinated or Be Tested Every Week
August 11, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced that all school employees will have to either get vaccinated or submit to a regular test for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, making his state the first in the nation to do so. “To give parents confidence that their children are safe as schools return to full,…
Largest Hong Kong Teachers’ Union to Disband Due to ‘Drastic’ Political Situation
August 10, 2021
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s largest teachers’ union said on Tuesday it would disband, days after it was criticized by Chinese state media and the city’s Education Bureau severed ties, accusing the group of helping to infiltrate schools with politics. The move is expected to deepen concerns over the suppression of opposition groups in the Asian financial…
China Starts Blocking Paid After School Tutoring by Public School Teachers
BEIJING—China’s Ministry of Education said on July 28 that it began implementing a campaign to stop paid after school tutoring services provided by teachers who worked for public, primary, and middle schools. The Chinese regime issued rules last week barring for-profit after school tutoring in core school subjects in an effort to boost the birth…
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