Education

Chicagoans Reject Over 1,000 School Layoffs

August 3, 2026 Hayden Kersting, Fight Back! News. Resist! Austerity, Chicago, Education, Public schools, Worker Rights and Jobs

Chicago, IL – On Thursday morning, July 30, the Chicago Board of Education passed an amended budget to avoid over 1000 layoffs of workers in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The revised budget counts on the state of Illinois to allocate an additional $150 million to CPS for the 2026-2027 school year. The amount is a fraction of the funding Illinois committed to provide to school districts under the Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) for Student Success Act, passed back in 2017. Unions, community organizations and other stakeholders are pressuring the general assembly and Governor J.B. Pritzker to follow through on these commitments.

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon And BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children

August 1, 2026 Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News. Educate! Children, Education, Military Industrial Complex, Propaganda, STEM

Raytheon sponsors the Girl Scouts of America. BAE Systems is reading your toddlers their favorite fairytale stories. And Lockheed Martin funds children’s math and STEM festivals. This is done with great fanfare, supposedly to empower and inspire children to pursue their passion for science. In reality, though, these companies are attempting to launder their images and enlist the next generation to become cogs in the military-industrial complex. All the while, these organizations’ products are being used across the world by the United States and Israel to commit war crimes – in Iran, Yemen, Palestine, and beyond – to target children.

Meet-And-Greet Protested For Connection To Paligen Bomb Factory

July 27, 2026 Jo Hargis, Fight Back! News. Resist! Anti-war Movement, Education, Texas, weapons, Youth

Garland, TX – On July 2, outside the Garland Chamber of Commerce meet and greet, the DFW Anti-War Committee held a protest to demand that Garland Independent School District (GISD) and Dallas College stop sending students to build bombs in the Paligen Technology factory. The event was hosted at Tavern on the Square, the owner of which berated, threatened and called the police on protesters for writing chalk messages on the public sidewalk near his business. Messages included “Stop the bombs Garland,” “Stop partnering with Paligen” and “No to Garland students building bombs.” Police came and went without incident and the protest proceeded.

Education Crisis A Major Malfunction In The Engine Of Democracy

July 27, 2026 Mary Rose Quinn and Michael O'Dea, People's World. Educate! Democracy, Education, Houston, Literacy, Public schools, Texas

Houston, Texas — While students, parents, teachers, and school staff enjoy what remains of their summer, the nation’s literacy crisis continues to loom overhead. The results of three decades of educational “reform” reveal a dangerous backslide in education that has coincided with the broader backslide in democracy. Among the many factors identified as contributing to the education crisis are an overemphasis on standardized testing, remote learning that took off during the COVID-19 pandemic, the elimination of free reading time in schools, declining rates of reading for pleasure among both children and adults, the rise of digital technologies that compete for attention, and growing economic inequality.

Israeli Spy Behind PragerU’s Plan To Rewrite Education To Indoctrinate Children

July 9, 2026 Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News. Educate! Education, Israel, PragerU, Propaganda

PragerU is trying to take over American schools. The right-wing, pseudo-educational group is now an official educational partner in at least ten states, and blitzes children with highly questionable messaging on race, history, and politics. Even more concerning, PragerU is led by former Israeli spy, Marissa Streit, who has stated she uses the tactics and techniques honed by IDF military intelligence on the American people. Streit’s company is involved in a big-money operation targeting children with neoconservative, pro-war, pro-business, pro-Israel messaging, attempting to indoctrinate them at their youngest and most impressionable age.

The Strategic Satire Of India’s Gen Z ‘Cockroach’ Movement

July 7, 2026 Aparajita Ghosh, Waging Nonviolence. Resist! Cockroach Movement, Education, Gen Z, India

On June 29, thousands of people gathered at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar — the capital’s designated site for public demonstration — in the second week of a growing sit-in accompanied by a wave of online dissent. What is being called India’s first “Gen Z protest” was spurred by an education system that many young Indians believe has failed to offer fair opportunities. Protesters arrived carrying the Indian flag, copies of the constitution and red roses, which they handed to police officers stationed at the venue. Volunteers reminded participants to remain disciplined, avoid confrontation and document events on their phones.

Reflections From A Teacher On Labor Notes 2026

July 4, 2026 Emma Lee, Left Voice. Organize! Education, Labor Movement, Schools, Teachers, Unions

This year’s Labor Notes conference was set upon the backdrop of important battles of class struggle within the U.S. and around the world — and in every struggle, educators have been on the front lines. From the United Kingdom to Canada to Puerto Rico to the Spanish state, reflections on and connections to many of these experiences were brought by educators at UCORE and Labor Notes. At UCORE, Eduardo Lozano, a member of the CGT in Barcelona, shared his experience as part of the strike in Catalonia and Valencia of over 100,000 educators fighting for better resources and working conditions, smaller teacher-to-student ratios, police out of schools, and classes taught in Catalan.

