American Families Plan calls for free preschool and community college, support for educators
Described by the White House as an investment “to grow the middle class,” President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan…
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Panel for GFT-arranged racism talk features George Floyd family attorney
“Real Talk About Racism,” an online panel discussion arranged by Garfield Federation of Teachers members Paola Brown and Chris Storms and…
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Latest issue of AFT Health Care is out now
The spring 2021 issue of AFT Health Care delves into the problem of moral injury among health care professionals, explaining…
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Webinar looks at how to close the knowledge gap
Education journalist and author Natalie Wexler will share her experience in classrooms and what it will take to close…
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Study: U.S. school meals get good grades for nutritional value
A recently released Tufts University study of American diets from 2003-04 to 2017-18 shows that 45 percent of children’s…
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Column: Let’s rewrite rules for teachers’ paid leave
Jahdziah St. Julien, a research associate at the Better Life Lab at New America, describes the rules pertaining to…
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Lessons, best practices requested for DOE’s Safer Schools website
Pre-K to 12 schools, colleges and universities have until September to submit lessons from the field and best practices…
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AFT among supporters of legislation investing $25B in electric school buses
A bill set to be introduced April 21 would invest $25 billion in electric school buses, covering the purchase…
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Paradiso, Audet speak out ahead of students returning to Perth Amboy classrooms
Perth Amboy Federation (Local 857) President Pat Paradiso and district representative Lynn Audet spoke about scheduling and other concerns…
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New Zoom policy means less moderation of college, university usage
Colleges and universities now have more authority when they use Zoom for their virtual events. “For Zoom meetings and…
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Sweeney’s college plan addresses affordability, retaining N.J. students
In a guest column for The Star-Ledger, State Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney writes about a plan that would…
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Mercy and change are at the heart of Many Threads webinar
Join Leven “Chuck” Wilson, whose credits include being a partner of the AFT’s teacher diversity program, for the webinar…
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