Crisis in America's classrooms

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  The Guardian

  

  The job Americans won't take: Arizona looks to Philippines to fill teacher shortage

  Guardian US - Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block

  College-educated Americans are increasingly uninterested in teaching jobs – so Arizona has begun to recruit from abroad On a recent sweltering morning in a public high school in a dusty town in the central Arizona desert, students in an advanced physics class hovered over beakers and flame-testing …

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  The Guardian

  

  How weak schools serve Trump's agenda

  The Guardian - Arne Duncan

  Of course the president says he loves the ‘poorly educated’: authoritarian regimes benefit when citizens lack education In late July, at a speech for veterans in Kansas City, Missouri, President Trump jabbed a finger at the back of the room, where members of the media were gathered, and cautioned …

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  The Guardian

  

  Billionaires v teachers: the Koch brothers' plan to starve public education

  Guardian US - Steven Greenhouse in Phoenix

  A small group of women have succeeded in putting a state law promoted by Betsy DeVos and billionaire donors which they see as an attack on public education on the ballot in November Arizona has become the hotbed for an experiment rightwing activists hope will redefine America’s schools – an …

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  The Guardian

  

  The day maggots fell from the ceiling: why I quit teaching

  Guardian US - Anonymous as told to Kaitlin Menza

  I’d read all the books, seen all the documentaries, but I still wasn’t ready for the horrors of America’s schools Teaching is in my blood. My mother is a teacher, and my grandfather was a principal in Miami. In college during the summers, I worked for this phenomenal local non-profit modeled after …

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  The Guardian

  

  What's your experience of teaching in America? Teachers, share your stories

  The Guardian - Guardian readers

  The Guardian US is launching a new project about teachers. Tell us your stories about teaching in America The Guardian’s teacher takeover is putting a spotlight on the wave of teacher activism sweeping the country and the crisis in America’s classrooms. What’s the biggest challenge you face as a …

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  The Guardian

  

  Teacher pay drops 5% in last decade – despite better qualified staff

  Guardian US - Erin Durkin

  New report shows teacher pay is declining, even as more educators have master’s degrees and doctorates American teachers are getting paid less – even though they are better qualified than ever, new research has found. Teacher salaries are down by nearly 5% compared with before the Great Recession – …