We want safe schools healthy schools equitable schools
From the national and local organizers of these actions we want to thank the thousands of people who educated, organized and showed up to make this National Day of Resistance a success from coast to coast. If you have news coverage of your action that cannot be found below, please email us a link.
Coverage from Around the Country
National Coverage
- NBC News | Educators join National Day of Resistance to fight for safe and equitable schools
- CBS News | National day of resistance for teachers
- National Public Radio | Teachers, Parents To Protest School Reopenings Without Adequate Funding
- Washington Times | Teachers unions use anti-reopening rallies, safety strike warnings to test resolve
- The Intercept | As Schools Reopen, Teachers, Parents, and Students are Pushing Back
- Al Jazeera | Teachers protest across US over reopening schools in pandemic
- Yahoo News | Educators join National Day of Resistance
- Washington Times | Teachers unions hold anti-reopening rallies, threaten ‘safety strikes’
- Reuters | U.S. teachers protest school reopenings, coronavirus cases down in South, West
- Washington Post | I’m sorry, but it’s a fantasy’
- Washington Post | With coronavirus cases reported at some reopened schools, protesters take to the streets with fake coffins
- EdWeek | Across the Country, Teachers Rally for Safe Reopenings and Police-Free Schools
- Wall Stree Journal Opinion | School-Opening Extortion: Teachers unions are using Covid-19 as a political weapon.
- Chalkbeat | Educators rally on national day of action as school reopening debate continues
- Dissent | Will the Teachers Take Control?
- Yahoo! News | Educators join National Day of Resistance
- WBIR, NBC Knoxville, TN | Getting You Back to School // Teachers rally for “Day of Resistance”
Alabama
Baltimore and Montgomery County, MD
- Baltimore Sun | PHOTOS: National Day of Resistance
- Baltimre Brew | A march for internet access planned today
- Bethesda Magazine | School Notes: Teachers union participates in ‘day of resistance’
- Fox Baltimore | Teachers, Students, Parents Demand Comcast and Verizon Help Close the Digital Divide
- WION | US teachers protest school reopenings, coronavirus cases down in South, West Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport
- Step Up Louisiana | Standing for safe schools at New Orleans City Hall
- KSLA News | Teachers, supporters protest outside Caddo School District’s central office
Camden, NJ
- Tap Into Camden | Superintendent On What Camden is Grappling With Amid Coronavirus Concerns (Includes quotes from protestors)
Chicago, IL
- Grassroots Education Movement | Demands for the Safe and Equitable Reopening of Our Schools
- Fox New Chicago | CTU reacts to CPS decision to begin school year with all-remote learning
- Fox New Chicago | CPS teacher talks about why remote learning will be much more efficient this fall
- Chalkbeat | CPS To Start School Year With All-Remote Learning After Pushback From Teachers Union And Parents, Reports Say
- ABC 7 | Chicago Public Schools to start school year with remote learning, Mayor Lightfoot, CPS announce
- Chicago Tribune | Lightfoot ‘does not have the guts to close schools,’ Chicago Teachers Union claims as it protests plan for in-person classes in CPS this fall
- Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago Teachers Union to call for strike vote at meeting next week
- NBC 5 | Chicago Teachers Union Expected to Meet, Considering Call for Strike Vote: Source
- CBS 2 | Chicago Teachers Union Warns Of Possible Strike Vote Over Remote Learning
- WBBM-AM | Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey: The conditions don’t warrant in-person learning yet
- Chicago Sun-Times | Teachers, activists rally to keep CPS schools closed during COVID-19 pandemic
- NBC 5 | Chicago Teachers Union Expected to Meet, Considering Call for Strike Vote: Source
- CBS 2 | CTU Organizing Car Caravan Monday, Demands Remote Learning For CPS In The Fall
- WBEZ | As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Chicago Public Schools To Start Remotely
- ABC 7 | Chicago Public Schools to start school year with remote learning, Mayor Lightfoot, CPS announce
- Univision | Crece la presión por parte de maestros de CPS para que el año escolar comience de manera remota
Cincinnati, OH
Little Rock, AR
- KARK News | LREA holds car caravan in front of capitol hoping to send message to Governor Hutchinson
- THV 11 News | Little Rock teachers protest re-opening schools amid coronavirus pandemic
- KATV News | Caravan of teachers drives through Little Rock, demanding safe school reopening
- Arkansas Times | Teachers to Hutchinson: We’re not lab rats!
