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The Solution to Burnout is Solidarity

Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! In Minnesota, nurses recently ended a three-day strike. They’re highly trained professionals, mostly women, who are tired of being underpaid and overworked. Sound familiar? Educators know this experience all too well.  In recent weeks, the “teacher shortage crisis” has loomed […]

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A Q&A with Baltimore Teachers Union President, Diamonté Brown

Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Recently unions have been a topic of discussion following the successful unionizing of Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in New York and Starbucks stores nationwide. In the education industry—where not outlawed— unions can be found in most places across the country. […]