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AFT convention: Teachers ask, “When did we become the enemy?”

July 27, 2012 By John Rummel

AFT President Randi Weingarten began her keynote address to 3,000 delegates as the AFT opened its national convention. She drew a standing ovation.

Teachers hit over-reliance on testing

July 19, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFT will launch an all-out drive against school systems' overdependence on high-stakes testing as a measure of student progress.

Beware: “Pro-child” groups press corporate schools agenda

July 10, 2012 By Susan Webb

The Change.org petition site recently dropped the misleadingly named "StudentsFirst" and "Stand for Children" as paying clients.This came after public pressure including a counter-petition by a Chicago teacher.

Parents occupy Oakland school to protest closures

June 19, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Parents and teachers occupying Lakeview Elementary School since June 15 say they plan to stay until the district agrees to keep their school and four others open, reversing its decision to close them as of the...

Chicago teachers cast overwhelming strike authorization vote

June 12, 2012 By John Bachtell

With Chicago teachers facing a hostile mayor and Chicago Board of Education in negotiations for a new contract, 90% of teachers union members have voted to authorize a strike.