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Milwaukee teachers union seeks higher wages for education assistants
X post in Labor and Socialist-Progressive
By Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel Nov. 17, 2014 4:15 p.m.
Peer into a special education classroom for high-needs students at Grantosa Drive Elementary School in Milwaukee, and you'll see at least three adults.
Which one is the lead teacher is not immediately clear.
The woman coaching students on how to identify the sequence of steps to plant a flower, another working with students at a different table or the woman at the computer helping a girl take an assessment?
She's at the computer. The other two are educational assistants, whose often unsung work is at the heart of a new campaign by the Milwaukee teachers union to raise their salaries.
FULL story at link.