Jan Resseger writes an in-depth account of the ongoing battle by teachers in West Virginia to keep charters and vouchers out of their state.
They struck twice and they continue to fight.
The Republican majority in the legislature is determined to introduce privatization, despite the poor results in other states.
The Republican leadership have added provisions to the pending legislation to prevent walkouts in the future.
”We learned on Tuesday that a poison pill had been added to the Senate’s omnibus bill—to ban strikes by teachers: “Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Trump says an anti-strike provision was amended into an omnibus education bill…. The amendment also says no county superintendent may close school in anticipation of a strike. And the amendment says that if a strike causes school to be closed then that school can’t participate in extracurricular activities… Democrats in the Senate argued that the provision was retaliatory for the strikes of the past two years.”
What happens next will be decided by the House and Governor Jim Justice.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
This link is off-topic, but this is something that could apply to districts everywhere and not the district at the focus on this article. Please share as a blog post for all to see if interested. I am not the author of the article nor am I the owner of the website.
High-stakes testing and restorative justice cannot coexist.
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The original article is up at OEN https://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/West-Virginia-Teachers-Kee-in-Best_Web_OpEds-Accountablity_Charter-School-Failure_Education-Laws_Educational-Crisis-190608-612.html#comment735935
with this comment:
15,880 school districts in 50 states https://www.opednews.com/Series/15-880-Districts-in-50-Sta-by-Susan-Lee-Schwartz-140921-34.html?f=15-880-Districts-in-50-Sta-by-Susan-Lee-Schwartz-140921-34.html. which makes it easy for the privateers to end pubic education, by buying the politicians and the legislatures.
https://dianeravitch.net/?s=Legislatures
The Ravitch blog which is a treasure if you want up-to the-minute news on the war on public education.. Everyone should read at least follow her posts.
The posts are to articles by educators across America. It is where I get the latest on the war on Public Education, that began with an assault on teachers, that took out tens of thousands of our most experienced, dedicated professional practitioners..i.e teachers.
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a great ‘hub’ 🙂
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