Today was an incredible step forward in the struggle to fully fund education in Washington state: our union, the Seattle Education Association (SEA), went on a one day strike, joining over 50 local educators' unions in a rolling strike wave to demand that the State Legislature spend billions of more dollars on the schools. I have been part of a …
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Educators are walking out of the public schools in Seattle on Tuesday, May 18th, joining a one day rolling strike wave of educators unions around the state, with a powerful message for the State Legislature: Fully fund education. These educators will be joined by many parents and students who are asking that the Washington State …
Thanks to everyone for your support for the Social Equality Educator’s (SEE) RESPECT campaign in the recent Seattle Education Association (SEA) union election! Our campaign generated more excitement than ever before--both inside the union and among social justice and education thought leaders who supported my run for president of the union. In the end, I came …
The Seattle Times ran an important front page article today on the current election in the Seattle Education Association (SEA), "Politics plays role in teachers union vote for president". I am running for President of SEA on the RESPECT ticket, a slate of social justice educators. The main criticism of our campaign cited in the …
Voting has begun! I am running for president of the Seattle Education Association (SEA) with a dozen other educators on the RESPECT ticket. We want to transform our union to become a powerful force to defend public education from corporate education reformers. Many of us were leaders in the MAP test boycott and we all believe …
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