Education
Teachers demand pay increase and want the California district to hire more counsellors and nurses to support students.
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by Lucia Newman
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by Haru Mutasa
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Education23 Jan 2019 04:04 GMT
Teachers' union says supermajority of its 30,000 members back tentative agreement reached with school officials.
Education22 Jan 2019 21:14 GMT
Union members are expected to vote on the deal on Tuesday, meaning teachers are likely to be back to work on Wednesday.
Witness21 Jan 2019 09:50 GMT
A school in Taiwan uses a controversial social experiment to teach students the value of money.
Labour18 Jan 2019 16:01 GMT
Some 30,000 teachers who have gone without a contract for nearly a year walked off the job on Monday.
United States16 Jan 2019 20:21 GMT
Thousands of educators strike for better wages and conditions, the same reasons many joined the last stoppage in 1989.
Education15 Jan 2019 10:59 GMT
More than 30,000 LA teachers walked off the job after negotiations for improved compensation and work conditions failed.
Asia Pacific14 Jan 2019 05:01 GMT
Among 6,000 schools in Jakarta, only 165 have been taught how to respond in case of an emergency.
Pakistan02 Jan 2019 21:23 GMT
Geoffrey Langlands, a British major who witnessed India's partition, became one of Pakistan's most respected teachers.
Philippines14 Dec 2018 05:56 GMT
Martial law creating more problems for Lumad on troubled island as Philippine government battles Communist rebels.
Rohingya13 Dec 2018 00:45 GMT
Ban on formal schooling, poor resources leave children of mostly Muslim minority without basic education, report warns.
Migrants11 Dec 2018 19:54 GMT
Run by Yemeni refugees, the school has given hope to migrants and refugees in Morocco, a country fighting unemployment.
Human Rights11 Dec 2018 13:47 GMT
Tanzanian President John Magufuli banned teenage mothers from returning to public schools in a decree.
Asia Pacific11 Dec 2018 12:04 GMT
Banned from school, Tanzania forces pregnant girls to choose between an education and their unborn child.
Nigeria05 Dec 2018 17:38 GMT
Students say they are facing a bleak future as labour deadlock between the government and professors continues.
Radicalised Youth04 Dec 2018 07:15 GMT
How surviving a high school mass shooting has turned some students into activists for and against US gun control reform.
by Emine Erdogan
by Imran Awan
by Larry Beinhart
by Donald Earl Collins