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News Roundup

DeVos Nomination in Trouble as 2 GOP Senators Announce Dissent

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s nomination of school choice advocate Betsy DeVos as education secretary appeared in jeopardy Wednesday with two Republican senators saying they will vote against her. Amid fierce criticism from Democrats and teachers unions, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced their opposition to DeVos due to her lack […]

February 1, 2017

Home

House Democrats, Teachers Unions Rally Against Betsy DeVos Nomination

Casting her as the “antithesis” to public education, House Democrats — joined by the leaders of the nation’s two largest teacher unions — on Tuesday called for the Senate to block the nomination of Betsy DeVos as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. secretary of education.

January 10, 2017

News Roundup

Texts, Online Ads in Store for Ohio’s Coveted College Voters

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― Progressive groups say reaching college voters in Ohio with text messages, digital ads and “fun” events will be part of a massive voter turnout effort in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. A coalition including the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, NextGen Climate and Planned Parenthood Votes announced its plans for […]

October 26, 2016

Faculty & Staff

University Teacher Lockout Ends; Contract Talks Continue

NEW YORK ― About 400 university faculty members who were locked out for 12 days over a bitterly contested contract went back to teaching on Thursday. The lockout action by Long Island University in Brooklyn that suddenly left professors without health insurance or access to email also deprived about 8,000 students of their teachers. The […]

September 15, 2016

Latinx

Experts Cite Critical Need to Better Serve Hispanic Learners

Throughout HACU’s weekend-long conference from Oct. 10 to 12, educators, both K-12 and higher level, talked about research and effective programs that empowered Hispanic students to take ownership of their education

October 13, 2015