teachers Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/teachers/ A platform for change Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:42:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 While hoping for a deal, Seattle teachers vote to strike on the eve of first day of school https://flux.community/brett-wilkins/2022/09/while-hoping-for-a-deal-seattle-teachers-vote-to-strike-on-the-eve-of-first-day-of-school/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:00:08 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12244 Members of the union representing roughly 6,000 Seattle teachers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to strike the following day—a move the labor group says it hopes to avoid, as public school classes are set to resume on Wednesday. The Seattle Education Association (SEA) announced Tuesday that of the 75% of its members who voted, 95% elected to authorize a […]

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]]> How trans students — and their teachers — are dealing with a new school year and new laws https://flux.community/orion-rummler/2022/09/how-trans-students-and-their-teachers-are-dealing-with-a-new-school-year-and-new-laws/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 13:00:08 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12201 Anita Hatcher, a seventh-grade English language arts teacher in the Florida Panhandle, worries what this school year will bring for her transgender students. She’s not alone. Trans students and their teachers in Florida, Alabama and Texas — three states where legislators and governors’ offices have been the most vocal in efforts to restrict trans youths’ access […]

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]]> A North Texas school district may let teachers reject children’s pronouns — even if parents approve of them https://flux.community/brian-lopez/2022/08/a-north-texas-school-district-may-let-teachers-reject-childrens-pronouns-even-if-parents-approve-of-them/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:00:53 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12121 Teachers will not be forced to address students by the pronouns that match their gender identity even if a parent asks them to and transgender students will be barred from playing sports if two new policies targeting gender identity are approved Monday night by the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District board. It’s the latest move by […]

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]]> It’s not just COVID-19: Why Texas faces a teacher shortage https://flux.community/brian-lopez/2022/07/its-not-just-covid-19-why-texas-faces-a-teacher-shortage/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:00:56 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11863 Over the last two years, Texas’ public education system has been through the wringer, from shifting to online classes and debates about making masks mandatory to the ongoing tensions over how race and sex should be taught in schools to, most recently, the renewed discussion over school safety in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Uvalde where 19 elementary school students and […]

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]]> The national teacher shortage is growing—in Florida, controversial laws are making it worse https://flux.community/nadra-nittle/2022/07/the-national-teacher-shortage-is-growing-in-florida-controversial-laws-are-making-it-worse/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:00:18 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11817 “Do you have a dog?” “Who’s your boyfriend?” “Are you married?” Anita Carson fielded questions from students about her personal life each year she taught for Polk County Public Schools in Florida, giving them a short presentation about her friends and family and asking them to do the same. But for the first time in […]

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]]> America’s teachers were hit hard by the pandemic, long hours, and unknown technology https://flux.community/sandra-liu-huang/2021/05/americas-teachers-were-hit-hard-pandemic-long-hours-and-unknown/ Mon, 24 May 2021 19:38:41 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/05/americas-teachers-were-hit-hard-pandemic-long-hours-and-unknown/ The post America’s teachers were hit hard by the pandemic, long hours, and unknown technology appeared first on Flux.

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