United Federation of Teachers

Public Schools Get a Boost Today: AFT Elects President Randi Weingarten

Dan Brown | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Class Size, Edward McElroy, American Federation of Teachers, New Teachers, Public Education Reform, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Nclb, Standardized Testing, Aft, Uft, Teachers, Public Education, High Stakes Testing, Living News
Dan Brown

Today in Chicago, Randi Weingarten was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers, a union with a membership of over 1.4 million. Our c...

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Bloomberg's Budget Choices Hit Students Hardest

Dan Brown | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Keep the Promises, New York City Public Schools, Public Schools, Joseph L. Bruno, Mayor Bloomberg, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Uft, New York State Assembly, New York City, Politics News
Dan Brown

The CEO mayor's logic may work in terms keeping a company's stock price afloat despite "belt-tightening" or lay-offs, but it doesn't fit one bit for schools.

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School Accountability: NYC Sets the Tone, For Better or Worse

Dan Brown | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, New York City Public Schools, Education, Department of Education, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Nclb, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, School Accountability, Uft, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers, Public Education, New York City Education, Politics News
Dan Brown

Life and education are too complicated for single letter grades. A smarter, nuanced alternative is within New York's grasp.

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Ohio: United Federation Of Teachers' President Hits The Pavement For Hillary

Claudia Cruz | Posted 03.03.2008 | Home

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Claudia Cruz

Randi Weingarten, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, strolled down High Street in Columbus, Ohio during the Gallery Hop on Saturday. ...

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School-Level Cuts Hit New York City; Why, Bloomberg, Why???

Dan Brown | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Principal, Department of Education, New York Daily News, Randi Weingarten, Budget Cuts, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, School Reform, Joel Klein, Uft, New York Times, Teachers Union, New York City, Tweed, Politics News
Dan Brown

This is not about keeping a stock's price afloat; you are cutting kids' after-school programs, guidance counselors, smaller classes, computers. Erasing these entities will incontrovertibly have an effect, and a terrible one at that.

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If I Had the Clout of High-Stakes Testing...

Dan Brown | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools Education Reform, Teacher Union, Education, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, New York City, Uft, Politics News
Dan Brown

So what if some kids are being trained to equate a successful year in school with barely passing a standardized exam, and nothing more?

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New York City Schools Receive Misleading Report Cards

Dan Brown | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: School Report Cards, Education, Education Policy, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, No Child Left Behind, Michael Bloomberg, School Reform, Standardized Testing, High Stakes Testing, New York City, Politics News
Dan Brown

New York City has led the charge into a dangerous era of importing statistics-driven paradigms from the business sphere. These mechanistic models are an ill fit in education, a wholly human institution.

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How to Stem the Teacher Attrition Crisis

Dan Brown | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Class Size, Teacher Union, Education, Department of Education, United Federation of Teachers, Nclb, City Council, Rookie Teacher, Student Loans, Teacher, New York City, Bronx, Politics News
Dan Brown

New drafts of No Child Left Behind could contain the best ideas in education history, but they won't work in the long run unless we address the biggest crisis in our schools.

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