Press Releases
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10/05/2016
Education International Report Shows Rampant Bridge Academies Abuses in Uganda
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10/05/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the Vice Presidential Debate
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10/03/2016
AFT’s Share My Lesson Helps Educators Support LGBTQ Students
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09/28/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Debt Forgiveness for Corinthian Colleges Students
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09/28/2016
AFT Announces with IBM Foundation New Tool for Teachers Using Watson
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09/26/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Hillary Clinton’s Debate Victory
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09/26/2016
Teachers Union Leaders of Six Nations Ask U.N. Human Rights Council to Investigate Disappearance of 43 Mexican Teachers Two Years Ago
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09/23/2016
AFT’s Weingarten and Johnson on Shootings in Charlotte, NC, and Tulsa, Okla., and on Trump’s Stop-and-Frisk Proposal
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09/22/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the decision to terminate ACICS as an accreditor
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09/22/2016
AFT Announces Grants for Community School Efforts in Texas, New York and California
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09/15/2016
Detroit Federation of Teachers Members Ratify Contract with Detroit School District
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09/15/2016
OECD Education Report: U.S. Compares Poorly with Industrialized Nations on Pre-K Enrollment and Gender Gap in Post-College Earnings and Student Debt
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09/14/2016
Long Island University Lockout of Faculty Is Over
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09/14/2016
AFT and OFT on Ohio’s $71 Million Charter School Grant
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09/14/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Census Bureau Report
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09/13/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Child Care Plan
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09/13/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on House Vote on Perkins Reauthorization
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09/13/2016
AFT Leaders on the Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Concerning Detroit Schools
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09/12/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on GAO ‘School Choice’ Report and Trump’s Voucher Scheme
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09/08/2016
AFT Leaders on Donald Trump’s Education Speech
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09/06/2016
Long Island University Brooklyn Votes Down Contract Offer
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09/06/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Closure of ITT Technical Institute
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09/05/2016
Detroit Federation of Teachers Reaches Tentative Agreement for New Contract with City’s Public Schools
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09/05/2016
Labor Day: AFT President Weingarten on Labor Unions and Shared Prosperity
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09/03/2016
Long Island University-Brooklyn Locks Out Faculty
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