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Education
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MAIN TOPICS
- Charter Schools and School Vouchers
Charter Schools routinely trail behind public schools in academic achievement even as passage of school voucher legislation would leave behind millions of students. - No Child Left Behind
While the union movement long has championed the principles underlying the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), there are serious flaws in the law and its implementation that must be fixed. - Upholding High Standards for Students
When educators set high academic standards for students—and get the resources they need—student achievement improves. - Hiring More Skilled Teachers
Activists are pursuing lots of strategies to boosting teacher quality and recruit new teachers to deal with the influx of students into public schools. - Early Childhood Education and Child Care Workers
Even as the lack of affordable, quality child care is a serious problem, child care, child care workers struggle to stay in an industry with low wages. - Building, Improving and Modernizing
Of the existing 80,000 schools at least one-third are in need of extensive repair or replacement. Join the campaign to build more schools and fix up existing campuses. - Making Higher Education Affordable
Working families want access to education and training beyond high school and want higher-education workers treated fairly. Find out what unions are doing. - Homework Helpers
Homework headaches? Help is on the way. Visit these super sites.
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