They Didn’t Wait: California Teachers Strike And Win

June 10, 2026 Danielle Smith, Labor Notes. Resist! California, Education, Solidarity, Strikes, Teachers, Unions, Worker Rights

Tens of thousands of California educators joined forces statewide, wagering that they could win more by working together. The result was a wave of strikes this school year that defied narratives of austerity and won better funding. “Our districts are different, but our stories are the same,” said Gina Gray, a Los Angeles high school English teacher who served on her union’s extended bargaining committee. “It’s exciting to see how up and down the state, locals are really standing up. Educators everywhere are saying: Enough is enough. Invest in public education the way it deserves to be.”

Education Strikes Across Spanish State Demonstrate Power Of Self-Organization

June 4, 2026 Pola Posen, Left Voice. Organize! Education, Spain, Strike, Teachers

On Wednesday, the yellow shirts of hundreds of teachers shone in the scorching Catalan sun as they flooded onto the AP7, a key highway that connects Barcelona to France and the rest of Europe. As far as the eye could see, trucks slowed to a halt: the Catalan general education sector strike had successfully blocked the movement of goods along the highway. The strike extended to every part of the education sector: even private summer camps were shut down by the strike. Mobilizations burst onto the streets — across the region, tens of thousands of teachers and allies rallied and blocked main roads.

Rank-And-File Educators Challenge Police Presence In Public Schools

May 12, 2026 Fight Back! News. Organize! Education, New York City (NYC), Police, Public schools, Teachers

New York, NY – On Wednesday, May 6, the Movement of Rank and File Educators gathered for general assembly in Midtown Manhattan. More than 40 classroom teachers from across the city met to discuss the presence of NYPD in schools and the police’s role in oppressing the student body of New York and intimidating teachers and staff in schools. The group was joined by the Dignity in Schools organization, which is against scanners and police in schools. The meeting began with a teach-in on the history of policing in schools in NYC, which first began in the 1970s after the United Federation of Teachers made a mistake by striking against Black and Puerto Rican parents who wanted to exercise control over their children’s schools.

Students And Teachers Strike Against Right-Wing Reforms, Militarization

May 10, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. Resist! Education, Italy, Right wing politics, Student Activism

Students and teachers in over 60 localities across Italy striked on May 7 to protest education reforms presented by the Meloni government that seek to subordinate the education sector to industry interests and militarization. The measures include aligning technical and professional courses with employer needs and removing critical content from curricula, while keeping thousands of education workers in precarious positions. The day of mobilization was preceded by an additional sectoral strike day on May 6, and coincided with a new wave of dockworkers’ protests for better working conditions and against arms transfers.

Teaching In And Against The State

April 18, 2026 Ranita Ray, Red Pepper. Strategize! Education, Fascism, History, Racism, Teachers

Book bans, immigration raids, and efforts to erase Black, migrant, disabled, trans and queer students and their histories are spreading across the US. Public schools have once again been cast into the political spotlight as the Trump administration tries to dismantle the Department of Education altogether. Teachers are beset on all sides, preparing themselves for union backlash, layoffs as a result of teaching Black and queer history, and even immigration sweeps. In this context, headline after headline casts teachers as natural allies with communities under threat.

Last-Minute Tentative Agreements Avert Big L.A. School Strike

April 17, 2026 Mark Gruenberg, People's World. Resist! Education, Los Angeles, Public schools, Strikes, Teachers, Unions

Los Angeles — Last-minute tentative agreements, reached at 3 a.m. on April 13—two days before a scheduled strike was to start—averted the walkout by the three unions representing 37,000 teachers and support staffers of the Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD), one of the largest districts in the U.S. One key to the agreements, covering the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), a Teachers/AFT local, Teamsters Local 2010, and Service Employees Local 99, was widespread labor, community, and political support for the workers, who sought substantial raises that would enable them to continue to live and work in L.A.

Palestinian Students Are Fighting For Their Right To Education

April 16, 2026 Ashley Ver Beek, Waging Nonviolence. Resist! Education, Genocide, Human Rights, Palestine, Student Activism

The scenic campus of Birzeit University sits on a hill near Ramallah, 12 miles northwest of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Vast blue sky is visible from every road and sidewalk. Palestinian flags wave in the breeze. The familiar campus bustle of classes, friends and events was violently interrupted on Jan. 6, 2026, when Israeli forces raided the university in broad daylight, firing live rounds and employing sound grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds of students. Forty-one people were injured, with three students sustaining gunshot wounds and three hit by shrapnel, according to Al Jazeera.

Jonathan Kozol And The Struggle Against US Apartheid

April 7, 2026 Michael K. Smith, Counter Punch. Strategize! Apartheid, Education, History, Racism, United States

Although bookshelves groan under the weight of tracts about U.S. racism, no one’s writings on the topic are more unsettling than Jonathan Kozol’s. He is among our greatest and most eloquent dissenters. He writes not from studied objectivity but with an impassioned conviction that sears the conscience and haunts the soul. His books, once read, stay with you; his insights, once seen, can never again be unseen. Horrors we once attributed to happenstance or personal failure are revealed by Kozol for what they are: our society’s deliberate punishment of innocent poor people, whose very existence reminds us of moral failures we prefer to imagine do not exist.

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