AFT Pennsylvania President Ted Kirsch released a statement after six school districts, Philadelphia parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP sued Gov. Corbett and state legislators for failing to provide Pennsylvania children with a "thorough and efficient" system.
On October 13, Bob Beglinger received recognition for his activism on behalf of Wisconsin seniors. He received the award from the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans (WiARA) during their 19th annual Senior Power Luncheon. Congratulations Bob!
At the same luncheon, Leon Burzynski recieved the organization's first Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication and commitment working on behalf of retirees and all older Americans.
CCAFT is now one of fourteen cities in the United States participating in the "Teacher Leaders Grant." Please click here to read more about it and to see the names.
AFT-Maryland President Marietta English has released the following statement on the election of Larry Hogan as governor of Maryland:
Education is under attack. Colleen Sheehan presented an information session to 45 C-RTA members about the politically motivated attack on the due process rights of educators. She reminded us that:
NYS has some of the most rigorous teaching standards
NYS has the most credentialed, most effective teachers in the nation
due process protects good teachers from attack
Dr. Lorretta Johnson, AFT Secretary-Treasurer and past president of AFT-Maryland, hit the polls in Baltimore on Election Day to help AFT-MD members and staff get out the vote in Maryland.
Pictured here is Dr. Johnson in "The Mighty 45th" district with Delegate Cheryl Glenn, who is running for re-election, along with one of our youngest volunteers (a family member of a City Union of Baltimore member).
Dr. Lorretta Johnson, Secretary-Treasurer of AFT and Past President of AFT-Maryland, and Randi Weingarten, President of AFT National, wrote a letter for Ebony Magazine. The letter to voters is on why our community's young people need us at the ballot box today.
Have you made a plan to vote? Visit our website for a link to look up your polling place and other Election Day tools.
Click here to read the article on Ebony.com.
(Baton Rouge – November 3, 2014) A Louisiana Department of Education report boasting success for Louisiana’s controversial school voucher scheme amounts to little more than political propaganda on the eve of an election, Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Steve Monaghan said today.
