In the past five months, 2,500 children have been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is despite a judge's order to stop and to reunify the children, six children have died. We are saying to the Human Rights Council: Hear us and help us!

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If we use these common standards as the foundation for better schools, we can give all kids a robust curriculum taught by well prepared, well supported teachers who can help prepare them for success in college, life and careers.

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The reason they were designated as targets was to keep them from the witness stand and us. Is it just a coincidence that four years later they haven't been indicted

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Half of all kids in public education are below the poverty line. Two-thirds of the achievement gap comes from factors outside of school. Teachers influence about seven to ten percent of what happens in kids' lives. When you think about those statistics, you have to think about how to re-envision education so it's holistic and so we share responsibility.

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My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back... by Randi Weingarten

My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back into the education wars.

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Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.

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The shiny object is not so shiny anymore. by Randi Weingarten

The shiny object is not so shiny anymore.

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This strike is also about questioning a charter school model that seeks to run education as a business rather than a contribution to our kids' futures. Acero executives are more interested in profits than students.

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Let’s make no mistake this was an existential attack on us, but what they didn’t expect was for workers to choose unions and their communities.

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They have attacked us and perverted and weaponized the First Amendment, the freedom of speech in a way that no one recognizes.

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I’m optimistic because people get what’s going on in this county and they understand what the forces are against us, and we are pushing forward together.

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Democratic National Committee's a paradigm shift to say that the unpledged delegates on that first ballot are in a different position, that the will of the nominee is going to be chosen, if chosen on the first ballot, by what the primary and caucus process produced.

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There is no other job I know of where the workers subsidize what should be a cost borne by an employer as a necessary ingredient of the job.

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Every classroom in America needs a well-supported, well-trained, well-paid educator helping students learn and thrive, teachers fight every day for the resources to do their job, and we fight for and with them — that includes solving shortages by improving wages and working conditions and giving teachers the professional respect, voice and latitude they need to succeed.

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It's common sense, the fixation on high-stakes testing hasn't moved the needle on student achievement.

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It's a big deal that the president and the secretaries of education-both current and future-are saying that they get it and are pledging to address the fixation on testing in tangible ways.

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We are proud that Hillary Clinton has come out in favor of a repeal of the so-called Cadillac tax -- a harmful tax on health benefits that is hurting America's working families, this tax already is being used by employers to shift an increasing share of health care costs to employees.

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You can't be against bullying without actually doing something ab... by Randi Weingarten

You can't be against bullying without actually doing something about it.

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Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn't measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student.

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Teaching is a profession in which capacity building should occur at every stage of the career - novices working with accomplished colleagues, skillful teachers sharing their craft, and opportunities for teacher leadership.

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A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred.

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