June 23, 2014 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – Referring to the June 10 ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu that teacher tenure and layoffs by seniority
June 20, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The president of the AFL-CIO, Rich Trumka, was in town last week at The Worker Institute where he said labor would
June 18, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY – UFT President Michael Mulgrew has come out for support of NYS legislation that mandates the use of multiple academic measures
June 17, 2014 By AFT President Randi Weingarten On Tuesday morning, teachers across California got up, went to their schools and dedicated their day to helping students learn and grow.
June 16, 2014 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – There is a NYSUT supported bill being negotiated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York’s teachers union. The legislation will change
June 13, 2014 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – Special education providers will now receive a 3.8 percent increase in reimbursement rates. Schools benefitting from this increase serve students with
June 9, 2014 By NYS Senator Terry Gipson I stood with educators from across Dutchess and Putnam counties in front of the Arlington Teachers' Association to announce a legislative initiative
June 6, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY – With only days remaining in the New York City school year and a third of the City’s school bus contracts
June 5, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—About 25,000 union members will be going to the polls on June 16 to vote for either the incumbent Santos Crespo of
June 3, 2014 By Oren M. Levin-Waldman, Ph.D. Justice Louis Brandeis once referred to states as the laboratories of democracy. The idea was that policies first tried out at the
