sickout

Most Detroit teachers are expected back in the classroom Wednesday, after two straight days of teacher sickouts effectively shuttered the Detroit Public…

Almost every Detroit public school was closed today, the second day of a mass teacher sickout over pay and other issues. Some 45,000 students missed…

Nearly all Detroit Public Schools are closed again today, as too many teachers called in sick to protest being asked to work without guaranteed pay.It's…

For the first time in months, Detroit teachers are planning to hold a mass sickout Monday—and for the first time ever, union leaders are helping lead the…

Rick Joseph is the Michigan Teacher of the Year for 2016. Joseph recently wrote a piece for Bridge Magazine that asks, “Who am I to judge Detroit teacher…

Bills meant to crack down on teacher “sickout” protests are moving forward in the Michigan Senate.The bills would define the sickouts as illegal teacher…

A judge has denied the Detroit Public Schools’ efforts to stop teacher sickouts.The district says those sickouts amount to illegal strikes.But Michigan…

The Detroit Public Schools is suing many of its own teachers over repeated sickout protests, and there’s an important court hearing in that fight…

No matter how bad you might have thought the state messed up Flint, the reality is worse. Yesterday, a flood of revelations made that shockingly clear.Ten…

The Detroit Public Schools has lost an initial bid to stop frustrated teachers from staging repeated sickout protests.Angry about classroom conditions,…