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Aug 24, 20212 min read

DC-CORE Member Sophia Baratta Testimony for the SBOE on Reopening

Testimony before the State Board of Education By Sophia Baratta: Teacher at Hendley Elementary (DCPS), active WTU member, DC-Core Member,...

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Aug 23, 20215 min read

DC-CORE Co-Chair Laura Fuchs SBOE Testimony on Reopening

DC State Board of Education Testimony on DCPS Reopening By: Laura Fuchs – DCPS Teacher and WTU Building Representative at HD Woodson HS,...

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Aug 22, 20213 min read

DC SBOE Testimony on Reopening from Steve Donkin

Testimony Before the D.C. State Board of Education, August 18, 2021 Steve Donkin Science Teacher, Cardozo Education Campus D.C. Caucus Of...

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Aug 21, 20211 min read

DC-CORE Members Featured in Washington City Paper

"Mayor and Chancellor’s Back to School Plans Have Parents and Educators Worried for Kids" by CAROLINE JONES AUGUST 20TH, 2021 Read the...

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Aug 16, 20212 min read

DC-CORE Statement on Reopening

The number of new COVID cases in the D.C. area continues to rise, driven primarily by the highly contagious Delta variant. We are also...

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Aug 5, 20214 min read

Union Will Defend Teachers in 'Critical Race Theory' Fights

One of the nation's largest teachers unions is promising to defend members who are punished for teaching an “honest history” of the...

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Jul 25, 20211 min read

Frito-Lay Kansas worker strike ends after 20 days

By Sara O'Brien, CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/24/business/frito-lay-strike-union-contract-topeka-kansas/index.html (CNN)After...

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Jul 12, 20211 min read

Now they love her Karen Lewis knew you don’t make a lot of friends in high places when you stand up

Ben Joravsky February 10, 2021 https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/now-they-love-her/Content?oid=86338723 ’Cause here’s the deal—back...

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Jul 12, 20211 min read

The Resurgence of Teachers Unions

Arlene Inouye and Jackson Potter March 4, 2021 https://forgeorganizing.org/article/resurgence-teachers-unions In this essay, we look at...

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