Education Beat
What a Fresno teachers’ strike 45 years ago can teach us today
Fresno teachers are voting this Wednesday on whether to strike. The first and only time Fresno teachers have been on strike before was in 1978.
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Fresno teachers are voting this Wednesday on whether to strike. The first and only time Fresno teachers have been on strike before was in 1978.
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