Teaching

United Academics of the University of Oregon has announced its intent to strike as early as Monday, the start of Spring Term, unless it can reach a deal on a new contract. UO’s Office of the Provost said it will not cancel the term if a strike happens.

Federal funding for research projects is a particular worry for the state’s larger public universities, which receive millions of dollars in federal research funding each year.

The biggest question this session is about how much money the state will invest in public schools for the next biennium. But it’s not the only question.

Members of the OSU Coalition of Graduate Employees will vote to ratify the tentative contract agreement over the weekend and go back to work on Monday.

Undergraduates and teaching faculty are calling on OSU administrators to reach a fair deal with graduate workers, who’ve been on strike since Nov. 12.

Teachers returned to work Tuesday, with a two-hour delay for students.

It's a new school year and Jake Miller is not setting up his classroom in Pennsylvania. He's not getting to know a new group of eighth-graders. After 15 years of teaching, he quit.

Districts are bringing in new substitute teachers under a new temporary state rule.

Is your mind more like a muscle that you can build? Or a machine that can only do certain things well? A new focus on mindsets is changing classrooms.

Authors Nicholson Baker and Michael Copperman speak about their new books detailing their experiences teaching in American public schools.