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A Deep Dive Into The Top Education Issues of 2019-20 | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

By Peter Medlin • Jan 24, 2020
Erik Czerwin

Erik Czerwin, language arts & literature teacher at Rockford's Guilford High School, sits down with host Peter Medlin for a wide-ranging discussion of the top education issues of 2019 and what they'll be looking at in 2020. 

They talk about everything from local stories like:

DeKalb Teachers Working Without Contract File Intent To Strike

By Peter Medlin • Aug 27, 2019
Photo by Spencer Tritt

Teachers with the DeKalb Classroom Teachers Association have been working without a contract since the start of the new school year. They just filed an intent to strike, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there will be one soon.

The union and DeKalb Board of Education have been negotiating since February. The most crucial issues for DeKalb teachers has been class sizes as well as the length of their contract.

What A Recent Illinois Teacher Strike Can Teach Us About LA's

By Peter Medlin • Jan 17, 2019

More than 30,000 Los Angeles teachers are on strike this week.

The biggest issue on the negotiating table has not been teacher salaries, as is common. Instead, LA teachers are worried about class sizes, which can sometimes reach 40 students per class.

 

Meanwhile, teachers in Denver, Colorado, are nearing a work stoppage of their own.

Rockford teachers strike: no school Thursday in the Rockford School District

By • Mar 28, 2012

Nine hours of contract negotiations between the Rockford School district and its teachers have ended: teachers will hit the picket lines Thursday morning.