- KARK News | Parents, teachers and community members hold ‘Die-in Demonstration’ to show people could die when schools reopen
- KATV News | ‘Die-In Demonstration’ at Brady Elementary School demands safe, equitable schools
- LEO Weekly | How To Support Racial Justice, Diversity and Activism This Week In Louisville (8/3)
Los Angeles, CA
- LA Daily News | Parents, students and teachers take demands to LAUSD and LA Area Chamber
- KTLA | Parents struggle as new school year starts amid coronavirus surge in U.S. (interview with Kahlila!!)
- CBS-LA | Hundreds of Teachers Take Part in National Day of Resistance After Union Reaches Deal with LAUSD over Distance Learning
- ABC 7 | LAUSD reopening: Tentative deal with teachers union allow safe August restart
- Telemundo 52 | LAUSD y maestros logran acuerdo en planes de aprendizaje a distancia
- Univision 34 | Regreso a clases: Junta de LAUSD votará el acuerdo tentativo con los maestros
- Reuters | L.A. teachers reach deal with school district on remote education
Massachusetts
- Boston Globe | Will Massachusetts teachers strike this fall? One local union is sounding an alarm
- Spectrum News 1 | Southbridge Teachers Rally for Safe Reopening
- WCBV 5 | Emergency meeting about reopening schools set for Monday
- Wicked Local | Letter to Editor from North of Boston Educator Action Network
- Wicked Local | Belmont teachers’ union endorses comprehensive distance learning this fall
- Wicked Local | Watertown teachers’ union endorses comprehensive distance learning this fall
Minnesota
- Pioneer Press TwinCities.com | Twin Cities teachers unions demand schools stay closed this fall
- KMSP Fox 9 | Teachers rally at Minnesota governor’s residence, call for caution before returning to in-person teaching
- Sahan Journal | ‘I can’t teach if I’m dead’: Minnesota teachers of color say distance learning is best option for fall
New York City
- New York Times | Can N.Y.C. Reopen Schools? The Whole Country Is Watching
- News 12 Brooklyn | Parents, teachers call for schools to remain closed until safe during pandemic
- Time 24 News | New York teachers protest reopening of schools
- NY Post | Another teachers union group rips plan to reopen NYC schools
Newark, NJ
Oakland, CA
- KPIX CBS 5 | OUSD, Teachers Fail To Agree On Reopening Plan For Oakland Students
- KTVU Fox 2 | Teachers union, OUSD still at odds over distance learning plan with fall semester one week away
Ohio
Philadelphia, PA
- ABC 6 | Philly teachers, students, parents join national protests for school improvements
- NBC Philadelphia | ‘We Are the Experts’: Teachers Demand Say in How to Reopen Schools Safely
Richmond, VA
- Richmond Times-Dispatch | Teachers, parents and students gather at Richmond school for ‘Demand Safe Schools’ motor march
- NBC 12 | ’Only when it’s safe’: Virginia Educators United hold motor march
- Bristol Herald-Courier | Virginia motor march calls for virtual start to school year
- NBC 12 | Virginia Educators United plans motor march around state Capitol
- 6 News Richmond | Virginia motor march calls for virtual start to school year
San Antonio, TX
- KSAT | San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel asks district leaders to keep campuses closed until it’s safe
- Univision 41 | Maestros de San Antonio exigen que el regreso a clases presenciales se postergue
- News 4 | Union coalition asks for teachers to remote teach from their own home amid pandemic
San Diego, CA
Times of San Diego | South County Teachers ‘Motor March’ to Demand Safety Measures, Funding
West Virginia
- Times West Virginian | Statewide action group pushes for virtual learning
- WCHS ABC 8 | Teacher group requesting remote learning to begin school year
Wisconsin (Madison, Milwaukee)
- Madison.com | School teachers from across the state protest for a virtual fall semester
- Channel 3000 | Teachers unions continue calls for Evers to order all-virtual start to school year
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Resources to Build the Movement
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