Public Education: The Foundation of Democracy
Before I was president of the National Education Association (NEA), I was a sixth-grade teacher in Utah.
Category: Labour rights
Revisiting the Winnipeg General Strike
2019 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike, a crucially important event in the history of our labour movement and our country. For over six weeks, Winnipeg was the site of one of the longest general strikes in Canadian history, one that would have a profound impact on the development of the modern […]
Liberal education – Looking at the new federal government through teachers’ eyes
This article, originally published in The Alberta Teachers’ Association “ATA News”, examines the federal Liberal election platform and outlines the new government’s stand on some of the issues that matter to teachers.
