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To Innovate, Look to Those Who Educate

Randi Weingarten | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: American Federation of Teachers, Grants, Aft, Teachers Union, Innovation, Teachers, Education Reform, Labor Unions, Education News

When teachers and other school employees work collaboratively with administrators and others on school improvement, students do better.

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Tony Bryk: Learning How to Improve

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Aft, Carnegie-Foundation-for-the-Advancement-of-Teaching, Education Reform, Education News

As a University of Chicago scholar, Tony Bryk repeatedly produced local research of national importance. He combined skills in experimental design with incisive insight.

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Restoring Hope to McDowell County

Randi Weingarten | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Aft, Education, Mcdowell County, American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, West Virginia, Economy, Education News

In America, a great public education is our primary opportunity agent for a better future. Yet as our economic struggles have reminded us, educational opportunity and economic prospects are inextricably linked.

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Michelle Rhee's Key Hire Finds Difficulty In Diffusing Union Distrust

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2011

WASHINGTON -- Attempts to bridge the divide between self-styled education reform groups and teachers unions, backed by progressive organizations, hit ...

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Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Aft, Randi Weingarten, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Afl-Cio, Lindsey Graham, Tom Donohue, Damon Silvers, p3s, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Alcoa, Richard Trumka, US Chamber of Commerce, United Food and Commercial Workers, Clinton Global Initiative, Business News

Here are 5 ways that labor unions are advancing private-investment-driven solutions to our crisis, and promoting export-led growth -- in partnership with businesses.

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Teachers Union Defends Michelle Rhee Attack Site

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Teacher Quality, Michelle Rhee, Education News, Education, Aft, Class Warfare, American Federation of Teachers, Education Debate, Studentsfirst, Steven Brill, Fordham Institute, Rheefirst, Education Reform, Education News

In the eyes of Steven Brill, the American Federation of Teachers building a website attacking Michelle Rhee and masking its origins is worse than Rhee...

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Parent Empowerment and Randi Weingarten

Ben Austin | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Parent Trigger, Aft, Randi Weingarten, Education News

We at Parent Revolution cannot march together with AFT until AFT stops pretending that parent involvement is the same thing as parent empowerment.

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Teachers Union Responds To Complaints On Parent Power Views

Dropout Nation | RiShawn Biddle | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Parent Trigger Law, Aft, American Federation of Teachers, Alexander Russo, Randi Weingarten, Parent Trigger, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Teachers, Dropout Nation, Education News

After yesterday’s Dropout Nation report on the American Federation of Teachers’ Parent Trigger presentation, the union’s has responded with a st...

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Rolling Up Our Sleeves to Improve Teacher Quality

Randi Weingarten | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Superintendents, Labor, Education, Teacher Evaluation, Aft, Teachers Union, Teachers, Education Reform, Public Education, School Administrators, American Federation of Teachers, Education News

By focusing on improving the quality of teaching in every classroom, we can transform our education system and give all kids the education they need to succeed in the knowledge economy.

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PHOTOS: Thousands Of Teachers Swarm Wall Street In Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Budget Protest New York City, Uft, On May 12, Aft, Homelessness, Randi Weingarten, Michael Mulgrew, Bloomberg Budget, Teacher Layoff Protests, New York City Budget Cuts, New York City Council, New York Teacher Protest, Wall Street March, New York News

Thousands of teachers, social workers, union members and more took part in a march Thursday against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plans for wide-ranging b...

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One Teacher's Vision To Save American Education

Randy Turner | Posted 06.10.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Public Schools, Nea, Poverty, Arne Duncan, Tenure, Standardized Tests, Privatization, Aft, Reform, Classroom, Education Reform, Teachers Union, Education News

Why do teachers remain impotent on the sidelines while legislators with no idea of what goes in a classroom are making decisions that affect the lives of millions of American children?

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Common Core Curriculum -- Who's on Board? Who's Not?

Mike Klonsky | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: School Reform, Common Core, Aft, Arne Duncan, National Curriculum, Education News

A diverse group has coalesced around the idea that there is or ought to be a common culture, expressed through the school curriculum, tying together the country's education system.

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Texas Turmoil: Thousands Of Educators Protest Budget Cuts At Capitol

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hesp, Aft, Budget Cuts, Teacher Protests, Houston ISD, Texas Schools, Houston Schools, Austin Protests, Texas Budget, Education News

As spring break kicks off, thousands of educators from around the state are hardly vacationing. Instead, they're protesting budget cuts at the state c...

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Interviewing the New NYC Schools Chancellor (Animated Video)

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uft, Public Schools, New York City Public Schools, Michael Mulgrew, Aft, Teacher Leaders Network, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, United Federation of Teachers, Education Reform, Cathie Black, Cathleen Black, Education News

Mayor Michael Bloomberg set off shockwaves when he picked media executive Cathie Black to be the next chancellor of New York City's public schools. As...

