By Jackson Potter | April 5, 2022 | News
File under: global studies, Jackson Potter, Ukraine
Jackson Potter recently asked students in his Global Politics classes to respond to a new Freedom House study that found just one in five people now live in countries designated as “free.” The context of the students’ responses were firmly embedded in their concerns around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is unfolding before their eyes on television and social media.
By Jackson Potter | April 20, 2021 | News
File under: Cecilia Soto, Celeste Larkin, COVID-19, CPS budget, Cynthia Jones, Heather Ingram, Jackson Potter, Marilen Corres, Nick Lucas
How should CPS spend the extra $2.3 billion the district is receiving in pandemic relief funds from the federal government? To answer that question, a group of CTU members across the district is asking their students.
By Jackson Potter | November 20, 2020 | News
File under: COVID-19, Jackson Potter, Remote Learning, UTLA
CPS has refused to bargain with the CTU over remote learning or return to in-person school, but educators in Los Angeles have been properly engaged by their school management. Maybe it’s because Los Angeles has an elected school board. Or, maybe, officials there realize you cannot run a school system without the workers.
By Jackson Potter | June 26, 2020 | News
File under: COVID-19, Jackson Potter, Rent relief, Right to Recovery, United Working Families
We are all fed up with cabin fever caused by quarantine, the disappointing inadequacies of remote learning, and growing economic insecurity. But we must keep fighting to ensure a true recovery for the many, not the few.