Category: Education

April 1, 2013 By Diann Woodard, President American Federation of School Administrators Washington, DC – Closing schools should never be used as a quick fix solution to solve larger budget

March 27, 2013 Neal Tepel, LaborPress USA Washington DC – In a survey to members of the American Federation of School Administrators, 49 percent of the respondents said they felt

March 26, 2013 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have detailed an

March 25, 2013 NEW YORK, NY—– The New York City Council must continue funding the nearly 60 public day care centers budgeted last year in this year’s budget, said child

March 25, 2013 Around Town By Neal Tepel New York NY – UFT President Michael Mulgrew has proposed sweeping changes to limit mayoral control of New York City schools and

March 20, 2013 Marc Bussanich City Council members grilled education officials at a budget hearing on Tuesday over why the city can’t remove dangerous toxins from public schools sooner than

March 18, 2013 NEW YORK, NY—– The City of New York must continue pension payments for public day care employees or some of nation’s most established cultural institutions may go

March 13, 2013 Marc Bussanich Parents, students and teachers vociferously demanded a moratorium on school closings and charter school co-locations by submitting a resolution at a Panel for Educational Policy

March 13, 2013 AFT News Philadelphia Pa. – AFT president Randi Weingarten and 18 others were arrested March 7 at the headquarters of the School District of Philadelphia for protesting

March 12, 2013 Labor World by Neal Tepel Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has suffered another setback in his efforts to ram through his agenda of vouchers and anti-teacher reforms. On