Berry Craig joins us from the Kentucky Labor Council to talk about the upcoming Fancy Farm Picnic and a very intriguing, unlikely candidate for Congress.

Paul Goodland discusses what he calls a “public school siege” in his home state of Florida. He points out that our periods of greatest economic prosperity in America were periods ...

Nina Esposito Visgitas, president of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, discusses the importance of early childhood education, and reports that the city of Pittsburgh is working to ensure that 5,000 ...

Julie McShane (IFT) discusses the apparent divide and conquer tactic of the Illinois governor: pitting rural voters against Chicagoland on education funding.

Jane Russell joins us from the Illinois Federation of Teachers to discuss the precarious position of school funding. The state finally has a budget – without the transformational things the ...

Then we discuss the ways that poverty, compounded by inadequate school funding, also affects the kids of Detroit with Glenda Booker, the Secretary for Detroit Federation of Teachers local 231. ...

Carrena Rouse, Boone County Federation of Teachers President, compares her state frequently to a third world country, where she recently saw a shoe drive, and many children come to school ...

Why doesn’t anyone want to be a teacher anymore? Denise Specht joins us from Teach Minnesota with her thoughts on why we have such a problem recruiting and retaining new ...

Public education is about making sure that the next generation has what they need to improve the future of America. Akemi Stout  poses this important question: Why would you try ...

Florida teacher Vernell Williams-Spar talks about the burden that the rising cost of higher education (and student loans) puts on our nation’s youth.