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AFT Innovation Fund
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Since 2009, the American Federation of Teachers' Innovation Fund has made more than 125 investments across the country to local union affiliates, with the purpose of identifying, nurturing and promoting union-led innovations in public education to improve teaching and learning and invest in the communities in which our members live and work.
Reports on Previous Work
Read about the community schools initiative that an Innovation Fund grant supported in Rome, N.Y.
Between 2015 and 2018, the AFT Innovation Fund supported innovative career and technical education (CTE) efforts in four communities: Miami, Peoria, Pittsburgh and San Francisco. This report focuses on the priorities, activities and outcomes achieved in two of those communities: Pittsburgh and Peoria.