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Weingarten: Seize the moment and reset policy through ESSA
AFT President Randi Weingarten told Senate lawmakers that the Every Student Succeeds Act enacted by Congress in December "gives us the opportunity for the reset needed to move from a test-and-sanction...
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Event date: Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:00pmLocation: Alliance/AFT Office
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Trump fails a crucial test
In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten writes about Donald Trump's education policies amd how they would devastate our public education system.
View ArticleEvery Student Succeeds Act ushers in sweeping changes
The signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act marks a new day in public education, says AFT President Randi Weingarten, who stood behind President Obama (along with other AFT leaders and members) at...
View ArticleSchool 'walk-ins' deliver a national wake-up call
Neighborhood by neighborhood, building by building, AFT members joined with parents, students and the community in 30 cities across the nation on Feb. 17 to hold an estimated 800 school "walk-ins"—...
View ArticleAlliance/AFT Office Hours
The Alliance/AFT office hours are as follows:Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 5:30 pmFriday - 9:00 am - 4:30 pmAlliance/AFT follows the same calendar that the Dallas ISD follows for the campuses....
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Weingarten speaks on the future of public education
In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., AFT President Randi Weingarten juxtaposed two approaches for education that would have vastly different consequences for America's students....
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One night only: DeVos dodges tough Senate questions
Concern, frustration and outright dismay colored many of the exchanges between Democratic members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Betsy DeVos, the Michigan education...
View ArticleTrump's budget takes a meat cleaver to public education
The 2018 budget proposal "takes a meat cleaver to public education" and ignores promised investments in the types of skills, training and other vital family supports that Trump rode to the White House...
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AFT members make May 1 actions memorable
"Build schools, not walls" was the crisp, compelling message delivered by AFT activists at a series of May 1 actions stretching from Miami to San Francisco.
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Excessive fees are crushing workers' retirements
A new AFT report reveals billions in potential savings if pension funds slashed fees paid to Wall Street fund managers who invest in risky “alternative” assets such as hedge funds and private equity.
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Weingarten offers harsh critique of DeVos agenda
Educators, families and communities are in a David versus Goliath battle against powerful interests seeking to destroy public education and rip opportunity from children and families, AFT President...
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AFT and Puerto Rican unions agree to historic affiliation
Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, the union representing more than 40,000 Puerto Rican educators; AMPR-Local Sindical; and the AFT signed a historic affiliation agreement that will strengthen...
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AFT and Puerto Rican unions agree to historic affiliation
Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, the union representing more than 40,000 Puerto Rican educators; AMPR-Local Sindical; and the AFT signed a historic affiliation agreement that will strengthen...
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How the teacher shortage could turn into a crisis
In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten writes about the looming teacher shortage our public schools face and how we can address the challenge before it...
View ArticleAs the Legislature continues to come up short for our kids, the community...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 18, 2017CONTACT: Rena Honea, 214-976-2250 Tax ratification election would add much-needed funding to specific schools that need it most Dallas ISD School Board to meet...
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Fall Leveling to Begin in Dallas ISD
The timeline for fall leveing at campuses has been set for Monday, September 18th with the goal of having the process completed by Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Policy DK (Local) and DK (Regulation) must...
View ArticleCollecting School Supplies for Campuses Welcoming Hurricane Harvey Students
Alliance/AFT is collecting school supplies for those campuses that are enrolling students from the districts hit by Hurricane Harvey. All donations are welcomed and needed as the number of students...
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Parents want safe, welcoming, well-funded public schools
Three in four public school parents say the public schools their children attend provide them with an excellent or good education, and 79 percent of parents are satisfied with their children's public...
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