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You Don't Have to Deny the Arts To Succeed: MS223 in The South Bronx, a 2010 Intel School of Distinction

Richard Kessler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Certified Arts Teacher, Nea, Nga, Arts Specialist, Center for Arts Education, Theater, Special Ed, Testing, Arts Education, Teachers, Arts Ed, Advocacy, Curriculum, Aft, Dance, Grantmakers in the Arts, Parent Engagement, K-12, Nycdoe, Principals, Randi Weingarten, Teaching Artist, Education, Art, Arts Education Policy, Joel Klein, Artsjournal.com, Usdoe, National Endowment for the Arts, Arne Duncan, Ell, Music, Race to the Top, Michael Mulgrew, School Reform, Kill and Drill, Elliott Eisner, Annenberg Foundation, Narrowing of the Curriculum, Diane Ravitch, Bill Gates, Visual Art, Stem, Common Core, Rocco Landesman, Drama, Arts, Creative Sector, Arts Integration, Pta, Esea, Common Core Standards, Arts News

Ramon Gonzalez and his faculty at MS223 have managed to take time from test prep for reading and math to build in exchange for a quality arts program,...

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Is Teachers Union Scrubbing Al Shanker's Legacy?

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Reform, Uft, Aft, Randi Weingarten, Education Reform, Teacher Unions, Al Shanker, Education News

This story has been updated The American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest teachers union in the country, claims to respect the legacy of lo...

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Teachers Unions Pile On Jim DeMint

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, LGBT Rights, Randi Weingarten, 2010 Elections, Teachers Unions, LGBT Issues, Nea, Women Teachers, Lgbt, Education, Aft, National Education Association, Lgbt Teachers, American Federation of Teachers, Demint Gay Teachers, Unions, Jim Demint, Elections 2010, Politics News

Joining several LGBT and women's rights organizations, the nation's two major teachers unions are now coming out and criticizing Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-...

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Even Superman Can't Save Us

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waiting for Superman, Education Reform, Betsy Gotbaum, Aft, The Lottery, American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, Denver News

You are going to be hearing a lot about a film called Waiting for Superman. It's directed by Davis Guggenheim, who made An Inconvenient Truth, and its focus is school reform.

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Waiting for Superman

Jimmy Demers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Nea, Education, Mike Dugan, Aft, Adrian Fenty, Bjorn Borg, Kahlil Gibran, Geoffrey Canada, Waiting for Superman, Entertainment News

I recently saw a screening of a film that contained a lot of knowledge and information, a documentary called Waiting for Superman. It stirred within me a sense of "What if?"

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Netroots-Labor Solidarity: A Work in Progress

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aft, Afl Cio, Netroots Nation, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Leo Gerard, Campaign for America's Future, Seiu, Netroots, United Steelworkers, Nea, Matt Stoller, Jane Hamsher, Afscme, Politics News

there is substantially more discussion in the blogosphere about cultural issues (whatever stupid thing Sarah Palin said today) important to urban professionals on the East and West Coast than trade issues important to steelworkers in the Midwest.

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The most dangerous man in America

Leonie Haimson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aft, Bill Gates, Arne Duncan, NewSchools Venture Fund, Charter Schools, Race to the Top, Gates Foundation, Politics News

Bill Gates sure is a popular guy. He is appearing this afternoon at the national conference of the American Federation of Teachers in Seattle, after ...

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HuffPost Review: The Lottery

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cory Booker, American Federation of Teachers, Charter Schools, The Lottery Movie Review, Joel Klein, Aft, Madeleine Sackler, The Lottery Movie, Entertainment News

Sackler's documentary follows Harlem families who rely on luck to ensure their children's education -- each family puts the child's name into a lottery at one of Harlem's charter school marvels.

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Charter schools: Public education's savior?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem Success Academy, Aft, American Federation of Teachers, Madeleine Sackler, The Lottery, Charter Schools, Marshall Fine Interview, Entertainment News

Making a documentary is always a crapshoot, but Madeleine Sackler is hoping she'll get a little help from the headline. Sackler's documentary, The Lo...

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Why Do Republicans Love to Bash Teachers?

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aft, Education, Charter Schools, No Child Left Behind, President Obama, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Teachers Unions, High-Stakes Testing, Education Reform, Taliban, President Bush, Nea, Republican Party, Recession, Politics News

Many charter schools are great but they are nowhere near a comprehensive solution for the mass-scale crisis of equity and opportunity in America's schools.

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Educating for Democracy: Randi Weingarten's Faustian Bargain

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Mayor-Bloomberg-School-Control, Randi Weingarten, National Assessment of Educational Progress, American Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Aft, Teachers Union, Education Reform, New York News

More nationwide use of "standardized test scores" troubles me, since they are being so often abused and misused these days in Mayor Bloomberg's administration of the public schools.

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