Recently, the U.S. Department of Education announced that for the first time in 15 years, enrollment in higher education has declined.
: Center for Education and Workforce
In 2009, TNTP (formerly known as The New Teacher Project) released a report titled The Widget Effect. This report highlighted the treatment of teachers as interchangeable, like parts on an assembly line, on so-called evaluations.
The National Football League (NFL) was recently engaged in a lengthy labor battle with the union that represents its referees—the National Football League Referees Association (NFLRA).
By Greg Galdabini
By Kelly Reynolds
In the 21st century, more than ever before, education is a nation’s economic engine. Ensuring that U.S.
Well, we are now into the second week of a unionized teacher strike in the country’s third-largest school district.
Of the 402,000 students currently enrolled in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), 52,000 of them are in school this week—those attending one of the roughly 100 charter schools in the district.

