Education

Visitors come with cash, leave with souvenirs.

Noah Karvelis says that he attended the Socialism 2018 conference as an opportunity to network with other teacher-organizers.

“GCU is not in the mainstream,” said Robert Shireman, a fellow at the Century Foundation. “It is completely different from other universities.”

“The #RedForEd movement is here to stay,” said Joshua Buckley, the chair of the Invest in Education Committee.

A representative contradicted Great Hearts when asked whether Teleos Preparatory Academy will remain open. “It’s closed permanently,” she said.

The charter network’s unsteady plan to acquire a new school site near South Mountain has put some parents in limbo.

“Our goal is not to steal teachers,” said Clint Bond, a spokesperson for the Fort Worth Independent School District.

“Informally, there were many calls and emails made by citizens.”

#RedForEd’s morph into #InvestInEd leads to rule change.

It wasn’t an unequivocal victory for teachers, but experts see the strike as a victory nonetheless.

Bring on the revolution.

“It’s not what we want, but we understand that this didn’t get this way overnight, and it probably isn’t going to be solved overnight.”

“We don’t get to pat ourselves on the back. We had no intention of giving this money to education in January, in February, in March.”

“It sounded good in theory, but once the pressure was applied, everybody folded.”

“The war is not over, but we’ve won an important battle here to move the Legislature this far.”

The Phoenix Union High School District retroactively applied leave days to the three days teachers missed because of the strike, angering educators.

“We don’t have a deal, so keep the energy up.”

Across rural Arizona, Monday was just another normal school day.

“I don’t want outside influence deciding anything about our public schools.”

“We are pleased to announce that this plan is a reality.”

“There’s a huge amount of support… “

Superintendent Camille Casteel is a supporter of Governor Ducey