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Philly Students Walkout As City Cancels Teachers' Contract ( Video )
Teacher-Activist Anissa Weinraub responds to Philadelphia unilaterally dissolving their contract with the teachers' union and says the union is considering legal action in response October 9, 14Anissa Weinraub is a 9th-year high school teacher in the Philadelphia public schools. She is a founder of the Teacher Action Group Philadelphia, as well as a steering committee member of the Caucus of Working Educators, a social justice caucus within the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. She believes that the tipping point has been reached in Philadelphia, where educators, students, parents and community members are uniting to push back against corporate reform in order to get the resources that our students need and deserve.
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