Abeigon urges COVID-19 tests for Newark’s students
John M. Abeigon, president of the Newark Teachers Union (Local 481), is calling for students in the city’s public…
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Dates are set for AFT’s Share My Lesson Virtual Conference
The 2021 AFT Share My Lesson Virtual Conference is set for March 23-25. More than 30 webinars will be…
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AFT’s Share My Lesson staffers pick their 2020 favorites
Kelly Booz, Andy Kratochvil and other AFT Share My Lesson staff members talk about the resources, communities and authors…
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What mattered to educators before the pandemic
About a month before America went into lockdown, Catherine Castillo of Springfield Public Schools in Missouri wrote about replacing…
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Technology takeaways from 2020
Teacher-student interaction was much different than ever before, hybrid learning was the norm for a majority of school districts,…
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Study dives into tech tools used by teachers in ’20
A LearnPlatform study involving more than 270,000 educators showed that 8,000 tech tools were used by teachers this year….
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Biden taps Cardona to be education secretary
President-elect Joe Biden on Dec. 23 named former AFT member and longtime Connecticut educator Dr. Miguel A. Cardona as…
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$57B earmarked for K-12 schools through new COVID-19 stimulus bill
As part of the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill passed Dec. 21 by Congress, K-12 schools will receive close…
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N.J.’s digital divide cut by more than half
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Dec. 21 that the state’s digital divide stands at 14,349, down 54 percent…
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Author discusses the benefits of culturally responsive teaching
Teachers College, Columbia University professor Mariana Souto-Manning is a co-author of “No More Culturally Irrelevant Teaching,” and in an…
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N.J. Senate passes two bills tied to education
The New Jersey Senate on Dec. 17 overwhelmingly passed two bills tied to education. S2932, sponsored by Senate President…
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Rosenberg to lead COVID-19 discussion for school support staff
Longtime New York high school teacher Sari Beth Rosenberg on Dec. 22 will be the host of a PBS…
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