The California Center on Teaching Careers has launched a campaign to recruit support staff for schools. The Be Their Joy campaign encourages people to take classified staff positions that include jobs ...

A tentative agreement between the district and support staff union keeps classrooms open for nearly 400,000 students. Schools ...

There’s no state in the country where an education support professional—such as a paraprofessional or a school cafeteria worker—earns enough, on average, to support themself and one child while living ...

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When a child walks through the schoolhouse doors, there is a team of professionals waiting for them, eager to help them learn and reach their full potential. There are teachers, of course, and school ...

At the monthly School District 22 Board of Education meeting on April 15, the 2026-27 annual budget  was presented, revealing that support staff are still without a new collective agreement.

School districts across the country, including Naperville schools in suburban Chicago, are facing shortages of school staff such as paraprofessionals and bus drivers. Credit: Camilla Forte/The ...

Cars filled the Crestwood High School parking lot on Thursday night, when it was decided that 111 support staff employees would go on strike on Monday. MOUNTAIN TOP — The Crestwood School District’s ...