Press Releases

05/17/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers,On Supporting the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education
05/11/2011
Weingarten Statement Urging Congress To Pass the DREAM Act
05/09/2011
Weingarten Visits White Plains Schools, Praises Educators for ‘Making a Difference Every Day’
05/05/2011
National Teachers Union Leader Says Florida Budget Deal Fails To Make Children and Education Top Priorities
05/04/2011
Weingarten Statement On the NAEP Civics Results
05/03/2011
AFT Joins Leading Education Organizations To Support High-Quality Pre-K
05/03/2011
AFT President To Visit Orlando, Fla., Schools
04/28/2011
Weingarten On the Gates-Pearson Partnership To Align Online Resources and Technology with The Common Core Standards
04/26/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Pew Center on the States Report on Public Pension Plans
04/26/2011
National Teachers Union Leader Shines a Light On Work of Portland’s Early Childhood Educators
04/25/2011
AFT President Randi Weingarten To Visit New Jersey
04/18/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, On Bobb’s Decision to Lay Off All Detroit Teachers and Modify Contract
04/14/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Illinois Senate Passage of Education Reform Legislation
04/14/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, AFT, On President Obama's Remarks on the Budget
04/12/2011
AFT Statement On Congressional Action To Prevent a Government Shutdown
04/12/2011
Weingarten in Support of American Optometric Association’s School Readiness Summit
04/08/2011
Report: Gen Y Teachers Say, To Stay in Profession, They Need Workplaces That Support High Quality Teaching and Learning
04/04/2011
Statement by President Weingarten On International Recruitment of Teachers in Prince George’s County, Md.
04/02/2011
AFT Affiliates Join Nationwide ‘We Are One’ Movement
04/01/2011
Ketchikan, Alaska, Cartographer Honored as an AFT Everyday Hero
04/01/2011
Professor Who Co-Founded Organization To Empower African-American Youth Is an AFT Everyday Hero
04/01/2011
Nurse Who Fought To Save N.J. Hospital Is an AFT Everyday Hero
03/31/2011
Weingarten On Wisconsin Republican Party’s FOIA Requests for University Faculty’s E-mails
03/31/2011
AFT Statement On Ohio Governor’s Signing of Controversial Legislation
03/31/2011
AFT Releases Report Calling for More Collaboration To Improve College Student Success

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