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Randi Weingarten

New Haven's Teacher Contract a Model? Not So Fast

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

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Thomas W. Carroll

The contract's approach to charter schools mandates unionization, guarantees no layoffs, preserves grievance procedures, and keeps in place staff transfer rights. Reform with a union twist, one might say.

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Double Standard for the Times; But Then Why Not? Bloomberg Owns This Town

Leonie Haimson | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

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Leonie Haimson

In the mind of the Times, accountability for billions of dollars in tax funds for public education meant that one man alone, namely Bloomberg, should continue to have total control.

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Re-Imagining What a School Can Be

Rep. Steny Hoyer | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Steny Hoyer

A century ago, American educators re-imagined what a school could be; today, we have an opportunity to do the same. In fact, it is our obligation.

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Randi Weingarten Resigns From United Federation Of Teachers

Advocate | Posted 07.26.2009 | Home

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Randi Weingarten, the openly lesbian president of the American Federation of Teachers, the country's largest teachers union, confirmed on Wednesday t...

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Jonathan Alter Joins the Teacher-Scapegoating Chorus: I'm Calling BS

Dan Brown | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

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Dan Brown

Obsessive focus on cleaning house and demanding expecting superhuman performance misses a larger point.

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Hawkish Union Leaders Hurting Teachers and Your Kids

Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

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Stephen Zunes

It is profoundly disturbing that AFT, a union representing educators, would elect someone so willing to distort the facts in order to pursue such a racist agenda.

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There's Only One Fight Here

Randi Weingarten | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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Randi Weingarten

There is a difference between the last eight years of education policymaking and what occurred today -- namely that teachers' voices will be a part of developing solutions.

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"Reinvest, Don't Disinvest" in Education: Randi Weingarten Takes the National Stage

Dan Brown | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Dan Brown

Weingarten's speech was an impassioned call to spare the hatchet -- or scalpel -- in federal funding for education.

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"The Great Expectations School" Paperback Gets AFT President Randi Weingarten's Endorsement

Dan Brown | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

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Dan Brown

Classrooms are ready-made for great stories. Comprised of twenty-some children and one adult, bound by a common mission, they are intersections of you...

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Our Union: Fostering Reform To Improve Schools

Randi Weingarten | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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Randi Weingarten

Good teachers usually have good ideas about what it takes to better their schools, help other teachers, or improve education across their communities. But turning those good ideas into reality isn't easy.

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The Endless Potential of the Labor Movement and a Strong President to Revive America's Economy and Its Middle Class

Randi Weingarten | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Randi Weingarten

Those who care about our economy and the conditions under which many children are being raised in our country today need to be reminded that when unions are strong, the country thrives.

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