American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

QOD: Badass Teachers Looking a Few Good Men

I’ve written about the Badass Teachers Association (BAT) before, this rebel outpost of the national teachers unions, specifically its challenges to…

10 years ago

Philly School Reform Commission Cancels Teachers’ 0% Health Benefits Contributions; Inquirer Gives Thumbs Up

On Monday the Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted unanimously to unilaterally cancel the city's current teachers’ contract. The Commission and…

10 years ago

New Newsworks column: Newark’s School Reform Battle is Taking a Toll on its Union

 Last week I wrote here about a legal dispute in Camden: twenty-five local residents, backed by several statewide anti-charter groups,…

10 years ago

New Spotlight column: Are Charter Schools the Next Goldmine for Billionaires?

In 1967’s classic film, “The Graduate,” young Benjamin (the graduate of the title) is given some advice by a friend…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Column: Teacher Unions v. David Boies; the Democratic Rift

Liberals and labor unions go together like wine and cheese. Thus, it was with an ironic flair that the newly-formed…

10 years ago

QOD: Boies Leads NYS Tenure Fight; “Emblematic” of Fracture between Dems and Teacher Unions

From yesterday's New York Times:David Boies, the star trial lawyer who helped lead the legal charge that overturned California’s same-sex…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: The Testing Backlash and the Union Gamble

It starts here:Last week I looked at some of the myths surrounding the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a set…

10 years ago

QOD: Badass Teachers Say AFT Wimped Out on Common Core

The American Federation of Teachers finished up its annual convention yesterday. Highlights were a vote of confidence in the Common…

10 years ago

Union Leader Karen Lewis and Right-Winger Columnists Concur on the Common Core

You know things have gotten weird when Karen Lewis, head of the Chicago Teachers Union, and George Will, stalwart conservative…

11 years ago

Newark Gets a Visit from Randi Weingarten

The Star Ledger reports today that American Federation of Teacher President Randi Weingarten will meet with teachers from Newark’s Hawthorne…

11 years ago