education

LOS ANGELES — A strike 20 months in the making. Thousands of teachers, students, and allies marched out of the classroom demanding higher wages, smaller classroom sizes, and support staff in the nation’s second-largest school district. Many...

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of faculty members from the United Teachers of Los Angeles office pick up thousands of signs and placards, which are expected be seen throughout the city on Thursday. “It is a last stand...

OREM, Utah — Before joining Utah Valley University as its new president this fall, Astrid Tuminez traveled to the Philippines, visiting key places from her life’s journey. “The place where you come from kind of reminds...

by Quay Evano, ABS-CBN News CALGARY — MaKami College, the largest massage therapy and healthcare aid program school in Alberta, is offering scholarships to Filipinos in the province, in celebration of June as Philippine Heritage Month. CEO...

by Fleur Magbanua-Mansur PHOENIX — The streets of downtown Phoenix became a sea of red on Thursday, when approximately 50,000 teachers — including parents, students, and other supporters of Red for Ed — marched to the state capitol to protest...

by Cheryl Piccio – ABS-CBN News HOUSTON, TX — 73-year-old Florencio Guinhawa’s story is one full of struggles: a 91-day hospital stay for colon problems, a Hepatitis C diagnosis, a year of chemotherapy, a major car accident, and...

by Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America Bureau COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — Thirty years ago, Eunice Lane made one of the most difficult decisions of her life: leaving her family in the Philippines for a job opportunity...

LAS VEGAS — For decades, the Philippines was the breeding ground of trained nurses for the United States. Today, the nation has become the number one source for foreign-skilled teachers for Clark County. Grappling with the teacher shortage...

NEW YORK — A teacher shortage is sweeping the nation, and in New York, there already seeing signs that a severe teacher shortage is looming. According to NYSUT or the New York State United Teachers Union of...

NEW YORK — With a 543.2 billion pesos or $10.97 billion dollars in the national budget in 2017, the Philippine Department of Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis-Briones had this to say about those stereotypical images of Filipino students and...